-
MASS SCHEDULE
VIGIL MASS SATURDAYS- 5:00 P.M.
SUNDAYS
9:00 & 11: 00 A.M.
6:00 PM
WEEKDAYS MONDAY– SATURDAY
8:45 A.M.
RECONCILIATION EVERY SATURDAY
11:00– 12:00 NOON
EUCHARISTIC ADORATION FIRST FRIDAY OF THE MONTH
9:30 A.M.— 4:45 P.M.
THE PARISH COMMUNITY OF
HOLY TRINITY
14-51 143 STREET
WHITESTONE, NY 11357
(718) 746-7730
FAX (718) 767-1368
WWW: HOLYTRINITYRCPARISH.ORG
EMAIL: [email protected]
PARISH STAFF REV. JOSEPH R. GIBINO, STM, PH.D
PASTOR [email protected]
DEACON LENNY SCLAFANI
MS. DONNA SPOTO
DIRECTOR OF FAITH FORMATION
[email protected]
(718) 767-0095
MICHAEL ZABROCKI
MUSIC MINISTRY DIRECTOR (718) 551-6884
MRS. FRAN MULHERN
PARISH SECRETARY
MRS. KRISTEN BARRIE
PARISH BOOKKEEPER
HOLY TRINITY CATHOLIC ACADEMY
14-45 143 STREET
WHITESTONE, NY 11357
(718) 746– 1479
FAX (718) 746-4793
WWW.HOLYTRINITYWHITESTONE.COM
MRS. BARBARA KAVANAGH
-
Baptism We celebrate the Sacrament of Baptism for infants once a
month at 2:00 PM. No baptisms are celebrated during Lent. To make
arrange-ments call Kathy Reddy at the rectory office.
Communion Calls Please call the rectory to make arrangements for
a priest or Extraordi-nary Minister of Holy Communion to visit the
homebound.
Anointing of the Sick Please advise the parish office of your
intention to be anointed at any Sunday or weekday Mass. Priests are
also available to visit the sick at home for anointing.
Marriage Couples must make arrangements for marriage at least
six (6) months before their intended wedding date. Marriages are
not celebrated on the First Friday of the Month.
Parish Registration We welcome all newcomers to our community!
Parish registration entitles parishioners to celebrate the
Sacraments and funerals at Holy Trinity, and is necessary to
receive sponsor certificates. Inquire at the rectory.
Religious Education Program Grades K-8 Sunday at 10:15 AM
Grades 1-8 Wednesday at 4:30 PM
PAGE 1 FOURTH SUNDAY OF LENT
MARCH 06, 2016
ANNOUNCED MASS INTENTIONS ANNOUNCED MASS INTENTIONS
S ATURDAY, MARCH 05, 2016
5:00 PM Frank Appello
SUNDAY, MARCH 06, 2016
Fourth Sunday of Lent
Jos 5:9a, 10-12
2 Cor 5:17-21
Lk 15:1-3, 11-32
9:00 AM Dr. Charles Balducci
11:00 AM Ignatius Cantone
6:00 PM Louise Rondino Stanton
MONDAY, MARCH 07, 2016
Saints Perpetua and Felicity, Martyrs
8:45 AM Ianniro Nicola Lucia
TUESDAY, MARCH 08, 2016
Saint John of God, Religious
8:45 AM Stefan Serafin (For Healing)
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 09, 2016
Saint Frances of Rome, Religious
8:45 AM Claire Schaefer
THURSDAY, MARCH 10, 2016
8:45 AM Dorothy Papaccio
FRIDAY, MARCH 11, 2016
8:45 AM Domenica Mona Wilot
SATURDAY, MARCH 12, 2016
8:45 AM Antoinette Ghaney
Rosalie Salerno
Maria Antonia D’Anna
People of Holy Trinity
S ATURDAY, MARCH 12, 2016
5:00 PM Jack and Robert Armento
SUNDAY, MARCH 13, 2016
Fifth Sunday of Lent
Is 43:16-21/Phil 3:8-14
Jn 8:1-11
9:00 AM Paul Maltese
11:00 AM Robert Lohnes
6:00 PM Kevin Keane
IN MEMORIAL Week OF MARCH 06, 2016
the sick and the home bound: Kayla McBride, Florence Mottola,
Josephine Oliveri, Alexa Hayes, Lorraine Callanan , Carmine &
Pauline Falco, Maria Marinell, Peter Simonelli, Lawrence Burkart,
Maria Madrizal,, Willie Rennie, Eileen Feretic, Lindo Garuffi,
Jennifer Stone, Irene McCarthy, Gino Carpanini, Kathleen Ermann and
Maria Mondell.
The Wine and Host are being offered In
Memory of Robert Lohnes from His Family.
The Votive Lamp in Honor of Saint
Anthony is for the Special Intentions of
The Vetrano Family.
MAY THEY REST IN PEACE For the Deceased Members of our
Parish.
The Sanctuary Lamp is burning in
Memory of Josip Sikiric from His Family.
"Everyone say to himself: ‘When was the last time I went to
confession?’ And if it has been a long time, don’t lose another
day! Go, the priest will be good. And Jesus, (will be) there, and
Jesus is better than the priests - Jesus receives you. He will
receive you with so much love! Be courageous, and go to
confession!” Pope Francis
-
www.holytrinityrcparish.org
Our Lenten season includes a very important theme from the Old
Testament; the Book of Isaiah celebrates the permission from Cyrus
the Great for Israel to return from exile in Babylon in the sixth
century B.C. In his effort to increase enthusiasm for the difficult
journey ahead, the prophet appeals to the exodus from Egypt under
Moses many centuries before. Isaiah describes God as the one who
opens a way in the sea and a path in the mighty waters. He portrays
God as a mighty warrior triumphing over the enemies of his people.
He presents God as guiding his people through the wilderness and
caring for them along the way. All this echoes what God did in the
first exodus. The “new” thing that God was doing in the 6th century
B.C. was not entirely new. Isaiah 43 reminds us that the God of the
Bible acts according to an old pattern when liberating his people.
The paradigm set in the first exo-dus shaped Israel’s return from
exile as well as the paschal mystery some 2,000 years ago. As we
journey through Lent, we pray the God will open a way for us to
triumph over sin and death and guide the Church to the New
Jerusalem of Heaven.
By coming into communion with the Catholic Church (aka,
“becoming Catholic”), our RCIA candidates and catechumens
are fully committing to Jesus Christ and to the People of
God
who make up the Body of Christ. No matter how long we
have been followers of Jesus, each of us must still struggle
to
understand some things better. Like suffering. How can an
all-knowing, all-loving God allow such pain, such suffering
in
the world? Today’s Gospel of the man born blind takes on
this
issue. Jesus’ basic answer is that God does not cause
suffer-
ing, but will use it where it exists to help us grow closer
to
God’s very self. More shockingly, Jesus, who IS God, never
promises an end to suffering on earth. Unlike any product/
service advertised on TV, Jesus does not promise a rosy,
happy life if we “buy in.” We will still suffer. Still lose
loved
ones. Still get ill. Still die. Jesus, how-
ever, also shows us how to approach
and experience suffering. Jesus
teaches us to embrace genuine suffer-
ing, to allow it to transform us and those
around us. Like Jesus, we can trans-
form suffering into openness and love,
even into new life.
A Continuation of the MESSAGE OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS FOR
LENT 2016 The works of mercy. God’s mercy transforms human hearts;
it enables us, through the experience of a faithful love, to become
merciful in turn. In an ever new miracle, divine mercy shines forth
in our lives, inspiring each of us to love our neighbor and to
devote ourselves to what the Church’s tradition calls the spiritual
and corporal works of mercy. These works remind us that faith finds
expression in concrete everyday actions meant to help our neighbors
in body and spirit: by feed-ing, visiting, comforting and
instructing them. On such things will we be judged. For
this reason, I expressed my hope that “the Christian people may
reflect on the corporal and spiritual works of mercy; this will be
a way to reawaken our conscience, too often grown dull in the face
of poverty, and to enter more deeply into the heart of the Gospel
where the poor have a special experience of God’s mercy”. For in
the poor, the flesh of Christ “becomes visible in the flesh of the
tortured, the crushed, the scourged, the malnourished, and the
exiled… to be acknowledged, touched, and cared for by us”. It is
the unprecedented and scandalous mystery of the extension in time
of the suffering of the Innocent Lamb, the burning bush of
gratuitous love. Before this love, we can, like Moses, take off our
sandals, especially when the poor are our brothers or sisters in
Christ who are suffering for their faith. In the light of this
love, which is strong as death, the real poor are revealed as those
who refuse to see themselves as such. They consider themselves
rich, but they are actually the poorest of the poor. This is
because they are slaves to sin, which leads them to use wealth and
power not for the service of God and others, but to stifle within
their hearts the profound sense that they too are only poor
beggars. The greater their power and wealth, the more this
blindness and deception can grow. It can even reach the point of
being blind to Lazarus begging at their doorstep. Lazarus, the poor
man, is a figure of Christ, who through the poor pleads for our
conversion. As such, he represents the possibility of conversion
which God offers us and which we may well fail to see. Such
blindness is often accompanied by the proud illusion of our own
omnipotence, which reflects in a sinister way the diabolical “you
will be like God” which is the root of all sin. This illusion can
likewise take social and political forms, as shown by the
totalitarian systems of the twentieth century, and, in our own day,
by the ideologies of monopolizing thought and techno-science, which
would make God irrelevant and reduce man to raw material to be
ex-ploited. This illusion can also be seen in the sinful structures
linked to a model of false development based on the idolatry of
money, which leads to lack of concern for the fate of the poor on
the part of wealthier individuals and societies; they close their
doors, refusing even to see the poor. For all of us, then, the
season of Lent in this Jubilee Year is a favourable time to
overcome our existential alienation by listening to God’s word and
by practicing the works of mercy. In the corporal works of mercy we
touch the flesh of Christ in our brothers and sisters who need to
be fed, clothed, sheltered, visited; in the spiritual works of
mercy – counsel, instruction, for-giveness, admonishment and prayer
– we touch more directly our own sinfulness. The corporal and
spiritual works of mercy must never be separated. By touching the
flesh of the crucified Jesus in the suffering, sinners can receive
the gift of realizing that they too are poor and in need. By taking
this path, the “proud”, the “powerful” and the “wealthy” spoken of
in the Magnifi-cat can also be embraced and undeservedly loved by
the crucified Lord who died and rose for them.
-
MINISTRY SCHEDULE FOR MARCH 12 - 13, 2016
5:00 PM (MARCH 12, 2016) Altar Servers: Emma, Kate & Sarah
Kean Lector: Martina Keane E.M.H.C.: Angeles Antonio, Marie Brady,
Joseph DiMasso 9:00 AM (MARCH 13, 2016) Altar Servers: Chance
Caraballo, Angelo Coniglio, Emilio Rengifo Lector: Junior Lectors
E.M.H.C.: Angelo Petraglia, Susan & Timothy Dunleavy 11:00 AM
Altar Servers: Aliyah Cortez, Elena Ortiz, Andres Alvarez Lector:
Luann Branowitz E.M.H.C.: Donna & Erwin Neubauer, Denise DeRosa
6:00 PM Altar Servers: Angela, Raymond & Juliette Lavarello
Lector: James Lonergan E.M.H.C.: Joanne Lonergan, Mary Kennedy,
Barbara Eivers
GOOD FRIDAY MARCH 26, 2016 WAY OF THE CROSS OVER THE BROOKLYN
BRIDGE Starting at 10:00 AM @ St. James Cathedral-Basilica, 250
Cathedral Place (corner of Jay and Tillary Streets). The procession
will stop at Ground Zero and will arrive at its final des-tination,
St. Peter’s Church, 16 Barclay Street, Lower Manhattan, at 1:30 PM.
For more information call - 212-337-3580, email -
[email protected].
The Daily Mass Book and Memorial Book for CALENDAR YEAR 2016 Is
now open. PLEASE COME TO THE RECTORY TO SCHEDULE MASSES AND
MEMORIALS FOR LOVED ONES. Canon Law only permits
one name per Mass. We can accommodate you by listing the family
name , i.e., The Smith Family. Thank you for your under-standing
and cooperation.
Information Night will be held at Our Lady of the Blessed
Sacrament Church , 3424 203 Street, Bayside, for all parents and
students in 6th and 7th
grade on Thursday, March 10th at 7 pm. (Please enter on 203rd
Street & 35th Avenue). All are welcome. Representatives from
local high schools will be there. For more information please call
718-229-5929.
-
St. Fidelis Food Pantry
is asking for donations of non-perishable food items. Please
bring all donations of food to the vestibule of the church and
place them in the food
pantry basket. Thank you for your generosity
in a time of need
Prayer Chalice for Vocations A Family Lenten Prayer
Experience
We are bringing back the program of family prayer for vocations
with the prayer chalice. The purpose of the Chalice Program is to
encourage families to pray and promote vocations to the Priesthood
and Religious Life. The consecrated Chalice is a tangible reminder
of this special intention for the Church. Each week at Mass, an
assigned family is invited to take the gifts up at the Offertory
Procession. At the end of Mass, the family is called by the priest
to come forward to re-ceive the chalice and a blessing. The family
takes the chalice home and puts it in a place of honor. Each day
for a week, during prayer time (morning, bedtime or at meals), the
family prays for an increase and persever-ance of vocations. If you
are interested in hosting the vocation chalice for a week, please
contact Fr. Joe or Donna Spoto.
Share the
Faith
Small groups can be great opportunities to grow in our love of
God and neighbor. The Word of God is a springboard for sharing our
beautiful Catholic faith with the sisters and brothers our heavenly
Father has given us. Both Sacred Scripture and Sacred Tradition
help guide us on our journey—lighting our path with God’s Word of
Truth and Love. The Holy Bible and its message of salvation from
sin and death by the suffering, death and resurrection of Jesus
speaks powerfully to us in many ways, on many levels. Simply put,
at this time the most re-cent, authoritative and relevant
articulation of Sa-cred Tradition in our great country is the
United States Catholic Catechism for Adults. Please con-sider
joining one of the ARISE small groups to share faith, read
scripture, and live our sacred tradi-tion! Please join a small
group for spiritual growth!
Bereavement Support Groups
Sacred Heart Church, Bayside, NY, from 7:30 -9:30 PM on the
first Tuesday of each month. For additional information, please
call 718-224-5695 Saint Luke’s, Whitestone, NY, 7:00 PM on the 1st
Tuesday of each month. For additional information, please call
Sister Agliardi at 718-746-8531.
Dominican Village, a not-for-profit re-tirement community in
Amityville, NY, provides both independent living and assisted
living apartments for seniors. Sponsored by the Sisters of St.
Dominic of Amityville, the 13 acre
campus provides modern apartments, restaurant style dining, many
services and amenities , as well as ac-tivities. Residents live in
a supportive environment in which the sacredness of life and the
dignity of each person are held in the highest regard. For more
information and/or to arrange for a visit and tour, please call -
631-842-6091.
The Sisters will be hosting a benefit concert, CELTIC CROSSINGS,
featuring “Irish America’s favorite son” Andy Cooney and performer
Phil Coulter, accompanied by the Irish Pops Ensemble, Hibernian
Festival Singers and special guest Geraldine Branagan, in the NYCB
Theatre in Westbury on Sunday, March 13, 2016, at 3 PM. Proceeds
will benefit Domini-can Village. Tickets can be purchased directly
through Dominican Village or Ticket Mas-ter.com, now for $69.50 or
$54.50. For more information please call Dominican Village.
http://www.google.com/imgres?q=bereavement+support+group&start=284&um=1&hl=en&gbv=2&biw=914&bih=468&tbm=isch&tbnid=J0JdI_cj0R5dXM:&imgrefurl=http://firstrowlett.org/620880.ihtml&docid=Qi62ggej-SgLJM&imgurl=http://firstrowlett.org/files/Images/Grief.jpg&w
-
St. Josaphat’s Church 35th Avenue & 210 Street Bayside, NY
Sunday, March 13th - 9 AM - 4 PM Tables - $35
Want To Remember A Loved One Who Has Died ?
Or Honor Someone For a Special Event? Why Not Arrange To Have
One Of These
Beautiful Weekly Memorials For Them? Altar Breads
Altar Candles
Fresh Arrangement of Altar Flowers
Sanctuary Candle
Saint Candles
San Damiano Cross
The Name Of Person(s) Remembered & Requestor Will Be Printed
In The Bulletin
For Information On Any These Memorials Please Visit The Parish
Office
Or Call - 718-746-7730 Extension 10 THE MVP’S AND VIP’S
NEXT MEETING TO BE ANNOUNCED
New Members Always Welcome!!
For information please call Tom Lynch 347-732-9829
The Mission is Very Possible as we see our Vision in
Progress
Stations of the Cross Friday Evenings at 7:30
March 11: Family Way of the Cross March 18: Mary’s Way of the
Cross
Holy Trinity Celebrates The Sacrament of Confirmation
Special Needs Community: March 13, 2016
Religious Education and Academy Communities March 19, 2016
Easter Triduum
Holy Thursday, March 24: Morning Prayer: 8:45 AM Mass of Lord’s
Supper: 7:30 PM Good Friday, March 25: Morning Prayer: 8:45 AM Way
of the Cross: 12 Noon Liturgy of Good Friday: 3 PM Holy Saturday,
March 26: Morning Prayer: 8:45 AM Easter Vigil: 7:30 PM
If you think you have a problem with Alcohol, come to an open
meeting, 7:30 PM, Thursday Evenings, in the Rectory Basement please
enter
from the Rear of the Building). All are Wel-come. If you need
further information, please feel free to call Lee Como at
718-490-2362.
The Bridge to life is in need of: Cribs (no drop sides),
Strollers, Car Seats (manufactured within last 5 years), High
Chairs, Cloth-ing: infant (3-6 mos), also
onesies, sleepsacks, stretchies, hood towels, receiv-ing
blankets, maternity clothing, etc. For more infor-mation please
call 718-463-1810.
The Prayer Shawl Ministry will meet on Saturday, March 12, 2016,
at10:30 am, in the Rectory Basement. All are wel-come. Please call
Jean at 718-767-0973 with any questions.
http://www.google.com/imgres?q=Saints+Anthony,+Francis,+Padre+Pio,+Theresa,+Our+Lady+of+Guadalupe&num=10&um=1&hl=en&sa=N&biw=916&bih=468&tbm=isch&tbnid=jutHXK3XkVT0NM:&imgrefurl=http://www.christian-miracles.com/apps/photos/photo%3Fphotoid%3D59849566&doc
-
Please Patronize Our Advertisers
FREDERICK SERVICES INC.FUNERAL HOME
All New Facilities - Pre Need PlanningFULLY ACCESSIBLE TO THE
PHYSICALLY CHALLENGED
192-15 Northern Blvd. 357-6100
-
SSuuyyddaamm AAggeennccyy,, IInncc..Real Estate - Insurance
15-30 College Point Blvd., College PointNow Celebrating our
100th Year
718 - 359-3964www.suydaminc.com
Anthony Skoros, Parishioner of Holy TrinityAndrea Albisano,
Parishioner of Holy Trinity
www.CollegePointFlorist.com
PPhhiilliipp HHaaaass’’ SSoonnss FFlloorriisstt
20-03 College Point Blvd.Tel: 718.359.1640
Queens PhysicalTherapy, P.C.
132-15A 14TH AvenueCollege Point
Home Visits AvailablePhone: (718)
352-5200www.queensphysicaltherapypc.com
PREFERRED FLOORSOf Whitestone Inc.
NNEEWW CCAARRPPEETT WWAARREEHHOOUUSSEE12-68 150Th Street
Whitestone, NY 11357
(718) 746-8666FREE PROTECTED AND ENCLOSED
PARKING IN REARService The Way You Remember It!
WWhhiitteessttoonneePHARMACY150-43B 14th Ave.(718) 767-0618
Free Pick Up & DeliverySurgicals • Notary Public
Si Parla ItalianoRoberto & Nella Viola
Your Mom & Pop Store Is Back!Alumnus of Holy Trinity
Caring in Three Centuries
Chapin Home for the Aging165-01 Chapin Parkway, Jamaica, NY
(718) 739-2523
Skilled Nursing Facility, Short-Term Rehab, Hospice Care, Adult
Day Health Care
Visit us online at www.ChapinHome.org
Tel. (718) 436-4521DAVID SHANNON FLORIST, INC.
FLORIST & NURSERYJJ .. PP ee rrrroo tt tt aa && FF
aammii llyy
Preferred DentalCare
God Cares For You &We Care For Your Teeth
Serving Queens for 18 years
Ask for your FREE check up today!
Call: 718-445-7600& Visit: www.pdc.gs
Printing • Copying • Invitations 115500--5500 1144tthh
RRooaadd,, WWhhiitteessttoonnee
PPhhoonnee:: ((771188)) 335533--77004400(Parishioner)
HARPELL PHARMACIES12-65 150 St. Whitestone • 4 Full Time
Pharmacists
Surgicals & Home Medical Equip. George & Joseph
Isaakidis, RPh, CFAngelo Manniello, Director Sophia Stamboulis,
RPh. PharmD
FREE DELIVERY • Qui si parla Italiano • (718) 767-7868
Stocks • Bonds • Mutual Funds • IRAs • CDsDaniel D.
CapuccioInvestment Representative32-49 Francis Lewis Blvd.Bayside,
NY 11358Bus 718-886-9767Edward Jones
Serving Individual Investors Since 1871
PLEASE PATRONIZE OUR ADVERTISERSDUNLEAVY
PHYSICAL THERAPYCENTER
Susan Dunleavy, P.T.Holy Trinity Parishioner149-43 14 Ave.
Whitestone
(718) 357-4443
#132 FOR ADVERTISING: THE CHURCH BULLETIN INC., 200 DALE ST., W.
BABYLON, NY 11704-1104 (631) 249-4994 •
www.thechurchbulletininc.com
Holy Trinity Catholic AcademyWhitestone
Located Near 14th Ave. & the Whitestone Expressway
WE’RE SHAPING THE COMMUNITYNURSERY THROUGH 8TH GRADEInformation
is available in addition tothe selected free bus pick-up
stops.After School Available Until 6:00 pm
For Registration InformationPLEASE CALL(718) 746-1479
Registration for the 2015-2016
www.edwardjones.com
Established in 1975
BBrreennddaannssAAuuttoommoottiivvee SSeerrvviicceess
High quality service from aname you can trust!
Brendan’s Service Station76-36 164th Street
Flushing, NY 11366(718) 380-0944
164th Street Auto84-12 164th StreetJamaica, NY 11432(718)
523-9081
Brendan’s Utopia Mobil181-05 Horace Harding Expressway
Fresh Meadow, NY 11365(718) 357-9710
Martin A.
Funeral Home L.L.C.
Family owned and operated by
John Aloysius Golden &Thomas A. Golden III
10-25 150th StreetWhitestone, N.Y.(718) 359-1122
The last family owned funeral firm
in this bulletinAlso located in
Flushing & BaysideVisit our website:
wwwgleasonsfuneral.com
Caring for families for over 100 years
(Opp Greenwood Cemetery3380 Ft. Hamilton Pkwy.Brooklyn, NY
11218
www.shannonflorist.comWe accept all
Major Credit Cards
