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PARISH CONTACT INFORMATION
IMMACULATE CONCEPTION CHURCH 2 1 - 4 7 2 9 t h S t r e e t ~ A s t o r i a , N e w Yo r k 1 1 1 0 5
The Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ, Corpus Christi
June 14th, 2020
www.immacastoria.org ~ 718-728-1613 ~ [email protected] ~ 718-956-9229 (Parish Website) (Main Telephone Number) (Main Email) (Fax Number)
WEEKLY MASS SCHEDULE
ALL PUBLIC MASSES ARE CANCELED
UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
OTHER SACRAMENTS
Baptisms Baptisms for infants and children are celebrated monthly. Please contact the Rectory Office for an appointment.
Sick Calls Please contact the Rectory Office at any time. Only use the Emergency Number for cases of Extreme Unction (Last Rites).
Holy Matrimony (Marriages) Please make an appointment to meet with a Priest at least six (6) months before the desired wedding date. Please check with the Church before contacting the Catering Hall.
CCD & RCIA If you or someone you know is interested in completing, or receiving all, the Sacraments of Initiation, please contact Mrs. Marylyn Crum of the Religious Education Office for more information.
RECTORY OFFICE HOURS
RECTORY IS CLOSED UNTIL
FURTHER NOTICE
CLERGY Rev. Msgr. Fernando Ferrarese...…………..Pastor Rev. Liju Augustine, CMI……...…….Parochial Vicar Rev. William A. McLaughlin…….…..Parochial Vicar Dcn. Francisco Hernandez Dcn. Elkin Tamayo In Residence: Rev. Msgr. Charles Patrick Boccio Rev. Msgr. Vincent Fullam
Immaculate Conception Catholic Academy in Astoria Ms. Eileen Harnischfeger, Principal 718-728-1969 - www.iccaastoria.org Religious Education (CCD) Office Mrs. Marylyn Crum, Director 718-956-4494 - [email protected]
CONFESSIONS
DUE TO COVID-19, THE SACRAMENT OF CONFESSION WILL BE CELEBRATED ON SATURDAYS FROM 10:00AM to 11:00AM.
PARISH DEVOTIONS
ALL PARISH EVENTS &
DEVOTIONS ARE CANCELED
UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
IMMACULATE CONCEPTION PARISH DIRECTORY
The Importance of Place A number of years back, I visited the building where I went to grammar school in the East New York section of Brooklyn. St. Rita’s was, at that time, packed with children. Almost every classroom had a Sister as a teacher who belonged to the School Sisters of Notre Dame. There was a very distinctive smell in the school, similar to soap of some kind. I went to school there for 8 years, and it is in that building that I made friends, learned about my faith and got acquainted with the English language. I had many memories of the place, most of them wonderful, some of them scary! As I went into the building in my recent visit, many feelings rushed out at me. The actual building seemed to hold the past in the walls. It was no longer a Catholic School, but was going to be leased. I will never forget the onrush of feelings that overwhelmed me as I entered what seemed to me a building that had shrunk! It was me, of course, that I had gotten bigger! I think about the importance of place as places are beginning to be abandoned through fear of illness and everyone is doing everything from home and working remotely. Kids are now learning at home. But I cannot help thinking how much they are losing by not being in an environment of learning, in front of a teacher who could ‘exude’ the passion for learning. Some things are like radiation: you have got to be there and, if you are not there, one encounters a loss, and maybe a large one. Let us say that, for instance, this education at home through computers becomes permanent. One can cite on the positive side that there are great savings. We don’t need a building with all the headaches it brings: boilers, repairs and cost. It seems like a win-win situation. But is it the same? Being in a classroom with other students, absorbing the heat and passion of the teacher’s love of the subject, seeing first-hand the enthusiasm around one, being present to the reality of the smells and sounds of the place: these things are non-tangibles but irreplaceable. In short, being surrounded by the reality of place and the synergy of the community of learning is an important reality that should not be given up. Can we quantify adequately the advantages of real presence to one another for the education not only of the mind but of the heart? Even in business, working from home may incur losses. Being tied to a screen does not include the friendships developed and the insights attained by the proximity of others trying to find common solutions for the business at hand. And in all this, we must factor the importance of variety and getting out of the usual that movement makes. It is healthier and may have other very positive results. In the realm of the spirit, place has an even greater impact. When we opened the Church last week for the first time since it was shuttered due to the Pandemic, the faces of the people told a wonderful story. They were ‘home’ again! While it is true that one can pray to God anywhere and that God is not limited by geography, the Church building is a positive and powerful symbol of the spiritual quest and the reality of it. Likewise, Spiritual Communion has many benefits, but it is not the same as actually receiving the very Body and Blood of our Lord. All who have been fasting from the Holy Eucharist may never take for granted actually receiving Holy Communion again! What I am trying to say is that virtual communication and virtual presence are a very important benefit in these odd and difficult times. They allow us to continue with the work of the Lord and the education of our children, but we must never be complacent about the long-term deficits of living like this. Children should be in an environment of education as worshipers should be in a total sensory ambience of devotion. Virtual is not real. It is only a simulation, a kind of presence but not the real thing. Hopefully there will be many things that we will never take for granted again. Perhaps that is the ultimate message to us in adjusting to this Pandemic: don’t take the ordinary for granted. It is a gift.
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Although no public Masses are being celebrated, we thank those who continue to support our Parish during this
crisis.
MEMORIALS THE GIFTS OF BREAD & WINE are donated this week in loving memory of Cookie Ferrera, requested by Silva Diaz & Family. THE ALTAR CANDLES were not memorialized this week. THE FIRST SANCTUARY LAMP is donated this week in loving memory of Richard J. Pokorny, requested by Dorothy O’Connell & Children. THE SECOND SANCTUARY LAMP is donated this week in loving memory of Dr. Rosario, Stella & Dr. Arthur Gualtieri, requested by Roberta Gualtieri.
SUNDAY June 20 (Vigil) & June 21
Margaret Lynch For the People of the Parish (Pro Populo)
John Radich (Anniv.) Italian: Anthony Sciortino; Joseph & Albina Squeri
Lazaro Hernandez Spanish: Daniel Salvador Matute
The Father’s Day Novena
Please pray for all the faithful departed, especially...
Those Who Have Died From COVID-19
Grant them eternal rest, O Lord, and may perpetual light shine upon them.
PLEASE KEEP THEM ALL IN YOUR PRAYERS
SUNDAY June 13 (Vigil) & June 14
CORPUS CHRISTI SUNDAY Angelo & Josephine Mifsud
For the People of the Parish (Pro Populo) Emmanuel Sala & Enzo Mimmo Cangemi
Italian: Maria DiMarco, Ugo Conti (6th. Anniv.) & Joseph J. Conti (Birth.)
Arcangelo Polino and Vincenzo & Gennaro Polise Spanish: Lorenzo Correa & Carmen Carvajal; Acción
de Gracia; Familia Londono & Pisacane Richard J. Pokorny
MONDAY June 15
Christopher Peter Vallone Anibal Reimundo Mena
Barbara Hawke TUESDAY June 16
TJ Boyle (Liv.) & Francesco Petrarca (Liv.) The Pesca Family
Celedonio & Dr. John Gonzalez WEDNESDAY June 17
Angelica Epps (Liv. Birth.) Bogumil Kumbatovic (Anniv.)
Margherita & Bernardino Petruso and Carolina Colletta
THURSDAY June 18
Katherine Thorn Gerarda Luisa Maglio
The McDougall Family FRIDAY June 19
Jose L. Reyna, Jr. Anthony & Jean Mulé
Dr. Roy & Stella Gualtieri SATURDAY June 20
The Souls of the Purgatorial Society Saviour & Concetta Sultana
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