TRINITY
SUNDAY
JUNE
3, 2007
(M -
Memorial, A - Anniversary)
6:45 THE WENZEL FAMILY
9:00 MARGARET MAGUIRE--M
req.
by Luke & Grace Hriston
TUESDAY, JUNE 5
BONIFACE, bishop, martyr
6:45 JOSEPH MICHAEL BONGIORNO--M
req. by Annette Stabile
9:00 KAY MC CORMICK--M
req. by Dean & Faith
Daniels
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 6
NORBERT,
bishop
6:45 EARL TRAVERS--M
req. by the Clergy & the People of
Sts. John
& Paul Parish
9:00 MARY SPINNER--M
reg. by Dr. & Mrs.
James
V. O’Connor
THURSDAY, JUNE 7
6:45 HAROLD
PASTORE--M
req. by Nina Pizzo
9:00 MARGARET
MAGUIRE--M
req. by Elaine, John, Sarah &
Andrew Zech
6:45 MARY A. and EDWARD S. LADIN and
ROSE DUDEK--M
req. by the Ladin Family
9:00 ANN
TOGLIA--M
req. by Dean & Faith Daniels
EPHREM, deacon, doctor
9:00 MARGARET MAGUIRE--M
req. by Ann Lyons
5:30 MARY
and LOUIS COX--M
req. by Lucille Novotny
SUNDAY,
JUNE 10
7:30 AGNES
DORAN--M
9:00 MARIE
RUGGIERO--M
req. by Rosemary MacMenamin
10:30 EDWARD GARBA--M
req. by Martha Garba
12:00 VERONICA
MC PEAK--M
req. by the McPeak Family
5:00 MARGARET
MAGUIRE--M
req. by Virginia, Wayne &
Megan Stanford
PRAYERFUL
REMEMBRANCES
Your prayers are requested for
the sick at home, and in the hospitals, especially: Laura Kerzic, Kayla Estelle
Kelsh, Dorothy Gay Juergens, John Bave, Haydee Bitter, Betty Berrigan, Skylar
Bahrenburg, F. Peter O’Hara, Taylor
Shea, Ben Pariea, James Curtin, Carmella Musumeci, Msgr. Joseph J. Boyd,
Ramona Murill, Patricia Kuhr, Theresa
Astorino, Joseph Mileti, Dotty Doherty, Caroline Weldon, Lenny Cavalieri, Jenna
Mussolini, Teresa Civetta, Frank Maiola, Aileen O’Brien, Ed Lenard, Pam Hissey, Alice Nasta, Mildred Traub, Catherine Ann
Brennan, Sarah Butler, Mimi Cosgrove, Kristen Long, Patrick Lamont, Elizabeth
Kim, for our service men and women at
home and abroad; for the faithful departed, COLIN D. MARREN and DARLENE LEONE, and those who have no one to
pray for them; and for the honored dead of the Armed Services.
SUNDAY COLLECTION
Last week’s collection (05—27—07)
$9,060
Attendance: 920
The parish of Saints John and Paul thanks you for
your support. We are grateful to our parishioners who use our envelope system.
If you wish to receive Church support envelopes, please call the Rectory at
834-5458.
10:30 AM
MASS MUSIC NOTES
As the Responsorial Psalm today says, “O Lord, our God, how wonderful
your name in all the earth!”, so says the Anthem for today, “Bless Thou The
Lord” by G. F. Handel: Bless thou the Lord and magnify his name; while I live I
praise and glorify him.”
BAPTISM
PREPARATION for PARENTS of INFANTS
To arrange for a
Baptism, please call the rectory and you will be given an appointment with one
of the parish priests.
Water in
the Word
Baptismal
Preparation Session Schedule
All sessions are
offered on the following Saturday mornings from 10 AM – 11:30 AM. Please call
the rectory to attend.
Classes during the
summer will be on July 7th and August 5th.
SUNDAY of
the MOST HOLY TRINITY
JUNE 3,
2007
The
Trinity is the Perfect Family; our human family is an icon of the Trinity
trying to live the life and love of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. When
planning family vacations, go to Mass each day – the source of your family’s
life and love! If you are a young man interested in the priesthood, please
contact Father Luke Sweeney or Father Luis Saldana at the Vocation Office in
the archdiocese of New York at 968-1340 or www.archvocations.org.
CALENDAR of EVENTS for the WEEK OFJUNE 3rd:
SUNDAY, JUNE 3RD:
10:00 AM GYM: Pancake Breakfast
10”10 AM SCH: Religious Education classes
MONDAY, JUNE 4th:
7:00 PM SCH CONF RM: Boy Scout Meeting
TUESDAY, JUNE 5th:
9:00 AM RMR: PSPA Meeting
7:00 PM AUD: John Serrano rehearsal
8:00 PM RMR: K of C Meeting
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 6th:
11:00 AM SARAH NEUMAN: Mass
12:00 PM AUD: Daisies Fly Up”
THURSDAY, JUNE 7TH:
7:00 PM AUD: John Serrano rehearsal
7:00 PM LSC: Pastor’s Dinner
FRIDAY, JUNE 8th:
10:30 AM AUD: Kindergarten Graduation
5:30 PM RMR: 4th grade Girl Scouts
SATURDAY, JUNE 9th:
FOOD BANK
NEEDS
Please remember to
bring a non-perishable food item with you when you come to Mass. Cereal,
coffee, tea, canned vegetable and fruits, Bisquick are just some of the foods
that are always a good choice to donate.
THE
PASTOR’S DINNER
THURSDAY,
JUNE 7th,
Larchmont
Shore Club
7:00 PM
Why is it the same 100 men return every year for our annual Pastor’s
dinner? Could it be the good food and drink, the comic routine of Vinnie
Graziano, our local mortician, the surprise performance by Fr. Pomposello, or
the singing of Bishop Sullivan? Whatever it is, maybe you should give the dinner
a try. Bring a friend. Reservations may be sent to the rectory. Cost: $125.00
and please make the checks out to Sts. John and Paul.
RELIGIOUS
EDUCATIUON NEWS…
REGISTRATION
for 2007/2008
Re-registrations and new registrations for the 2007/08 year are
currently being accepted in the Religious Education Office. Please call our
office at 834-4597 or look in the manila envelope on the bulletin board outside
the office for the forms.
Registration Day for the 2007/08 school year will be SUNDAY, JUNE 17th,
after all the morning Masses.
LARCHMONT-MAMARONECK
INTERFAITH COUNCIL
The Annual meeting
will be held on Thursday, June 7th, at 10:30 a.m. at Sue Spencer’s
home – 340 Orienta Avenue in Mamaroneck.
Planning for the 2007
– 2008 schedules will take place and election of new officers. Lunch follows at
noon.
Call Mary Lee Berridge
at 834-0912 to tell her your food contribution.
THE EASTER
FESTIVAL OPERA and SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Presents
The Marriage of Figaro
(In Italian)
Thursday, June 14 8pm
Friday June 14 8pm
Saturday June 16 8pm
Sunday June 17 3pm
At the
Pelham Manor Theatre
1023 Esplanade
Pelham, New York
Tickets: $40 and $35
Seniors/ Students $30
For more information,
call (347) 558 -4091 or check the website at www.EasternFestivalsSymphonyOrchestra.com
CAN YOU
FIND GOD IN A BAR?
Assumption and
Immaculate Conception Parishes are sponsoring a Theology on Tap program. We
meet at Mickey Spillane’s in the upstairs room on June 14th at 7:30
PM. Drinks will be half price until 8:00 PM. We welcome Fr. Dan O’Reilly, of
Resurrection Church, a graduate of Regis, Princeton University, and St.
Joseph’s Seminary (2003). Father will talk from 8 to 9 PM. Any one aged 21 to
121 is welcome. Find out if you are really smarter than a fifth grader.
Mickey Spillane’s Bar
and Restaurant is located at 431 White Plains Road, Eastchester. The phone
number is 395-3838.
HOW to
SUPPORT CHILDREN & TEENS AFTER a DEATH
The Bereavement Center
of Westchester is offer a community lecture on “How to support children and
teens after a death” featuring Dr. Donna Schurman on Wednesday, June 13th
from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Suzanne Werner Wright Theatre at Sarah Lawrence College
in Bronxville. The lecture is free. For additional information or to RSVP,
please call 961-2818, ext. 317.
THE
PASTOR’S COLUMN
Not dissimilar to our own New York City,
the modernity of Dublin is tempered by acres of green. Phoenix Park permits one
to leave behind the trials and tribulations of daily existence and enjoy
nature’s display of flora and fauna. As an oasis for contemplation, it serves
as a place where God’s creation can be appreciated. In its center, lives the
President of the Irish Republic in what is called the White House. Our group also
viewed a tall cross which marks the spot where His Holiness Pope John Paul II
celebrated Mass in September of 1979 just before his visit to our country.
Before that 116 foot structure, he uttered prophetic words concerning the once
proud Catholic nation we were visiting: “Yes, Ireland, that has overcome so
many difficult moments in her history, is being challenged in a new way today,
for she is not immune from the influence of ideologies and trends which
present-day civilization and progress carry with them. The very capability of
mass media to bring the whole world into you homes produce a new kind of
confrontation with values and trends that up until now have been alien to Irish
society. Pervading materialism imposes its dominion on man today in many different
forms and with aggressiveness that spares no one. The most sacred principles
which were the sure guides for the behavior of individuals and society are
being hollowed out by false pretenses concerning freedom, the sacredness of
life, the dissolubility of marriage, the true sense of human sexuality, the
right attitude towards the material goods that progress has to offer. Many
people now are tempted to self-indulgence and consumerism, the human identity
is often defined by what one owns. Thus they can become more selfish in their
demands. Everybody wants a full freedom in all areas of human behavior and new
models of morality are being proposed in the name of would-be freedom. When the
moral fiber of a nation is weakened, when the sense of personal responsibility
is diminished, then the door is open for the justification of injustices, for
violence in all its forms, and for the manipulation of the many by the few. The
challenge that is already with us is the temptation to accept as true freedom
what in reality is only a new form of slavery.” One would hope these words would be heeded not only on Erin’s
Isle but in our own country as well.
After departing from the capital, we
returned to the days of the faith‘s infancy at the ancient monastic site of
Clonmacnoise. Monks first came to the area in 545 A.D. Its central location
made it a natural area for Saint Ciaran to establish a monastery dedicated to
prayer and of them were small. (And they still exist.) As the center of
scholarship, it became the most illustrious school in Europe and was perhaps
the precursor to the university structure. It was a Scriptorium (room of
writing) from the eighth to the tenth centuries and many scribes toiled long
and arduous hours learning the skills which were to become world renowned in
works such as the illumination of Gospel texts in the Book of Kells and Durrow.
Metal workers in gold, silver and bronze produced some of the world’s finest Celtic
craftwork ever known. The last residents of the monastery were driven from the
site as a result of the English crown’s oppressive actions against Roman
Catholicism. One of the most charming aspects of these ruins is the Whispering
Arch where one speaks into a side their intimate thoughts to be heard by
someone on the other. Frequently, people in love would go to it and propose
marriage. It was a desire of the late pope to visit the area in 1979. Secret
arrangements were made so only 20,000 people showed up to greet him, so much
for confidentiality.
Our group then made for Galway. On the way
to the city center, we stopped at the famous quarry where Connemara marble is
mined. There is a piece of the same in my chalice as a tribute to my mother’s
parents who hailed from this county. Some of us could not resist buying some mementos
of our pilgrimage. We entered the Cathedral which dominates the landscape and
co-celebrated Mass with an Iris counter part: a judge of the Tribunal. One of
the side chapels is dominated by a mosaic of Saint Calman. Previously, a royal
poet and lard at court in Cashel, he converted to the faith and became a
teacher of saints, notably Saint Columba. He preached so eloquently that he
became the first bishop of Cloyne in Cork. The beautiful work of art is notable
for it was dedicated by the Servant of God, Terence Joseph Cardinal Cooke to
the people of the Archdiocese of New York. Our group recited a decade of the
rosary in that holy place for each of you and your families. At present, the
diocese includes the Sees of Kilmacduagh and Kilfenora. It is interesting to
note that Richard Luke Concannon of Kilfenora was transferred to become the
first bishop of the Archdiocese of New York. Unfortunately, he died in Naples
before he could take canonical possession.
Our next stop is the most important Marion
shrines in Ireland. On August 21, 1879, some of the townspeople of Knock viewed
a most wonderful apparition. “They distinctly beheld the Blessed Virgin
Mary…clothed in white robes which were fastened at the neck…She appeared to be
praying…She did not speak…St. Joseph…appeared to be paying his respects. His
hands were joined…He appeared to be aged, with gray whiskers and grayish hair.
He did not speak…St. John the Evangelist…was dressed like a bishop…In his left
hand was a…Book of Gospels…He appeared to be preaching…He did not speak.” A
chapel was built around the wall on which the figures appeared. It was here
that I celebrated a private Mass for the pilgrims, administered the Sacrament
of the Sick, and gave the Papal Blessing which carried a plenary indulgence for
each traveler. When I returned to the sacristy, the sexton invited me to retire
at the Shrine (I must really look much older than I think.) He stated that the
diocese just ordained one priest this year and that would be the last
ordination for the next seven years. How sad!
Our final hours were spent heading towards
the airport. We spent wonderful moments at the natural treasure of the Cliffs
of Moker. We climbed the crags to see the majestic Atlantic. Thousands of years
of creation were revealed to us untouched by human invention.
In Ennis as we went about the tasks of
doing last minute shopping, repacking for a find time, and seeking out the best
bookstore (a personal goal) we discovered a Franciscan Church and prayed at a
beautiful shrine of Padre Pio. From the first moment to the last, the Lord gave
us great graces and opened our eyes to our faith, personal and ecclesial, past
and present. May everyone this summer have a similar opportunity.
Jesus
Vivat,
Fr. Brian