THE PARISH OF RESURRECTION-ASCENSION 85-25 61 st Road, Rego Park, New York 11374 (718) 424-5212 www.rachurch.net OCTOBER 13, 2019 Weekend Mass Schedule Saturday Evening- 5:00pm Sunday- 8:00am, 9:30am, 11:00am 12:30pm en español Weekday Mass Schedule Monday-Saturdays 9:00am Rectory Hours Monday-Friday 9:00am-noon 1:00pm-5:00pm Saturday 9:00am-1:00pm (receptionist en Espanol) Sunday Closed Parish Staff Very Rev. Thomas G. Pettei, Pastor Rev. Richard Conlon, Parochial Vicar Msgr. Robert J. Thelen, Parochial Vicar Rev. Basilio Monteiro, Weekend Presider Mr. Emanuel Bologna, Director of Music Mrs. Joann Heppt, Academy Principal Mr. Jason Velazquez, Director of Faith Formation & Pastoral Outreach Mr. James Shearer, Youth Minister Rectory Staff Debbie Gross, Receptionist [email protected], or ext 10 Heather Belon, Bookkeeper [email protected], or ext 12 Cathy Mesa, Tuition Officer/ Receptionist [email protected], or ext 16 Carmen Chang, Receptionist en español Rite of Reconciliation Saturday 11:00-11:30am or by appointment Resurrection-Ascension Catholic Academy (718) 426-4963 [email protected]www.racatholicacademy.org To register with the parish, please visit the Rectory office. The Sacrament of Baptism takes place once a month. Please call the Rectory for schedules and information on registration. The Sacrament of Marriage- please call the Rectory for scheduling. According to Diocesan policy, arrangements must be made six months in advance. Pastoral Outreach- please contact the Director of Pastoral Outreach (ext. 28 at rectory) for information regarding Communion calls, Food Pantry, Care of the Homebound, etc. Follow us on Facebook and Twitter! Keep up with the latest happenings at RA! Facebook: Resurrection Ascension Church Twitter: @RARomCathChurch
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THE PARISH OF RESURRECTION-ASCENSION 85-25 61st Road, Rego Park, New York 11374
(718) 424-5212 www.rachurch.net
OCTOBER 13, 2019
Weekend Mass Schedule Saturday Evening- 5:00pm Sunday- 8:00am, 9:30am, 11:00am 12:30pm en español Weekday Mass Schedule
Parish Staff Very Rev. Thomas G. Pettei, Pastor Rev. Richard Conlon, Parochial Vicar Msgr. Robert J. Thelen, Parochial Vicar Rev. Basilio Monteiro, Weekend Presider Mr. Emanuel Bologna, Director of Music Mrs. Joann Heppt, Academy Principal Mr. Jason Velazquez, Director of Faith Formation & Pastoral Outreach Mr. James Shearer, Youth Minister
Rectory Staff Debbie Gross, Receptionist [email protected], or ext 10 Heather Belon, Bookkeeper [email protected], or ext 12 Cathy Mesa, Tuition Officer/ Receptionist [email protected], or ext 16 Carmen Chang, Receptionist en español
Rite of Reconciliation Saturday 11:00-11:30am or by appointment
Resurrection-Ascension Catholic Academy (718) 426-4963 [email protected] www.racatholicacademy.org
To register with the parish, please visit the Rectory office.
The Sacrament of Baptism takes place once a month. Please call the Rectory for schedules and information on registration.
The Sacrament of Marriage- please call
the Rectory for scheduling. According to Diocesan policy, arrangements must be made six months in advance.
Pastoral Outreach- please contact the Director of Pastoral Outreach (ext. 28 at rectory) for information regarding Communion calls, Food Pantry, Care of the Homebound, etc.
Follow us on Facebook and Twitter! Keep up with the latest happenings at RA! Facebook: Resurrection Ascension Church Twitter: @RARomCathChurch
____________________RESURRECTION-ASCENSION CHURCH, REGO PARK
Today is the Twenty-Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time (C). The Readings are found at #1192 in the Parish Hymnal.
Monday, October 14th 9:00am Andrew Hallissey, req by Pat and Terry Ann Murphy
Tuesday, October 15th 9:00am Bob Belon, req by Rosemarie Phelan
Wednesday, October 16th 9:00am Bob Belon, req by Angela McCarthy
Thursday, October 17th 9:00am Bob Belon, req by Tom and Brenda McCabe and family
Friday, October 18th 9:00am Bob Belon, req by Julie Infranco
Saturday, October 19th 9:00am- For the People of the Parish -Anna Pagano -Patricia Anne Oettinger, req by Carol Scacalossi and family -Patrick Killeen, Jr., req by his mom and family -Ryszard Oskwarek, req by his daughter and family -in gratitude to Maureen Kelly (Marian Rosary Group), req by Beth Ellen Siegel -for the intentions of Joan Dolon (bday), req by Rita and Ed Geraghty -Regina Ziniewicz, req by Jane Donlon -Pat Holahan, req by Jane Donlon -for the intentions and health of the Berkowitz family, req by Clare Johnson
5:00pm Tony Fasano, req by the Murphy family
Sunday, October 20th – Twenty-Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time
8:00am Anne O’Dea, and sons Patrick and Joseph, req by their family
9:30am Charles Collins, req by Jeanette Lambert 11:00am Bob Belon, req by Rita and Ed Geraghty
12:30pm Maria P. Diaz De Marmol, req by her family
2019 ANNUAL CATHOLIC APPEAL Parish Goal: $62,027 Pledged to date: $63,330 Paid to date: $58,812
A Glimpse at your contributions… October 12/13: Sunday Collection: $6,679 Contributions made via Online Giving: $1,434 Total Sunday Collection: $8,113 Visiting Missionary Collection: $1,699
REMEMBER IN YOUR PRAYERS
The Sick and/or Hospitalized: Vahide Atlas, Colleen Breheny, Peggy Brennan, Stephanie Bojarski, Kurt Burger, Richard DeNardo, Kathleen Fallon, Ida Fernandes, Steve Ferrugio, Msgr. Vincent Fullam, Jackie Hanley, George J. Harms, George M. Harms, James Leung, Joe Loughnane, Mary Loughnane, Saverio Lunetta, Mary Ellen Lustberg, Nora Lydon, Dolly Serna Ocampo, Brendan Phelan, Grace Radonicic, Frank Rahill, Maureen Rahill, Barbara Ravert, Susan Richards, Joel Rivera, Madeline Silecchia, Rose and Carmela Tantillo, Chana Yadgarova.
Deceased: Patricia M. Mullaney, Olimpia Rodriguez, Victor Durchhalter
WINE & HOSTS AND MEMORIAL CANDLES
The Wine and Hosts will be used this week in loving memory of Donna Orosz, as requested by Bridie Grogan and family.
The Candle at the Statue of St. Patrick will be lit this week in loving memory of Leonard and Rose Rella.
The Candle at the Statue of St. John Vianney will be lit this week in loving memory of Leonard and Rose Rella.
2020 MASS BOOK OPENING
The first half (January through June) of the 2020
Mass Book is now open. Requests may also be
sent in, along with your contact information, and
a self-addressed, stamped envelope.
FOOD PANTRY COLLECTION DATES On Sunday, October 27th, and Sunday,
November 17th, we will be accepting non-perishable food donations to our Food Pantry in the Church Meeting Room after the Sunday Masses. Items especially needed include oatmeal, pasta, small package of rice, coffee, instant coffee. Thank you for your generosity to those in need.
WORLD MISSION SUNDAY Next weekend, we will be accepting your donation to World Mission Sunday, which benefits the Society for the Propagation of the Faith. Your gifts support and sustain priests, religious and lay pastoral leaders in more than 1,000 mission dioceses in Asia, Africa, the Pacific Islands, and parts of Latin America and Europe as they proclaim the Gospel, build the Church, and serve the poor.
OCTOBER 13, 2019
Dear Friends, A while back I was doing a little research (checking out the “Ellis Island” website) to see if I could find out when my grandparents came to the United States. I discovered that my maternal grandfather (from County Sligo), Michael Rouse, arrived at Ellis Island on October 12, 1899. That seems like a great day to arrive—Columbus Day. I can only imagine how he must have felt when the ship entered New York harbor after that long journey. There would have been a mixture of feelings—hope, anticipation and anxiety for the future among them. But most certainly he would have felt gratitude for having made the journey safely. The first reading and Gospel today speak of the healings of lepers. And we could easily see healing as a major theme…recognizing the healing come from God. But the readings are also a call to gratitude! Is there anything or anyone we take for granted? We need gratitude for healings, gratitude for forgiveness, gratitude for daylight, gratitude for the air we breathe, gratitude for the earth on which we walk, gratitude for journeys and safe landings, gratitude for family, gratitude for co-workers, gratitude for all the people in our lives. Without this sense of gratitude, our lives and our healings are incomplete. God touches our lives through healing, through mercy, through the created world, through small events. Will we, like the Samaritan leper, give thanks for the love of our God?
Peace, Father Tom
++++ Queridos amigos, Hace algún tiempo estaba investigando un poco en el sitio web de "Ellis Island", para ver si podía averiguar la fecha en que mis abuelos llegaron a los Estados Unidos. Descubrí que mi abuelo materno (del condado de Sligo), Michael Rouse, llegó a la isla Ellis el 12 de octubre de 1899. Ese parece ser un gran día para llegar: el Día de Cristóbal Colón. Me imagino cómo debe haberse sentido mi abuelo cuando el barco entró en el puerto de Nueva York después de tan largo viaje. Debe haber experimentado una mezcla de emociones: esperanza, anticipación y ansiedad por el futuro de ellos. Pero sin duda debe haber sentido gratitud por haber hecho el viaje sin novedad. La primera lectura y el Evangelio de hoy nos hablan de la sanación de los leprosos. Y podríamos ver fácilmente la sanación como el tema principal ... reconociendo que la sanación proviene de Dios. ¡Pero las lecturas también son un llamado a la gratitud! ¿Hay algo o alguien a quien no apreciamos sino lo tomamos por sentado? Necesitamos ser agradecidos por las sanaciones, por el perdón, agradecer por la luz del día, por el aire que respiramos, agradecer por la tierra en la que caminamos, por los viajes y aterrizajes seguros, por la familia, por los compañeros de trabajo, y ser agradecidos por todos las personas presentes en nuestras vidas. Sin este sentido de gratitud, nuestras vidas y nuestras sanaciones estarían incompletas. Dios toca nuestras vidas a través de la sanación, a través de la misericordia, a través del mundo creado, a través de pequeños eventos. ¿Seremos nosotros, como el leproso samaritano, daremos gracias por el amor de nuestro Dios?
Paz y bendiciones, Padre Tom
TWENTY-EIGHTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
RESURRECTION-ASCENSION
CATHOLIC ACADEMY NEWS -------------------------------------------------------------------------
Congratulations to the following students who are members of the Student Council:
President: Sophia Fernandez Vice President: Noelle Imburgia Secretary: Isabella Chase Treasurer: Zoe Gagarin Grade 4 Representatives: Chinedu Ajulu and Luciana Landa Grade 5 Representatives: Dario Mangano and Alexandra Szczerbinski Grade 6 Representatives: Ebube Ajulu and Adrian Arcero Grade 7 Representatives: Caitlin Ortiz and Kielan Santos Grade 8 Representatives: Rachele Bifulco and Zander Theodoropoulos
CALLING ALL EXTRAORDINARY MINISTERS OF HOLY COMMUNION!
There will be a meeting for all EMHCs this Tuesday, October 15th at 7:00pm in the Church Meeting Room. I am looking forward to seeing everyone there! -Fr. Tom
Join Knights of Columbus Juniper Valley Council 14578 as we celebrate our 11th anniversary at Bridie’s Bar and Grill on Saturday, October 26th from 4-7pm. Buffet style menu includes chicken parm, apple bacon stuffed pork, shepherd’s pie, dessert and beer, wine, soda, tea and coffee. For more information, call John at (917) 304-3460 or Anthony at (646) 354-0743. We hope to see you there!
Our Woodhaven Blvd. parking lot will be repaired and repaved some time in the
coming weeks! For the several days it will take to complete the job, the lot will be
unavailable. We thank you for your understanding and patience.
Our parish Youth Group meets Sundays from10:30-12noon. For more information, email Jim Shearer, our parish Youth Minister, at [email protected]. New members are always welcome!!
In all created things discern the providence and
wisdom of God, and in all things give Him thanks.
—Saint Teresa of Ávila
THE WEEK AHEAD
Monday, October 14th- St. Callistus I, Pope and Marytr -Columbus Day
-Rectory Closed, School Closed -Food Pantry Closed -Basketball Practice 5-9pm Gym -No Yoga
-NA 7:30pm PCC
Tuesday, October 15th- St. Teresa of Jesus, Virgin and Doctor of the Church -Children’s Choir 3pm Church -Basketball Practice 5-9pm Gym -EMHC Meeting 7pm CMR -English Classes 6-8pm PCC -Spanish Prayer Group 7-9pm FFH Chapel
Wednesday, October 16th- St. Hedwig, Religious; St. Margaret Mary Alacoque, Virgin -Toddler Time 9:30-10:30am CMR -Food Pantry 10-12noon PCC -English Choir 7:30pm Church -Basketball Practice 5-9pm Gym -NA 7:30pm PCC
Thursday, October 17th- St. Ignatius of Antioch, Bishop and Martyr -Spanish Support Group 9:30-11:30am FFH Garden -Diocesan Choir Practice 7:30pm Church -Basketball Practice 5-9pm Gym -English Classes 6-8pm PCC
Friday, October 18th- St. Luke, Evangelist -Gym Closed -CODA 10am PCC -Twirling 3:30-6:45pm FFH - No Basketball Practice -Spanish Bible Study 7-9pm FFH Garden
Saturday, October 19th- Sts. John de Brebeuf and Isaac Joques, Priests, and Companions, Martyrs -OCA 10am PCC -Gym Closed -Spanish Classes 3-5pm PCC -Spanish Service 5-7pm PCC -Divine Mercy 4:15pm Blessed Sacrament
Sunday, October 20th- Twenty-Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time -Special Liturgy at the 9:30am Mass -Sunday School 10:30-12noon -Health Fair 10-3pm Gym-
-Youth Group 10:30-12noon FFH Garden -Alanon 12noon PCC
ST. JUDE CELEBRATION on October 27th after the 11:00am and 12:30pm Masses, refreshments will be served in the area outside the auditorium. A statue of St. Jude will also be raffled. All are welcome!
