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MAY 10, 2020 - FIFTH SUNDAY OF EASTER
BLESSED TRINITY CATHOLIC PARISH
Roxbury - Rockaway Point - Breezy Point
SUNDAY MASSES
ST. THOMAS MORE Saturday Vigil 5:00pm
Sunday 8:30am, 11:30am
ST. GENEVIEVE Saturday Vigil 4:00pm
Sunday 9:00am, 12noon
ST. EDMUND Sunday 10:00am
WEEKDAY MASSES ST. THOMAS MORE
8:30am ST. GENEVIEVE
9:00am
CONFESSION/RECONCILIATION Every Saturday at 4:00pm at St. Thomas More (Also at any time
convenient upon request)
SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM Arrangements can be made at the
Rectory. Second Saturday at 12:30pm and Fourth Sunday at 2:00pm
ANOINTING OF THE SICK
Please call the Rectory or speak with a priest to request the
Anointing of the Sick. Please do not hesitate with people in serious
health crisis.
HOLY MATRIMONY Couples are required to make
arrangements 6 Months in advance. This allows time to
prepare the necessary paper work and Pastoral Instructions.
PARISH OFFICE 204-25 Rockaway Point Boulevard
Rockaway Point, N.Y. 11697 718-634-6357 www.btparish.org
E-Mail: [email protected]
Parish Office Hours Monday—Friday 9am—6pm
Saturday 8am-2pm
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION SCHOOL St. Thomas More Rectory
204-25 Rockaway Point Boulevard Rockaway Point, N.Y. 11697
PARISH CLERGY Rev. Fr. Michael Louis Gelfant ....................................Pastor Deacon James F. Ruoff
RETIRED CLERGY Rev. Msgr. Joseph P. Nagle ............................ In Residence Rev. Msgr. Ronald Newland .................. Weekend Assistant Rev. Fr. Michael Perry ..................................... In Residence Deacon Richard Lee
PARISH STAFF Maureen McVeigh............... Coordinator Religious Education Marlene Baisley........................................... Parish Secretary Julie Ratka ………………...…….Exec Assistant to the Pastor Richard Louis-Pierre........................Director of Music Ministry
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“ Do not let your hearts be troubled. You have faith in God , have faith also in me. In my Father’s house there
are many dwelling places. If there were not, would I have told you I was going to prepare a place for you?”
-_John 14:1-12
The Following Mass Intentions will be offered Privately and Live Streamed
Sunday, May 10 People of the Parish Gerald Dwyer Cathy Kane Rosemary Rorke Russ Sullivan Joan Mahar Robert Mc Enroe Mother’s Day Intentions
Monday, May 11
Pete Mc Partlan Mother’s Day Intentions
Tuesday, May 12
Charles J. Rayder Jr. Margaret Caravello Mother’s Day Intentions
Wed, May 13
Josephine & William Farrell Mother’s Day Intentions
Thursday, May 14
Patricia Rubino Josephine & Michael F. Logan Mother’s Day Intentions
Friday, May 15 Emma & Martin Lee Mother’s Day Intentions
Saturday, May 16 James Lepera Mother’s Day Intentions
Sunday, May 17 People of the Parish Joan Fitzgerald Violet Fallon Kenneth Connelly Andrew Ford Peter Mc Cullagh Paul Williamson Walter Cook
Eternal Rest Eternal Rest Eternal Rest
Grant Unto Them, Grant Unto Them, Grant Unto Them, O Lord…O Lord…O Lord…
...We remember in our prayers
the faithful departed of Blessed Trinity Parish especially,
Marion C. Clifford, Victor Colon, John McGuiness, Robert O’Brien
Welcome to 2020! Online Giving for your weekly/monthly donations is encouraged. You can register to have your church
donations directly debited from your checking, savings or credit card. (and earn reward points). Register on the
website:
btparish.churchgiving.com Once you reach the website, click on
MAKE A DONATION. It will give you the option of making a recurring donation
(weekly or monthly) or a one time donation.
Please call the office to speak to Marlene or Father Gelfant.
Blessed Trinity Parish
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MARY OUR MOTHER What a joy to remember that Mary is our Mother! Since she loves us and knows our weakness, what have we to fear? —Saint Thérèse of Lisieux
PLEASE KEEP IN YOUR PRAYERS THE FAITHFUL MEMBERS OF BLESSED TRINITY WHO ARE CURRENTLY SERVING IN THE
UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES Lawrence T. Alvelo
Tom Boggiano Ronald Brown Denis Cashin
Norbert J.J. Dengler Mark Dennington
Ryan Dorogoff Michael Dunne
Joseph Finn, III Thomas Gabriele Keith Gallagher Caitlyn Ganley
Philip Gatti Daniel Gillen Bobby Girard
Erik P. Glasser Michael Halas
James Hayhurst James Hegarty
Val Hughes Christopher Jamison
Kevin Kearney Christopher W. Knowles
Luke Kane Maguire Owen Maguire James Lavin Kevin Logar Elana Marino
John McBride, Jr. Kevin McCabe
Thomas McDonald William Mullin
Michael R. Nilson Roderick O’Connor
Kevin O’ Hara Eric Reilly
Stephen J. Ryan Donny Santasieri
Brad Stoultz Kevin T. Walsh
Michael K. Watson Terence J. White
Patrick McMahon, Rita Gibson, Kevin Reilly, Jim Carlson, Arlene Mulholland, Maureen Ritter, Timmy Guvaitis, Matthew Kearney, Oswaldo Vera, Bridget Harpur, Madeline Case, David Jeremy Santos, Mary Ambery, Ian Tissot, Kathleen Battista, Pat Newall, Donald Ritter, Frank Marmo, Grace Mandry, Mark
Trapani, Zorida Cirillo, Eileen Britton, Colleen Britton, Jim Kingston, Rob Follinger, June Silverman, Rick Manero, Eileen Corral, Jordyn Negron, Jim Cannon, Debbie Walker, Bobby Buehler, Enrico D’Angio, Cindy & Jeff Shelton, Lorraine Larsen, Margaret Ryan, Maura Moran, Baby Callie Grace Watson, Alexandra Gaffney, Gregory Valentine, Barbara Johnson, Fred Britton, Maria Middletown, Fr. Peter Rayder and Laura Armour
WEEKLY MEMORIALS
The Candles for the Week at St. Genevieve
burn in loving memory of
Everette, Phyllis & Carrie Ann Duemig, Mel & Gladys Duemig and Eldon & Dorothy Raymo
The Hosts and Wine for the Week
St. Thomas More, St. Edmund and St. Genevieve are offered this week in loving memory of Kathy & Frank Patton
requested by the family
The Light Before St. Jude in St. Genevieve is offered this week in loving memory of Mary & Joe Ferrandino
Fifth Sunday of Easter May 10, 2020
“I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except
through me.”
— John 14:6
TODAY’S READINGS
First Reading — To meet their growing needs, the community chooses seven reputable men to serve the new Greek believers (Acts 6:1-7).
Psalm — Lord, let your mercy be on us, as we place our trust in you (Psalm 33).
Second Reading — We, like living stones, let ourselves be built into a spiritual house (1 Peter 2:4-9).
Gospel — “Show us the Father,” Philip asks Jesus. To which Jesus replies: “Whoever sees me, sees the Father” (John 14:1-12).
The English translation of the Psalm Responses from Lectionary for Mass © 1969, 1981, 1997, International Commission on English in the Liturgy Corporation. All rights reserved.
Generations of Faith Update
The money raised has been earmarked for the Renovations of St. Edmund’s for Religious Education
Classrooms. The cost of this project is $671,845.
As of April 13, 2020 Our Parish Goal is: $645,000
Number of Pledges: 287 Amount Pledged:$1,313,515
Total Paid: $963,856.95
As of February 4, 2020 The Diocese received: $ 398,457 The Parish received: $ 550,210
As of May 5th
We are at 57% of our Annual Catholic
Appeal goal.
Thank you to all those who have pledged
READINGS FOR THE WEEK
Monday: Acts 14:5-18; Ps 115:1-4, 15-16;
Jn 14:21-26
Tuesday: Acts 14:19-28; Ps 145:10-13ab, 21;
Jn 14:27-31a
Wednesday: Acts 15:1-6; Ps 122:1-5; Jn 15:1-8
Thursday: Acts 1:15-17, 20-26; Ps 113:1-8; Jn 15:9-17
Friday: Acts 15:22-31; Ps 57:8-10, 12; Jn 15:12-17
Saturday: Acts 16:1-10; Ps 100:1b-3, 5; Jn 15:18-21
Sunday: Acts 8:5-8, 14-17; Ps 66:1-7, 16, 20;
1 Pt 3:15-18 or 1 Pt 4:13-16; Jn 14:15-21 or Jn 17:1-11a
SAINTS AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCES
Sunday: Fifth Sunday of Easter; Mother’s Day
Tuesday: Ss. Nereus and Achilleus; St. Pancras
Wednesday: Our Lady of Fatima
Thursday: St. Matthias
Friday: St. Isidore the Farmer
Saturday: Armed Forces Day
HUGS
A mom’s hug lasts long after she lets go. —Anonymous
Dear Parishioners: Thank you to all families who dropped-off food and supported the Graybeards collection for St. Mary Star of the Sea Parish. Much was collected due to your generosity.
On Tuesday, May 12th, at 12:30pm we will crown the statue of Mary in front of the Parish Office at St. Thomas More. We are in the process of a lottery to choose the child who gets the honors. Remember to pray a Hail Mary each day during the month of May as we ask the Blessed Mother to heal us, and restore our lives. Each morning, one family/child/teen leads the parish in the Hail Mary. You can see these prayers on Facebook.
The church bells are ringing. In addition to the Mass call and Angelus that normally ring, there is a 3pm Bells of Hope ringing of the bells at all three churches and the 7pm playing of the National Anthem for the 7pm Clap. Head-up, we will get through this.
Finally, a Happy Mother’s Day to all the Mothers, Grandmothers, and Godmothers. This year we bought palm branches for each of you, but we still are not able to give them out. In any case, thank you for saying yes to LIFE and for supporting FAMILIES.
Have a great week! -Fr. Gelfant
Blessed Trinity Mission Statement Washed by the waters of the sea and blessed with
generations of faithful worship we, a trinity of churches: Saint Edmund, Saint Genevieve and Saint Thomas More, stand united in our mission. To embrace the presence of Christ in our community and strive to assist all to deepen their relationship with the Lord. To seek to be a parish of service and comfort to all. To commit ourselves to be a
vessel through which our Catholic heritage and traditions may be preserved and grow so that our parish may flourish
in the Spirit of the Lord.
The 2020 Annual Catholic Appeal supports the daily work of our Church throughout Brooklyn and Queens in ways no one parish can accomplish alone by supporting the following ministries:
Catholic Youth Ministry Initiative, Catholic Charities; Hospital, College and Prison Chaplains; Diocesan Vocations Office; Catholic Migration Services; Office of Faith Formation; Bishop Mugavero Residence for infirmed clergy; Futures in Education Scholarship Foundation
WE HAVE BEGUN OUR CAMPAIGN. PLEASE MAIL IN YOUR PLEDGE AND HELP US REACH GOAL. THANK YOU! –Fr. Gelfant
WEEKLY ENVELOPES If you are just returning to Blessed Trinity after spending the winter in warmer climates, welcome back! Sometimes due to the erratic mail delivery here in Breezy your envelopes may not have arrived on time. If you need a set of temporary envelopes please call the
rectory at (718) 634-6357 and leave a message for Marlene or email Marlene at [email protected] A set of envelopes will be left in your mailbox. Thank you for your generosity and faithfulness to our parish.
What Makes Good Mothers? It is a pertinent question whose answer cannot be contained within a few words. Mothers are comprised of a bundle of emotions that sometimes defy reason. So this goes out to all the mothers who have been kept awake all night with their sick toddlers in their arms, constantly uttering those compassionate words, "It's OK, honey, Mommy's here." For all the mothers who run carpools and make cookies and sew Halloween costumes. And all the mothers who don't. For those who show up at work with milk stains on their dress and diapers in their handbags. For those mothers who cannot restrain tears from trickling down their cheeks when they hold their babies for the first time in their arms; and for the mothers who give birth to babies they'll never see. For the mothers who gave homes to babies and gifted them a family. For the mothers who defy all odds just to watch their kid perform and repeat to themselves "That's my child!!" For all the mothers who read "Goodnight, Moon" twice a night for a year, and then read it again. "Just one more time." For the mothers who taught their children to tie their shoelaces even before they started going to school. For the mothers who silently shed tears for their children who have gone astray. For all those mothers whose heart aches to watch their son or daughter disappear down the street, walking to school alone for the very first time. So, this is meant for all the young and aged mothers, working mothers and homemakers, married mothers and the single mothers, those with money and without and for those without whom life would have been insufferable. Wishing you a very Happy Mother's Day!!
TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION If there is such a thing as a Catholic “trademark” it is the sign of the cross, first traced on the senses of catechumens as they begin the journey to baptism, or on the forehead of an infant who is brought to the doors of the church at baptism. As early as the third century, Christians were tracing the sign of the cross on their bodies. At first, the cross was traced on the forehead during times of prayer and daily occupations. We use a similar small cross today as we trace the cross over on the forehead, lips, and heart at the Gospel during Mass. Much later, the full-body sign traced from forehead to heart to shoulders took shape, perhaps copying the priest’s gesture of blessing with the consecrated host during Mass. Today, this superb baptismal gift is a sign of belonging to Christ and the community, a way of focusing our attention, of asking for God’s blessing, of tracing on our shoulders a willingness to find meaning in life’s burdens. In the sign of the cross, we have an ever-available means of expressing gratitude for our baptism. —Rev. James Field, Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.
VOCATION
Roman Catholics in the United States spend a good deal of time speaking of “vocation” and the manner in which each of us discerns our vocation for life. In today’s apostolic letter, however, Peter gives us the “cornerstone” of our vocation, the description of what each of us is called to first and foremost by our baptism. He describes our vocation as “a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people of [God’s] own, so that you may announce the praises” of Christ, who called us out of darkness into light (1 Peter 2:9). All of us, no matter what path our life’s vocation may take us down, have been chosen by God, made holy, and anointed as priests in the high priesthood of Christ through baptism. All of this, so that we may an-nounce the praises of Christ. Vocation is given for proclamation at home, in the workplace—wherever life takes us—in service, in word, and in sacrament. Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.
SAINT DAMIEN JOSEPH DE VEUSTER OF MOLOKA’I (1840-1889) May 10
In the mid-1990s, a heavily bearded, bespectacled Robin Williams ap-peared on Late Night with David Letterman, whose host was clearly taken aback. Letterman inquired as to why the wild look. Uncharacteristically subdued, the usually manic comic responded that he was producing and star-ring in a movie about a most extraordinarily compassionate man, Damien, the Leper Priest of Moloka’i. Some saints transcend religious and ethnic boundaries to touch the heart that beats in each human being: Francis of Assisi; Mother Teresa; and, though Williams’ film was never completed, his admiration speaks, as does Damien’s statue outside the capitol in Honolulu, of this newest saint’s universal appeal. Far from his native Flanders’ idyllic beauty and rich culture, Damien volunteered to bear Christ’s light into Moloka’i’s bleak leper colony, building decent homes, opening schools, establishing clinics, planting farms, sharing the sufferings—and the social stigma—of those with whom he delighted to identify: “We lep-ers,” he would proudly say when finally he contracted leprosy. Saint Damien challenges us to identify the lepers of our own day, to examine our compassion for and our identification with them. —Peter Scagnelli, Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.
NOVENA TO OUR LADY OF FATIMA
Most Holy Virgin, who came to Fatima to reveal to the three little shep-herds the treasures of graces hidden in the praying of the Rosary, Inspire our hearts with a sincere love of this devotion, so that by
meditating on the mysteries of our redemption that are recalled in it, we may gather the fruits and obtain the conversion of sinners, the
conversion of Russia, and this favor that I so earnestly seek (mention your request) which I ask of you in this novena, for the greater glory of
God, for your own honor and for the good of all people. Amen. (Pray the Our Father, Hail Mary, and Glory Be
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