THIRTEENTH
SUNDAY in ORDINARY TIME
JULY
1, 2007
(M -
Memorial, A - Anniversary)
6:45 THE WENZEL FAMILY
9:00 PEGGY DYER--M
req. by Toni & Irv Cherashore
TUESDAY, JULY 3
THOMAS, apostle
6:45 RAFAEL and THERESA
SANTOLIQUIDO--M
req. by Ralph Santoliquido
9:00 MARGARET STAUDT--M
req. by the Zink Family
WEDNESDAY, JULY 4
ELIZABETH
of PORTUGAL
INDEPENDENCE
DAY
9:00 BERTHE
and LOUIS BREUIL--M
reg. by the Shields Family
THURSDAY, JULY 5
ANTHONY
ZACCARIA, priest
6:45 SPECIAL
INTENTION for the LIVING:
RITA NAHAS and THE APOSTOLIDES FAMILY
req.
by Fr. Joseph A. Nahas
9:00 THE
DECEASED MEMBERS of the
TOWN of MAMARONECK FIRE
DEPARTMENT
req. by Fr. Joseph A. Nahas
MARIA GORETTI, virgin, martyr
6:45 MARY
A. and EDWARD S. LADIN and
ROSE DUDEK--M
req. by the Ladin Family
9:00 MSGR.
PHILLIP P. SHANNON--M
req. by Carmie Mangieri
9:00 THE MIRANDE
FAMILY
req. by the Mirande Family
5:30 THE
SAPORITO and LOIACONI FAMILIES
req. by the Saporito Family
SUNDAY,
JULY 8
7:30 JANE
and MICHAEL HARDIMAN—M
req. by Mary Jane & Paul
Krebbs
9:00 GUIDO
GULLA--M
req. by the Gulla Family
10:30 FOR
THE PEOPLE OF THE PARISH
12:00 DOMINICK
PIZZIMENTI--A
req. by the DellUomo Family
5:00 MARGARET
MAGUIRE--M
req. by Jane & Ken
Padgett
PRAYERFUL
REMEMBRANCES
Your prayers are requested for
the sick at home, and in the hospitals, especially: Mike Rosario, Martha Hall,
Terry & Amy Tucker, Anthony Apostolides, Grace Welch, Florence Leight, Joseph Maiorama, Jessy
Mackey, Charlotte Neuman, Daniel Patrick Duker, Joan Porrazzo, Lewis B.
Merrifield, III, Kayla Estelle Kelsh, John
Bave, 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, 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 (06—24—07)
$8,818
Attendance: 967
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.
FOURTH of
JULY
Wednesday, is the fourth of July, a national holiday. There will be NO
6:45 AM Mass. The parish office, the school office and the religious education
office will all be closed. Enjoy the fireworks!
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.
FOOD BANK
NEEDS
Now that summer is
here, please do not forget to bring a non-perisible food items when you come to
Mass.
CALENDAR of EVENTS for the WEEK OFJULY 1st:
WEDNESDAY, JULY 4th:
11:00 AM SARAH NEUMAN: Mass
SATURDAY, JULY 7th:
10:00 AM RMR: Baptism Preparation class
RELIGIOUS
EDUCATION REGISTRTION
Classes are currently
being formed for the 2007/08 school year. Please register NOW to ensure prompt
placement.
NIGHTS of
COLUMBUS
Reserve your foursome.
Our Annual Golf outing will be held on Monday, September 24th, at
the Pelham Bay Golf Club, check-in & lunch 11:00 – 12:00, shot gun start
12:30pm, dinner at the Davenport, 6:30pm. Golf, cart, lunch, beverages, prizes,
cocktail hour, buffet dinner w/open bar, all for only $175. Bring a foursome if
you can or come alone or with a friend and we will make the foursome. Call
Craig Skolnick to reserve your spot 212-319-0871 or 914-235-2264.
We need your support
so we can continue the good work of our Council; sponsor a golf hole at our
golf outing for only $125.00. You can also show your support by sponsoring the
golf carts, cocktail hour, or golf prize. This is a great way to give to our
council or to advertise your business; contact Craig Skolnick to reserve your
hole sponsorship or for more information; 212-319-0871 or 914-235-2264.
BEREAVEMENT
Coxe & Graziano
Funeral Home will once again hold its bereavement program entitled, “Time to
Talk”. The program, lead by Certified Counselor, Teri Agliardo, began its next session on Saturday, June 30th,
at 1 pm in the stained glass chapel in the funeral home. There is no cost to
attend and light refreshments will be served. Please extend this invitation to
anyone you know of who may benefit from this program. For more information or
to reserve a space, please contact Jennifer Graziano at 698-5968.
FRANCISCAN
SPIRIT TOURS
Capuchin Franciscan
friars Fr. Michael Marigliano O.F.M. Cap and Fr. Michael Sevigny, O.F.M. Cap
will be leading the following pilgrimages this fall:
“Franciscan Italy”
(Rome/Assisi/San Giovanni Rotondo, October 2 – 9)
“Great Women of Faith”
(Paris/Lourdes/Lisieux, Oct0ober 13-21)
“Journey of Peace”
(Medjugorgie, October 19 -27)
“Mary in the New
World” (Mexico City/Guadalupe, December 8 – 13)
“World Youth Day”
(Sydnet, Australia, July 14 – 21, 2008)
Proceeds benefit
Franciscan ministeries of the friars. Fro more information, please contact John
at Franciscan Spirit Tours at 646-736-7964 or via email at info@FranciscanSpiritTours.com
THE
PASTOR’S COLUMN
My father used to say: “You can’t win for
losing.” I really did not understand the expression but he would explain that
there are times when you are in a no win situation. I believe the Church
frequently finds herself in such a position. When she speaks her comments are
pictured as being too ethereal: “out of touch with the common man.” Or, the
media and unfortunately, sometimes the faithful might caricature the
magisterium as being ridiculously concerned with what is deigned as trivial.
The latter is true in the case of a recent document from the Pontifical Council
for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People: “Guidelines for the
Pastoral Care of the Road.” Most of us heard from broadcasts on television and
radio, read in newspapers, or viewed on the Internet that the Vatican issued
ten commandments for driving. The work of this papal agency was diminished in
favor of a sound bite or quick chuckle on late night shows. This major
presentation by Cardinal Martino was not appreciated for its dynamic
understanding of humanity and the stresses of modern existence.
The members of the Curia received with
great concern the overwhelming statistic that one and a half million people
throughout the world had lost their lives in road incidents. The authors couch
their suggestions for more humane behavior by noting “the phenomenon of human
mobility: moving from place to place, and transporting goods using different
means, have characterized human behavior since the beginning of history.
Mobility and wondering are therefore expressions of human nature and of our
cultural development. The transportation of goods and people is increasing at a
dizzy pace, sometimes taking place under difficult conditions and even putting
life at risk. Our lives are conditioned by the car, as mobility has become an
idol, which the car symbolizes…A modern phenomenon, full of consequences, which
is part of this mobility, and the progress that derives from it, the traffic in
general, and especially by road traffic. Traffic has gradually increased, as a
requirement of a society that is continually developing, and also due to the
ever faster and bigger means of locomotion used for transporting people and
goods.” (1 – 3) Our teens save for their first car with an obsessive desire.
Our families travel in larger and larger SUVs with DVDs, MP 3s, and heated
seats. The two car garage is not enough space for the average family.
Additionally, the document notes that traffic congestion is only one area of
concern for society.” (P)eople are directly exposed to dangers deriving from
other elated problems, such as noise, air pollution and intensive use of raw
materials. We must tackle these issues and not just passively put up with them,
partly in order to limit the costs of modernization that are becoming
unsustainable. In this context, it is a good idea to call for a commitment to
avoid unnecessary car use.” (5) Not merely because of the high cost of gasoline
should we resort to public transportation. One of the joys of being in this
community for me is the ability to walk to and from the Metro-North Station and
then go to the city and walk to many of its wonderful parks, museums, and
shops. We hear many stories descrying obesity in the young and the health
problems in allied areas in the adult population. For many of us, perhaps, the
gym is not an attraction, but all can spend some time walking alone, with
spouse, and /or with family.
The document asserts that drivers posses to
varying degrees psychological aspects which are different from those of
pedestrians. For instance, it states: “the domination instinct, or feeling of
arrogance, impels people to seek power in order to assert themselves…Driving a
car provides an easy opportunity to dominate others. Indeed, by identifying
themselves with their car, drivers enormously increase their own power. This is
expressed through speed and gives rise to the pleasure of driving. This makes
drivers wish to experience the thrill of speed, a typical manifestation of
their increased power. The free availability of speed, being able to accelerate
at will, setting out to conquer time and space, overtaking, and almost
’subjugating’ other drivers, turn into sources of satisfaction that derive from
domination.” (25) Additionally, “cars particularly lend themselves to being
used by their owners to show off, and as a means for outshining other people
and arousing a feeling of envy. People thus identify themselves with their cars
and project assertion of their egos onto them. When we praise our cars, we are,
in fact, praising ourselves, because they belong to us and, above all, we drive
them. Many motorists, including the not so young, boast with great pleasure of
records broken and high speeds achieved, and it is easy to see that they cannot
stand being considered as bad drivers, even though they may acknowledge that
they are…Unbalanced behavior varies according to individuals and circumstances,
and may include impoliteness, rude gestures, cursing, blasphemy, loss of sense
of responsibility, or deliberate infringement of the Highway Code. For some
drivers, the unbalanced behavior is expressed in insignificant ways, whilst in
others it may produce serious excesses that depend on character, level of
education, an incapacity for self-control and the lack of a sense of
responsibility.” (26 – 27) When we read these sentiments our first tendency
might be to deny their representation and yet, we must acknowledge elements of
truth as we reflect on our behavior. As the Curial statement continues: “Such
excesses may occur in a large number of normal people. Such unbalanced behavior
which may have serious consequences, nevertheless, comes within the scope of
psychological normality…Cars tend to bring out the “primitive” side of human
beings, thereby producing rather unpleasant results. We need to take these
dynamics into account and react by appealing to the noble tendencies of the
human spirit, to a sense of responsibility and self-control, in order to
prevent manifestations of psychological regression that is often connected to
driving as a means of transport.
Next week, we will continue examining this
significant document. Have a pleasant and safe week.
Jesus Vivat,
Fr. Brian