This & That June 19th, the feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, will begin The Year of the Priest. Please pray for all our priests. We wish Bishop James Moynihan the best on his well deserved retirement  The Thomas Johns Memorial Appreciation Award was to be awarded at the Palm Sunday Mass and Dinner which had to be cancelled due to Bishop Moynihan’s health.  It will be held and presented next year. Hopefully there will be a Mass with  Bishop Robert Cunningham. Rest In Peace Frank Rakowski, husband of Pauline Anne Campbell, mother of Christopher Frank Carulli, father of Carolyn Schindler Congratulations Lu Folmar, our dedicated interpreter at St James in Johnson City, on her degree in nursing. Beth Thurlow on graduating from Cayuga Community College. Karolina Lachut who graduates from NYSSD. Congratulations also to our newest priest of the Syracuse Diocese: Fr Lukasz Kozlowski, ordained June 6th. Thank you to the Central NY Chapter of the  Knights of Columbus  for their continuing support. They presented us with a check for $1100. Summer Picnics Yes, it’s that fun time of year!  If you see Kris Scheibel say hi.  He is studying for the priesthood...and needs to practice his signing!  Maybe Zach Miller, another seminarian, will be able to come sometime.  He is learning too. Interpreted Masses You may notice more on the calendars! Holy Trinity in Fulton has begun regular interpreted Masses. All Saints in Syracuse now will have Dr Martin interpreting every Sunday. Would you like to have an interpreted Mass set up in Cicero?  Let me know. The famous writer G. K. Chesterton became a Catholic. Why?  He wrote: “The difficulty of explaining why I am Catholic, is that there are 10,000 reasons all amounting to one reason: that Catholicism is true.”

In March... Did you catch the Leprechaun?  They did!  Lori Booth  Krista Chapple Janette Carpenter & Ted Sawanec Anne Parish did too!  Rose Benedict  Caroline Moore  Mary Jane Deumme Good luck next year catching the leprechaun!   Here's the leprechaun at Blarney Castle in Ireland, April 2008. It is said that when you kiss the Blarney Stone, the next kiss passes on the gift of Blarney....so she kissed her hands. Did it work?

Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
JUNE 2009
Syr AS is All Saints Syr SL is St Lucy	1	2 NY Pastoral Workers Meeting Esopus	3 NY Pastoral Workers Meeting Esopus	4 Liverpool Group 10 AM - 2 PM	5 Catechetical Leaders Meeting	6 DAC Picnic Rome if requested
7 Fulton 10:30 Johnson City 10 Syr SL 9 Syr AS 9:15 Whitesboro 11	8 Pathways Religious Education Dinner	9 Barber Shop 10 AM - 1 PM New Hartford	10	11	12 NYSSD Family Day	13 Rome if requested
14 Fulton 8:45 Syr SL 9 Syr AS 9:15 Whitesboro 11	15 DAC Meeting	16	17	18 Liverpool Group 10 AM - 2 PM	19	20 RAA Picnic
21 Fulton 10:30 Johnson City 10 Syr SL 9 Syr AS 9:15 Whitesboro 11	22	23	24	25	26 NYSSD Graduation	27
28 Fulton 8:45 Syr SL 9 Syr AS 9:15 Whitesboro 11	29	30

June Birthdays

1    Paul Ryfun
5    Ashley Trelease
11  Valerie Allen
14   Bella Marie Hnelosub
14   John Stevens
16   Susan Windecker
17   Frances Harmon
18   Sr Blanch Marie Messier
19   Kelly Jo Cutler
20   Michaela Debowey
20   Mary Ryfun
22   Geovany Lainez
23   Albert D Perry, Jr
27  Anna Kofman                   
      

            June Anniversaries

16  Maria & Ralph Mingolelli
21 Jennie & Bob Joseph
28 Janet & Ed O’Toole   











Remember this person?

Recently I had breakfast with her in Rome.
She served the Deaf in Rome, NY.
She assisted in Religious Education at NYSSD.
She worked at the  ICDA Conference in Utica in 1995.

She remembers you!

               Sr Linda Jean, PVMI !  She would love to hear from you.

                Her address: 2151 Watson Ave     Bronx, NY 10472













Another surprise!  Tom Letham recently found us.

Here he is with his lovely wife Rhiannon.
Eli, now 4, is his adopted son.
Ian is now 10 months. Another is expected in November.


       He also would love to hear from you: 518-353-2378

Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
JULY 2009
Syr AS is All Saints Syr SL is St Lucy			1	2	3	4 Happy Independence  Day!!
5 Fulton 10:30 Johnson City 10 Syr SL 9 Syr AS 9:15 Whitesboro 11	6	7	8	9	10	11 OCAD Clambake
12 Johnson City 10 Syr SL 9 Syr AS 9:15 Whitesboro 11	13	14 Barber Shop 10 AM - 1 PM New Hartford	15	16	17	18 Rome if requested
19 Fulton 10:30 Johnson City 10 Syr SL 9 Syr AS 9:15 Whitesboro 11	20	21	22	23	24	25 Rome if requested
26 Johnson City 10 Syr SL 9 Syr AS 9:15 Whitesboro 11	27	28	29	30	31

   July Birthdays

13   Karolina Lachut
13   Matt Windecker
19   Rob Thurlow Jr
20   Mathew Heinlein
20   Holly Kavanaugh
20   Ed O’Toole
26   Robert Menotti
30   Ryan Lee


           July Anniversaries

 6  Jim & Mary Margaret Van Damme

  8  Matt & Rebecca Dadey
   

Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
AUGUST 2009						1 Rome if requested
2 Fulton 10:30 Johnson City 10 Syr SL 9 Syr AS 9:15 Whitesboro 11	3 9 - noon Vacation Bible School St Peter's Rome	4 9 - noon Vacation Bible School St Peter's Rome	5 9 - noon Vacation Bible School St Peter's Rome	6 9 - noon Vacation Bible School St Peter's Rome	7 9 - noon Vacation Bible School St Peter's Rome	8 Rome if requested
9 Johnson City 10 Syr SL 9 Syr AS 9:15 Whitesboro 11	10	11 Barber Shop 10 AM - 1 PM New Hartford	12	13	14	15  SCD Picnic at Green Lakes Feast Of The Assumption
16 Fulton 10:30 Johnson City 10 Syr SL 9 Syr AS 9:15 Whitesboro 11	17	18	19	20	21	22
23 Johnson City 10 Syr SL 9 Syr AS 9:15 Whitesboro 11	24	25	26	27	28	29
30 Fulton 10:30 Johnson City 10 Syr SL 9 Syr AS 9:15 Whitesboro 11	31

August 15th : Feast of the Assumption of Mary.  This year it is NOT an Holy Day of Obligation. Confusing? YES!

If a Holy Day of Obligation is on a Saturday or a Monday, Catholics are not obligated to go to Mass, except for the Immaculate Conception (Dec 8th)  and Christmas (Dec 25th). If they are on a Saturday or Monday, you need to go to Mass.

Of course, you are always encouraged to go to Mass...even everyday if you can!


      August Birthdays

1   Justin Frechette
5    Matt Cutler
5    Jonah Frechette
7    Bentley Fine
8    Heather Macri
9    Charles O’Bryan
19   Margaret Rocco
20  Sr Margaret Duffy
20  Rachael & Rebecca Chmiel
25  Suzanne Falcone
25   Luciano Mingolelli
30   Marion Baratta
31   Elena Cicarrelli
   



                Here are some websites you might enjoy:
www.foryourmarriage.org
www.fathersforgood.org
www.frmd.org
pope2you.net
www.kofc.org
www.usccb.org
www.osv.com

More on our Links page!

Catholics have a sacramental view of the world. That is, for a Catholic, all of creation is good, and everything in our finite world can be a vessel of God’s presence and God’s transforming grace. This idea provides the foundation for Catholicism’s rich mysticism and spirituality, its unparalleled social justice doctrine, its care of the poor, and its exquisite legacy of artists and writers.                                                                 Jamie L. Manson

 








   Remember this picture from the last newsletter?
“NCOD Group admiring a statue of a famous Deaf artist.
He is called the “Michelangelo of the West”. Who is he? “
He is Douglas Tilden !

Do we have a local Deaf artist?
Would that person like to do a picture for this newsletter
The Sign of Christ?
Just email Mary Margaret : syrdeaf@juno.com

High Schoolers! NCYC 2009   Nov 19 - 22 Awesome Opportunity Fr Shawn Carey will be there! We have four Deaf young people going: Two Boys & Two Girls. It’s late, but you can still join us! Email Mary Margaret at syrdeaf@juno.com

Adults: Make Your Plan Now  for the  National Deaf  Cursillo October  8 - 11, 2009

Immaculate Conception Center  Douglaston, New York

For more info:syrdeaf@juno.com