TWENTY-EIGHTH SUNDAY in ORDINARY TIME
OCTOBER 14, 2007
(M -
Memorial, A - Anniversary)
TERESA of
JESUS, virgin., doctor
6:45 SPECIAL INTENTION for the LIVING: JOEY MILETI
req. by Maria D. Markey
9:00 VERONICA MC PEAK—M
req. by the McPeak Family
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 16
HEDWIG, religious
MARGARET MARY ALACOQUE, virgin
6:45 THE FONTANA FAMILY
9:00 JOSEPHINE and CORNELIUS SHIELDS, PAUL V. SHIELDS, And AILEEN SHIELDS BRYAN--M
req. by the Shields Family
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 17
IGNATIUS
of ANTIOCH, bishop
6:45 BERNARD
BROOKS--M
req. by the
Family
9:00 BARBARA HORNIG--A
reg. by the Family
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18
LUKE,
evangelist
6:45 VIRGINIA
HALLIGAN--A
req.
by Anthony D’Andrea
9:00 THE
SAPORITO and LOIACONI
FAMILIES
req. by the Saporito Family
JOHN de
BREBEUF, ISAAC JOGUES, and COMPANIONS, martyrs
6:45 LAWRENCE
FLINK--A
req.
by the Flink Family
9:00 BEN KUBASIK--M
req.
by Claire Kubasik
PAUL of
the CROSS, priest
9:00 JAMES MORRIS--M
req. by Maureen Morris
5:30 FOR THE PEOPLE OF THE PARISH
SUNDAY, OCTOBER
21
7:30 HELEN
M. CONWAY--M
req. by Genevieve Tepedino
9:00 HELEN
MARA NUGENT and
JOSEPH
NUGENT--M
req. by Maura & Richard
Concannon
10:30 JANE
and MICHAEL HARDIMAN--M
req. by Mary Jane &
Paul Krebbs
12:00 VICTORIA
CIRILLO--M
req. by Annita Fiorito
5:00 CARMINE and CARMELA MOLITERNO--M
req. by their daughter, Rose Ferraro
PRAYERFUL
REMEMBRANCES
Your prayers are requested for
the sick at home, and in the hospitals, especially: Bill Sabia, Rev. Robert Gannon, Beth Hersh, Rita Clarke, Judy
Kelly, Maria Leal, Charles Donovan,
Msgr. Joseph Boyd, Joey Mileti, Patricia Kuhr, Theresa Astorino, Dotty Doherty,
Joan Porrazzo, Lenny Cavalieri, Jenna
Mussolini, Teresa Civetta, Frank Maiola, Aileen O’Brien, Ed Lenard, Pam Hissey,
Tricia Eigo, Skylar Bahrenburg, F. Peter O’Hara, Alice Nasta, Mildred Traub,
Mary & Tony Fraioli, Hank Lawlor, Sarah Butler, Mimi Cosgrove,
Kristen Long, Patrick Lamont, Elizabeth Kim,
for our service men and women at home and abroad; for the faithful
departed, ALFRED LIVERZANI, 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 (10—07—07) $12,416
Maintenance: $ 2,875
Attendance: 912
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.
BANNS of MARRIAGE
III – John
Paul Ancuso – Lauren Gombar
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. The dates for
the upcoming classes are as follows: November 3rd, and December 1st.
CALENDAR of EVENTS for the WEEK
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 14th:
All morning: 4th
grade Girl Scout Bake Sale
All morning AUD: SJP
School Book Fair
10:10 AM SCH:
Religious Education classes
6:00 PM RMR: Youth
Group Meeting
MONDAY, OCTOBER 15th:
All day AUD: SJP
School Book Fair
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 16th:
All day AUD: SJP School
Book Fair
3:00 & 8:00 PM
AUD: Choir practice
6:00 PM AUD &
Sch. Conf Rm.: Cub Scouts
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 17th:
10:30 AM SARAH NEUMAN:
Service followed by Mass
12:45 PM RMR: 4th
grade Girl Scouts
2:50 & 7:15 PM
SCH: Religious Education classes
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18th:
11:30 AM LARCHMONT
YACHT CLUB: Woman of Spirit Luncheon
FRIDAY, OCCTOBER 19th:
7:00 PM SJP SCHOOL
MEDIA CENTER: PSPA event
10:30 AM MASS MUSIC NOTES
Today’s Anthem is the beloved spiritual “Deep River”
by Alan Murray. We are reminded of the First Reading when Naaman plunged
himself seven times into the Jordan River at the word of Elisha and was cured
of his leprosy.
FOOD BANK NEWS…
Please remember to bring a non-perishable food item with
you each time you come to Mass. The needs of those less fortunate than us are
great.
CAN YOU HELP?
Volunteers are need at Sarah Neumann Nursing Home on
Wednesday mornings to help bring patients to the Mass. if you are interested in
helping in this very important ministry, please go to the main entrance of
Sarah Neumann on Wednesday morning at 10:30 AM and look for Mr. Anthony Chiodo,
a parishioner who will show you what to do. If you have any questions, please
call the Rectory and ask for Charlotte.
RELGIOUS EDUCATION NEWS…
CONFIRMATION
Confirmation will be
on May 17, 2007. Schedules for preparation and registration forms will soon be
distributed in all religious education and school classes. For private school
students, the schedule and the form are available online at
Catholic-Church.org/sjp or by mail if you call our office. Our first meeting
will be on Tuesday, November 27th, for both the confirmation
candidates and their parents.
STS. JOHN AND PAUL SCHOOL BOOK FAIR
Please come to the Saints John and Paul Book Fair.
It is open Sunday, October 14th, from 9:30 – 1:30, Monday, October
15th 8:30 – 3:30 and 6:00 – 8:00 pm, and Tuesday, October 16th:
8:30 – 3:30. Buy a Klutz Build a Book and your little author can work on it at
the special table after Mass on Sunday! All proceeds go to our new media
center.
NEEDED for BREAKFAST RUN
As you know the Youth
Group of our parish along with adult chaperones participate in a Breakfast Run
once a month. The Run is in need of certain items: packages of new men’s
t-shirts size XT, men’s underwear sizes 36 – 38, men’s white socks, and
backpacks. There is a box in the hall between the school and the church labeled
BREAKFAST RUN. Please place the items there.
BEREAVEMENT MASS – NOVEMBER 3rd
On Saturday, November 3rd, at 9:00 AM, we
will once again have our annual Bereavement Mass. During the past year, we
prayed for the following individuals: Robert Callagy, Jack Carroll, Laura
Kerzic, Jane Carroll, Joe Pata, Louise Russo, John O’Connor, Gloria Nicastri, Julie
Gilligan, Marie Terranova and Josephine Pace. Unfortunately, these names are
not familiar to us. If any one of them is a loved one of yours or if a loved
one of yours died during the past year and you would like he/she remembered at
this special Liturgy, please call the Rectory, ask for Charlotte, and give her
the information regarding the deceased person. Thank you for your help in this
matter.
WOMAN of SPIRIT AWARD LUNCHEON
This annual luncheon will be held on Thursday,
October 18th, at 11:30 am at the Larchmont Yacht Club. Sister Marie
Pappas, C.R., Superintendent of Schools of the Archdiocese of New York, will be
honored. The cost is $35.00 per person and checks should be made out to SJP Women’s
Guild. Reservations can be sent to Patricia Howard, 223 Rockingstone Ave.,
Larchmont, NY 10538. Tel: 833-2434 before October 15th. Telephone
reservations will be accepted, if paid by October 17th. All are most
welcome.
YOUTH GROUP NEWS…
The first meeting of
the Youth Group will take place on SUNDAY, OCTOBER 14th, after the
5:00 PM Mass. All high school students of the parish are invited to attend and
learn what events and activities are on the agenda for the upcoming year. Bring
your thoughts and ideas as to what you, perhaps, would like to do. The meeting
will be held in the RMR beginning at 6:00 PM.
PANCAKE BREAKFAST
SAVE THE DATE
The Youth Group of the parish is once again holding
a Pancake Breakfast on SUNDAY, OCTOBER
21st, after the 9:00 AM Mass in the Gym. Please come and support
the Youth Group in this delightful event.
ST. AUGUSTINE’S/STS. JOHN & PAUL CANCER SEWING
GROUP
The Cancer Sewing Group has been cancelled until
further notice. Thank you.
GOOD COUNSEL
Joe Quattrocchi, a staff member of Good Counsel, is
speaking at Masses this weekend. Good Counsel operates five Catholic pro-life
homes in the Archdiocese of NY for pregnant women and their children and a
national crisis pregnancy help line (800-723-8331). A door collection will be
taken this weekend for their ministry.
HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS
Saints John and Paul CYO basketball program is
hoping to start a High School Girls team to play in the CYO league. Any girls
in the 9th and 10th grades who are interested in playing
need to call me ASAP. Games will be held late afternoon/early evening on
Sundays so as not to interfere with school activities. Girls who play Varsity Basketball
are not permitted to participate in this league.
We would like to begin play around Thanksgiving Day
weekend.
Contact Byrne Sleeper 381-9142 (h), 924- 0730 © or
by email: bsleeper@verizon.net
ADULT WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
The gym will be available one evening a week (to be
determined) for women interested in playing 3 on 3, half court basketball. It’s
fun, fast and a great workout. NO age limit on the far end. Over 18 on the near
end!
Call Byrne Sleeper 381-9142 (home), 924-0730 (cell)
or email: bsleeper@verizon.net.
18th ANNUAL COAT DRIVE
THE CHILDREN’S COLLECTIVE
We have many homeless families in need of proper
winter clothing. Please help us keep them warm by donating outgrown coats,
(clean and in good conditions), sneakers (tied together), gloves, hats and
boots. There is a basket in the hall between the church and the school marked
for this collection which will take place between October 15th and
19th. If you are interested in helping, please email us at
TheCCollective @aol.com. Thank you.
THE PASTOR’S COLUMN
Two weeks
ago, we began a study of the upcoming synod called by Pope Benedict XVI to
discuss the Verbum Dei. Its introductory document states: “The Word of
God is the ultimate surety which God, in his infinite love, gives to people of
every age and time, enabling them to become witnesses to his Word. The synod
wishes to reverently contemplate this mystery of the Word, God’s greatest gift,
to render thanks for it, to meditate upon it and to proclaim it to all members
of the Church and all people of good will.” (1) The members of the Curia make a
strong argument that this is a most appropriate time for the assembly to
fulfill its purpose: “in an increasing number of ways, people today are
displaying a great need to listen to God and speak with Him. At present,
Christians are eagerly seeking the Word of God as the source of life and as a means
of encountering the Lord in a personal manner…In the continuing process of
God’s breathing forth his Word, this Synodal Assembly is being convoked in
close connection with preceding Synods of Bishops (1965-2006). It looks to the
foundations of faith and seeks to present how the Word has been encountered in
the Bible…and throughout the history of the Church. More specifically, this Synod wishes to set forth, in continuity
with the preceding one, the intrinsic connection between the Eucharist and the
Word of God, since the Church must receive nourishment from the one ‘bread of
life from the table of God’s word and Christ’s body.’ This is the Synod’s
underlying purpose and primary goal, namely, to fully encounter the Word of God
in Jesus the Lord, present in the Sacred Scriptures and the Eucharist…Forty
years after the Second Vatican Council, questions arise as to what the fruits
of the conciliar document, Dei Verbum, in our Church’s communities and
whether this Dogmatic Constitution has really been taken to heart. With regard
to the Word of God, many positive things have taken place in the People of God:
for example, biblical renewal in the liturgy, theology and catechesis; the
distribution and practice of the Bible by the biblical apostolate and efforts
of communities and the increased use of the instruments of today’s
communications media. Some things, however, pose problems or still remain an
open question. The lack of knowledge and uncertainty regarding the teachings of
revelation are a deep concern. Many Christians remain without any contact with
the Bible and the danger is always present that it will not be used properly.
Without the truth of God’s Word, relativism becomes alluring in people’s lives
and thinking. This situation urgently warrants a total and complete knowledge
of the Church’s teachings concerning the Word of God. It also requires
employing suitable methods in providing all Christians with the opportunity to
encounter Sacred Scripture. The Church must take up the new ways suggested by
the Spirit today to ensure that the various manifestations of the Word of God
be known, discerned, loved, and more profoundly grounded and lived in the
Church, thereby becoming the Word of Truth and Love for all people. The purpose
of this Synod is primarily pastoral, namely, spreading and strengthening
encounters with the Word of God by thoroughly examining its doctrinal
underpinnings and allowing them to show the manner in which this is to be done.
This will lead to experiencing the Word of God as the source of life in every
day circumstances and devising true and readily available ways in which
Christians and all people of good will can listen to God and speak with him. In
a concrete sense, the Synod intends among its many objectives to help clarify
the basic truths of revelation as the Word of God, Divine Tradition, the Bible
and the Magesterium, which prompt and guarantee an authentic and effective
living of the faith; to spark an appreciation and deep love of Sacred Scripture
so that ‘the faithful might have an easy access’ to it; to renew listening to
the Word of God, in the liturgy and catechesis, specially through lectio
diving, duly adapted to various circumstances; and to offer a Word of
consolation and hope to the poor of the world. This Synod desires to give the
Word of God as bread to the People of God. Its aim is to foster a proper
approach to biblical hermeneutics and to correctly direct the process of
evangelization and enculturation. It also intends to encourage ecumenical
dialogue, which is closely linked to listening to the Word of God and to
promote an encounter and dialogue of not only Christians and Jews but also
those engaged in intereligious and inter-cultural dialogue.” (2-5)
Though the
language and goals of the line menta seem fairly universal, the manner
of interpretation and fulfillment is diverse. That is why at the end of each
section, questions are posed which will inform the whole of particular issues
in some areas of the world. The end of this section is no exception. While I
might share with you here or in conversation my responses to a couple of them, I
give the inquiries to you for your reflection: “What are the ‘signs of the
times’ in your country give this Synod on the Word of God a particularly timely
character? What do people expect from it? What is the relation of the previous
Synod on the Eucharist to the present one on the Word of God? Do experiences
and practices with the Bible exist in your particular Church? What are they? Do
Bible groups exist? Describe them and their activities?” As a priest, I am convinced
this time of reflection and discussion might be unknown to the faithful and if
known irrelevant. Are business decisions and family matters resolved by
referencing Biblical mandate? Too often, bible groups have been formed but
without ecclesial approbation, thereby encouraging private interpretation.
Overriding all issues in this area though is the concern that all, including
clergy, need a deepening of their knowledge of Scripture. As one who teaches
extensively, it causes me to worry that outside of the Gospels familiarity with
the biblical text is somewhat wanting.
We will
continue to analyze this important work next week.
Jesus vivat,
Fr. Brian