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SACRAMENT OF PENANCE

Saturdays: Msgr. Ryan Hall - 3:45 p.m. to 4:45 p.m.

Also by appointment

SACRAMENT OF MATRIMONY

The Church provides certain times and preparation for

weddings. Please contact the Rectory at least six months

in advance to begin the process.

REGISTRATION

Every family and person within the parish is encouraged

to register with the Parish.

SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM

Celebrated on the 2nd Sunday of the month at 1:30 p.m. In

July and August Baptism will be celebrated at 12:30 p.m.

A required Baptism preparation meeting for parents meets

on the first Monday of the month at 8:00 p.m. Godparents

are welcome. Please register in advance for the class and

Baptism. Godparent Pre-Requisites: Godparents must be

practicing Catholics in good standing, 16 years of age or

older, Baptized and Confirmed Catholic.

ON BECOMING A CATHOLIC

Those seeking information about the Catholic Faith are

invited to contact Fr. Valentine at the Rectory at 621-

2222.

CARE OF THE SICK

Please notify the Rectory and Human Concerns Ministries

if there is anyone seriously ill so that we can provide

spiritual care.

THE MASS INTENTIONS FOR THE WEEK

Sunday, September 8: TWENTY-THIRD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME 7:30 a.m. People of the Parish 9:00 a.m. Thomas Maniscalco by his Children 11:00 a.m. Joseph Galea by Lina & Klarisa Galea Isabel Herrera by John & Theresa Nardine Paul Saitta & Jerry Cifarelli by Dolores & Richard O’Hara David Sung Hum Oh by Agnes Y.S. Kim Philip Tiberio, Jr. by Kate Baker 12:15 p.m. Ryan J. Powell by Lorraine & Larry Porto Monday, September 9: Saint Peter Claver, Priest 9:00 a.m. Linda M. Fahrer-1st Anniversary by her Family Tuesday, September 10: Weekday 9:00 a.m. Norma Lucarelli by Michael Lucarelli Wednesday, September 11: Weekday 9:00 a.m. Edward & Thelma Scharrer by the Lau Family Thursday, September 12: Weekday 9:00 a.m. Therese P. Scharrer by Catherine Lau Friday, September 13: Saint John Chrysostom, Bishop and Doctor of the Church 9:00 a.m. Pauline, Ted & Gloria Staray by the Cerrito Family Saturday, September 14: The Exaltation of the Holy Cross 5:00 p.m. Nicholas Vincent Adamo by Lynn Reilly Rose D’Arpe by Susan Olsen Emile A. Debs by Anthony Regina Virginia Fortunato by Susan Olsen Deceased Members of the Muller & McNichol Families by Lorraine Muller Sunday, September 15: TWENTY-FOURTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME 7:30 a.m. People of the Parish 9:00 a.m. Salvatore Lanza by Rocca & John Nardine 11:00 a.m. Bridget Burger by the Robertson Family Angelina Grande by Son Angelo & Kathy Grande Donald King by the Sheerin Family Timothy Mulligan by Dolores & Richard O’Hara Ron Paradiso by Rose Paradiso 12:15 p.m. Catherine Breslin by Barbara & Bob Wetzel

Josephine Banno Bob Boeshore

Lillian Boeshore Kathleen Capuano Joseph Carbonaro

Barbara Coe Rebekah Cole Kevin Cronin Paul Cronin

Linda De Stio John Paul DiNonno

Eric DuBois Natalie Finamore

Julia Green Pasqua Grippo

Hazel Hill Russell Hill

Christine Kenney Douglas Knehr

Anne Krukowski Frank Krukowski

Richard Malon Jonathan Mannina Stuey Manzione

Tom McCormack Brendan Miles Dieter Nagel

Freida Navarro Victoria Oxer Jenna Reggio Trevor Rogers

Anna Sambucci Charles Strecker

Elizabeth Sympson Clotida Vecchione Jacqueline Verde

Anne Wright Mary Wybaillie

PLEASE PRAY FOR THE SICK

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READINGS FOR SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2019 TWENTY-THIRD SUNDAY IN

ORDINARY TIME

First Reading: Wisdom 9:13-18b Second Reading: Philemon 9-10, 12-17

Gospel: Luke 14:25-33

FOCUS: To be a disciple we must carry our cross and

follow him.

The cost of discipleship is real. To love Christ above

family, self, possessions – this is difficult! And that is

the cross we are to carry: the difficulty of prioritizing

Christ when it would be easier not to. After all, what else

is there? Only the cross. We carry our cross to become

like the Master who carried his cross to death, victory

and redemption.

LITURGY OF THE WORD:

In our first reading we learn that knowing God’s ways

and plans comes only through the wisdom of the Holy

Spirit. In today’s epistle, Paul urges Philemon to be

merciful to his runaway slave, who served Paul in

prison, and accept him back not as a slave but a

brother. In the Gospel Jesus tells the crowds what is

required to be his disciple: placing discipleship above

relationships, possessions and their own lives.

Readings for next week, September 15, Twenty-Fourth

Sunday in Ordinary Time: Exodus 32:7-11, 13-14; 1

Timothy 1:12-17; Luke 15:1-32 or 15:1-10

From Liturgical Commission Publishing, Lansing, MI

PARISH SACRIFICIAL GIVING

In today’s Gospel, Jesus helps us to understand what really

matters. Put God first in your life and never let any possession

come between you and Him.

Parish Sacrificial Giving Summary

Thank you for your continued sacrificial gifts to St.

Mary’s.

Sunday Offertory ~ Aug. 31/Sept. 1 $6,552.00*

Same Week Last Year $8,925.00*

Mass Attendance for Aug. 31/Sept. 1 776

Same Week Last Year 743

*Does not include Faith Direct

FOSTERING STEWARDSHIP AS A WAY OF LIFE

Lumen Christi Missal

Weekend of September 7/8, 2019 Twenty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C

Readings: Missal, p. 570

The Ordinary of the Mass begins on Page 804

Celebrants for the Weekend of

September 14/15

Celebrants* Lectors

Extraordinary

Ministers of

Holy

Communion

Altar

Servers

Sat 5:00

Fr. Valentine P. Ditrano E. Monteserrato

R. Monteserrato

K. Ditrano

N. Ditrano

Sun.

7:30 Fr. Lauder Sr. Pat

9:00 Fr. Lauder J. Damiano D. Dawson

P. Doran E.Guevara

11:00 Fr. Valentine L. Lofaro B. Catapano JT Canton

C. Finnegan E. Finnegan

12:15 Fr. Valentine M.G. Donaldson J. McCormack

Volunteer

* Subject to last minute changes.

CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY COLLECTION

The annual Diocesan collection for Catholic University will be taken up at all the Masses this weekend.

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Dear Friends,

When September 8th falls on any other day besides Sunday, the Church celebrates the Nativity of the

Blessed Virgin Mary. According to the apocryphal Gospel of James, the story of Mary’s birth is

reminiscent of Luke’s accounts of both John the Baptist and Jesus’ birth: in one, a holy, but childless

couple, begs the mercy of God for the blessing of offspring, and are more than rewarded for their faith

and constancy: a child who would give great witness to the coming Messiah. In the other, the mother,

with a “magnified soul,” sings an ecstatic song of praise to God. In James’ account, Ss. Joachim and

Ann, who are sinless before God, offer unblemished sacrifices to God in the temple, and are assured (by

two angels) that God has heard their prayer. The infant Mary could walk at six months (rather

precocious, no?) and, at three years of age, was brought to the temple, where the priest “received her,

and kissed, and blessed her, saying: ‘The Lord has magnified thy name in all generations.’ And he set

her down upon the third step of the altar, and the Lord God sent grace upon her, and she danced with her

feet, and all the house of Israel loved her.” Our bulletin cover captures this wonderful scene.

The birth of any child fills the human heart with joy, and the thought of endless possibilities. It is fitting,

then, that the Church of St. Mary might see in her Nativity an example for our community of faith.

Indeed, there will be, if not endless, certainly many opportunities for our spiritual growth. The first

opportunity, of course, will come next week, when our parish will hold our Ministry Fair. This is the

result of the town hall meetings we held in May, when parishioners voiced their hopes for the direction

we might follow in the future. Our intention is not to place further demands on our parishioners to attend

more meetings, or require them to do more for the sake of doing more. I firmly believe that, informed

and engraced by the Spirit of God, that we serve the Kingdom best by bringing the presence of Christ to

Stop and Shop, Roslyn High School, the Jolly Fisherman, and Hempstead Harbor: that is to say, to the

world outside our beautiful Church.

In order to do that, however, we must equip ourselves with what we need. Our religious education

program for children, and our Catechism and Bible classes for adults, will ensure our knowledge of the

faith. Our liturgical ministries (lectors, Eucharistic ministers, choir, hospitality and ushers) make sure

that our experience of the sacraments is beautiful, solemn, dignified…and welcoming. Our outreach to

various constituencies—our precious seniors, the poor and suffering, and folks who are grieving the loss

of loved ones, remind us that the love of God always shows itself in action. Our work with youth,

whether on the field or in the chapel, is our duty to the spes ecclesiae (the hope of the church). Finally,

our pursuit of beauty (Catholic Novel club, film club, art club) means that the most sublime truths are

often expressed more in images than by concepts. (Think of how much fun we are going to have!!!)

Our second opportunity for enrichment in faith, of course, is through our hospitality to a new member of

St. Mary’s, Mr. Rafal Borowiejski: a seminarian from St. Joseph’s Seminary in Yonkers, who will be

spending weekends with us this year in preparation for priestly formation. Rafal is a man of great

learning, humility, and generosity of spirit. Please introduce yourselves to him and invite him into our

life here. Make him feel (with apologies to the musical Oliver) “part of the furniture.” Friends, I don’t

know, but if you feel like dancing on the steps...

Faithfully,

Fr. Valentine

THE PASTOR’S PAGE

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2019 CATHOLIC MINISTRIES APPEAL

St. Mary’s Parish Assessed Goal

56,400.00

Amount Raised to Date $62,225.00

Numbers of Gifts and/or Pledges 122

Percentage of Goal

110.3%

FATHER LAUDER’S LECTURES

Fr. Lauder’s Catholic Novel lectures are being shown on

the Catholic Faith Network (formerly Telecare) on

Mondays at 7:15 p.m. and Wednesdays at 9:00 a.m. The

Catholic Faith Network channels: 29/137 for Optimum

and 296 for Verizon FiOS. All 40 lectures are also on

U-Tube.

I Robert DeLucia, St. Mary’s Roslyn , NY and

Cassandra Elizabeth Price, Lindenhurst, NY

WEDDING BANNS

Beans-canned

& dry

Canned Fruit

Cereal

Coffee

Cookies

Crackers

Jelly

Juice

Paper Goods

Pasta

Peanut Butter

Soups

Tuna Fish

HUMAN CONCERNS MINISTRY

FOOD PANTRY

The Human Concerns Food Pantry has a particular need

for the following items:

Please bring your donations to the back of the Church or

Hall after Mass.

We thank all of you who continue to remember

our Food Pantry with your donations.

Registration is now open for St. Mary’s 2019-2020

Religious Education Program for all children who will

start first grade in September and all new families in

our parish.

Please call Mrs. Nora Toal in the Religious Education

office (516 621-6798) for an appointment to register

your child for the program. A copy of your child’s

Baptismal certificate is required at registration.

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION

DURING THE MONTHS OF JULY

AND AUGUST …

St. Mary’s welcomed the following new parishioners:

Ms. Veronica Cardoza

Mr. & Mrs. Jeffery J. (Ellen) Reddick

Ms. Nolvia Hernandez Ortega

The following received the Sacrament of Baptism:

Cameron DaSilva Goncalves

Brendan Peter Muttee

Colin Richard Muttee

Justyn James Campbell Santos

Steven Alexander Aguirre Silva

Camila Valentina Torres

Keilly Briana Vera

And may those who died live with Christ forever,

Jennie Adesso

Louis “Gene” Canadeo

Richard A. DiLoreto

Alfred Fiola

Anthony Grau

Carol M. Samide

Robert A. Winslow

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The Office of Diaconate Formation will be conducting three information sessions for men and their wives:

If you and your wife would like to attend one of the meetings, call 631 423-0483 ext. 179 or e-mail diaconateformation@drvc.org.

Seminary of the Immaculate Conception

440 West Neck Road, Huntington, NY 11743

Are you discerning a vocation

to the Diaconate?

7:00 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 11 Friday, Sept. 13 and

Sunday, Sept. 15

Fr. Lauder Presents

The Catholic Novel & Friday Night Film Festival

The Catholic Novel Series - Rev.

Robert Lauder in collaboration with The

School of Evangelization will present

the “Catholic Novel” series for the Fall

of 2019. The series will begin on Monday, September

9, 2019 at 7:30 p.m. at the Immaculate Conception

Center in Douglaston. The cost of the series is $40.

Friday Night Film Festival - Fr. Lauder

and The Secretariat for Evangelization

and Catechesis presents: “58th Friday

Film Festival” beginning on Friday,

September 6, 2019 at 7:30 p.m. at the

Immaculate Conception Center in

Douglaston. The cost is $25 for the series or $6 for a

single film.

Flyers containing additional information and registration

forms are available in the back of the Church and Msgr. Ryan

Hall.

Celtic Prayer After Holy Communion

Lord, I come to You.

Let my heart be changed, renewed,

flowing from the grace

that I’ve found in You.

And, Lord, I’ve come to know

the weaknesses I see in me

will be stripped away

by the power of Your love.

Hold me close,

let Your love surround me.

Bring me near,

draw me to Your side;

and, as I wait,

I’ll rise up like the eagle,

and I will soar with You.

Your Spirit leads me on

by the power of Your love.

Lord, unveil my eyes,

let me see You face to face:

the knowledge of Your love

as you live in me.

Lord, renew my mind

as Your will unfolds in my life,

in living every day

in the power of Your love.

Hold me close,

let Your love surround me.

Bring me near,

draw me to Your side;

and, as I wait,

I’ll rise up like the eagle,

and I will soar with You.

Your Spirit leads me on

by the power of Your love.

Amen.

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TELEVISED MASS FOR THE HOMEBOUND - Each

week through television, Passionist Communications brings

The Sunday Mass to the sick and homebound. It can be

seen in the New York area (Long Island) on WLNY - Ch. 10

or 55 at 9:00 AM on Sunday; WNYW - Ch. 5 at 5:30 AM

on Sunday. Closed captioning is available for each Mass. In

addition to this Mass schedule The Sunday Mass is now

airing on ABC from 6:30 a.m. to 7:00 a.m. each Sunday

morning. For information consult the website at

www.TheSundayMass.org.

COURTESY ANNOUNCEMENTS

Bereavement Counseling and Support Service

Fall, 2019 Schedule

General Bereavement Groups (meet weekly)

St. Bernard’s Parish, Levittown:

Thursdays, October 3-December 12

7:00 p.m. to 8:15 p.m.

St. Brigid’s Parish, Westbury:

Tuesdays, October 1-December 3

7:00 p.m. to 8:15 p.m.

Group for Bereaved Parents (Meets 1st & 3rd Monday

of the month):

St. Bernard’s Parish, Levittown

Mondays, September 16 - ongoing

7:00 p.m. to 8:15 p.m.

Group for survivors of Suicide (meets 2nd and 4th

Monday of the month)

St. Bernard’s Parish, Levittown

Mondays, September 9 - ongoing

7:00 p.m. to 8:15 p.m.

There is a one-time $25 registration fee for all groups.

Registration is required. For programs at St. Bernard’s,

call Sister Christine Sammons at 516 731-6074. For

programs at St. Brigid’s, contact Maria Piniero at 516

334-0021. Registration forms will be mailed home.

Visit www.empoweringthebereaved.com for updates on

all groups.

OPEN HOUSE CHAMINADE HIGH SCHOOL

340 Jackson Avenue Mineola, NY 11501

516 742-5555 www.chaminade-hs.org

Saturday, October 5, 2019, 2-4 p.m.

Continuous, self-guided tours, including The Dolan Family Science, Technology,

and Research Center, and the Bloomberg Business Center

SEMINARY COMMUNION

BREAKFAST

The Friends of the Seminary of

the Immaculate Conception,

Huntington, invite you to their

Annual Communion Breakfast on

Sunday, September 29, 2019.

Mass at 10 AM followed by

breakfast in the Refectory. Celebrant and speaker will be

Msgr. Charles R. Fink, recently appointed Seminary

Rector. RSVP by September 20th - $30 per guest. For

reservations and information, please call the Seminary

Development Office at (631) 423 – 0483, Ext 102; or

e-mail bmalone@icseminary.edu.

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Dear Padre

&

Membership

PARISH REGISTRATION REQUEST I/we would like to register in the parish of St. Mary’s. Please send me a Parish Census to complete so I can become a parishioner of St. Mary’s. Please send my Census to: NAME:_______________________________________________ ADDRESS:___________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ PHONE:_____________________________________________

Please return to the Rectory Office or place in the collection basket.