Saturday, March 24

5:00PM Joseph Eriole req. by Joanne Eriole Lilian Eriole req. by Joanne Eriole

Sunday, March 25

8:30AM 11:00AM Viola Campito req. by Guyon Family

COLLECTION FOR MARCH 10-11, 2018:

In Pew: E-Giving: Total:

Regular: $5,641.64 $2,454.13 $8,095.77 Food Pantry: $370.00 $406.38 $776.38 Catholic Relief Services:$2,148.00 $0.00 $2,148.00 Rainy Day: $245.00 $10.00 $255.00 Easter Flowers: $75.00 $0.00 $75.00

Thank you for your generosity. Your regular financial support of our parish community is

essential to our continued viability and vitality.

Envelopes for Easter Flowers are available at both Church entrances! Donations can be made “in

Memory.” Please make sure to fill out the back of the envelope with the names of the people you would like

honored!

Easter Flower Volunteers: We still need a few more volunteers to sign up to deliver Easter Plants on the weekend of 3/24 and 3/25. We also need volunteers to prepare the plants for delivery at 3:00PM on Friday 3/23. Please call Sr. Eleanor at 518-489-5408 if you are interested in helping!

3/19 Yoga Class 6:00-7:00PM (C)

3/20 Choir 7:30PM (C)

3/21 Lenten Stations and Supper 6:00PM (C, PH) Bereavement 7:00-8:30PM (Chapel) 3/23 Centering Prayer 1:30-2:30PM (Chapel) Easter Plan Preparation 3:00PM (PH)

3/24 Mass 5:00PM (C) Easter Plant Delivery

3/25 Mass 8:30 AM (C) Mass 11:00 AM (C) Easter Plant Delivery

(C) Church, (G) Grotto, (PC) Parish Center, (PH) Parish Hall, (L) Lounge,

(MTG 1) Meeting Room 1, (MTG 2) Meeting Room 2

Youth Volunteers Needed for Holy Week! Volunteers in 3rd Grade and up are needed to assist with the Palm Sunday Procession (3/25) and Foot Washing on Holy

Thursday (3/29). Please contact Tahlia at youthministry@stvincentalbany.org or Ellen at

k-5faithformation@stvincentalbany.org for more information or to sign up! You may also call the office at

518-489-5408.

Talent Auction Results -The Peace & Justice Committee wishes to thank parishioners for their support of our Talent Auction and Raffle last weekend. We raised $2,693 for our Food Pantry and Bread for the World through that event.

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! We are so grateful for your generous support of the Hot

Cross Bun Sale. With your generosity we were able to raise $357. Thank you again for your support!

Upcoming Events for Youth: Next session of Youth Day will be Sun. Apr. 8 from 12:15-2:00 in MTG 1. Youth in grades 6-10 are welcome!

Our next Workcamp gathering will be Sun. Apr. 15 from 12:15– 2:00 in MTG 1. This is for Workcamp participants and parents.

March 18, 2018 ~ 5th Sunday of lent

Holy Week and Its Liturgies

Palm Sunday We are about to enter the most sacred time of the Church year. Holy Week begins with the liturgies of Palm (Passion) Sunday. Christians throughout the world remember Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem amid crowds, shouting “Hosanna,” waving palm branches and placing their cloaks on the ground where the donkey bearing him would walk.

By the end of this day’s liturgy we will also remember how quickly the crowds turned on Jesus, shouting, “Crucify him!” and send-ing him to the death of a criminal.

It is the tradition of the Church to distribute palm branches. You will likely notice that our parish uses a different kind of palm than is typical.

For a very long time, St. Vincent’s has chosen to purchase palm fronds through the Center for Integrated National Resources and Agricultural Management. This provides income to Guatemalan farmers at a Fair Trade level. These farmers practice sustainable forestry, protecting palm populations and the forest. More information is available at www.cinram.umn.edu. Fliers are also available the church entrances. Holy Thursday Our celebration of this liturgy begins with a “Bring and Share” (pot luck) feast, a wonderful opportunity to get to know other people in the parish.

The Mass of the Lord’s Supper, which follows the parish supper, calls our attention to the night before Jesus died and the meal he shared with his disciples. The significant element of John’s Gospel, which serves as the touchstone for this liturgy in Jesus mandate to his friends, is experientially broken open. “As I have done, so you also must do.” What Jesus is speaking of is an act of humble service represented by the washing of feet.

It is the custom of St. Vincent’s parish to voluntarily wash one another’s feet, as we are able. Several stations are set up throughout the church so the process does not take undue time. By participating in this ritual we acknowledge the presence of Christ in each other. Good Friday

On this day, the Stations of the Cross will be led by our youth at 3 p.m. in the Grotto, on the corner of Yates and Ontario Streets. However, the principal liturgy is the Celebration of the Lord’s Passion in the early evening.

In this rite we focus on Jesus’ death and the events leading up to it. In his suffering we recognize the suffering that pervades our world and we pray for those who are afflicted and those who have the power to effect change.

We also acknowledge our own contributions to this suffering through our sinful behaviors, whether personally or as part of oppres-sive systems.

We recognize Jesus’ great act of love in submitting to the evils of human weakness as we reverence the cross. Parishioners are invited to take a turn carrying the cross if they are physically able and all are welcome to honor the cross with a touch of the hand or a kiss.

Mass is not celebrated on this day but Communion is offered to those who participate in this liturgy. The Easter Vigil

“This is the night when Christ broke the prison-bars of death and rose victorious from the underworld” (from the Exsultet.)

A liturgy of liturgies, it begins with the blessing of the new fire, in front of the church on Madison Ave. followed by the blessing of the Paschal (Easter) Candle.

Several readings from the Hebrew Scriptures and the Letter to the Romans follow. In these we are reminded of God’s creation of the world, God’s great faithfulness to the Israelites, the gift of the Holy Spirit in changing hearts of stone into hearts of flesh and how we have been born to new life in Christ.

This year, after the blessing of the new water, we will celebrate a reception into full communion with the Catholic Church and sev-eral Confirmations. It is a night making all things new: fire, light, water, lives. Easter Sunday While not as intricate in its liturgies as the Vigil, the Masses of Easter Sunday is no less festive. In them, we renew our baptismal promises and are sprinkled with the new water, reminding us of the new life we share with the resurrected Jesus.

As we prepare to enter Holy Week, may we pray for one another that we will be filled with the graces of the Paschal Mystery: Christ’s passion, death and resurrection to new life and be renewed in the desire to fulfill our own unique call to discipleship.

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MASS SCHEDULE Saturday 5:00 P.M. Vigil Sunday 8:30 & 11:00 A.M. 6:30 P.M. PARISH CENTER 984 Madison Avenue

FOOD PANTRY Monday, Wednesday, Thursday 12:30-2:30 PM ~ (518) 694-3153

PRESCHOOL (518) 482-5346 www.stvincentspreschool.com

OFFICE HOURS Monday - Friday, 9:00 A.M. - 3:00 P.M.

EMAIL secretary@stvincentalbany.org

FACEBOOK www.facebook.com/stvincentalbany

PLEASE CALL THE PARISH OFFICE FOR:

♦ Pastoral Care - Visits to homebound parishioners, hospital patients or nursing home residents.

♦ Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults - Membership in the Roman Catholic Church.

♦ Infant Baptism - Celebrated monthly (except during Lent)

♦ Reconciliation - By appointment or 4:45PM Saturdays

♦ Matrimony - At least 6 months prior to your hoped for date.

♦ Bereavement Ministry - is available through the parish office. Please call and ask for Sr. Eleanor Guerin.

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Church of Saint Vincent De Paul

900 MADISON AVENUE ALBANY, NEW YORK 12208

WEBSITE www.stvincentalbany.org

PHONE (518) 489-5408 FAX (518) 489-5474

PASTORAL TEAM: Parish Life Director Elizabeth Simcoe pld@stvincentalbany.org

Sacramental Ministers Reverend Leo P. O'Brien lobrien26@nycap.rr.com 518-640-9582 Reverend Michael Farano

Faith Formation Ellen Kueterman k-5faithformation@stvincentalbany.org

Youth Ministry Tahlia Hadley youthministry@stvincentalbany.org

Food Pantry & Angela Warner Peace & Justice socialjustice@stvincentalbany.org

Liturgical Ministries Meg McCarthy liturgy@stvincentalbany.org

Music & Liturgy Marie Bernadett music@stvincentalbany.org

Senior Ministry and Sr. Eleanor Guerin, RSM Pastoral Outreach pastoraloutreach@stvincentalbany.org

Bookkeeper Veronica Schmidt-Henzler businessmanager@stvincentalbany.org

Maintenance Rich Nagengast maintenance@stvincentalbany.org

Parish Secretary Rebecca Cribbs Rice secretary@stvincentalbany.org

Custodian Carlos Baez

ST. VINCENT'S PRESCHOOL: Director Eileen Jaklitsch st.vincentspreschool@gmail.com www.stvincentalbany.org/preschool

PARISH TRUSTEES:

Al Turo Aturojr@gmail.com; 869-2059 Diana Bangert-Drowns dbangertdrowns@nycap.rr.com; 482-4604

THE COLLEGE OF ST. ROSE: Office of Spiritual Life: 454-5250

Website: www.strose.edu/officesandresources/spiritual_life

Director of Joan Horgan Campus Ministry HorganJ@mail.strose.edu

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Liturgical Ministers for March 24-25: Baker: Mary Oill Writer: Robert Ward Writer for Apr. 1: Elizabeth Simcoe

Saturday, 5:00 pm Presider: Fr. Leo O’Brien Acolyte/Reflection: Elizabeth Simcoe Readers: Susan Shipherd, Richard DeGrijze Eucharistic Ministers: Rebecca Rice, Nancy DiBlasi, Anne Tyrrell, Ray Garthner, Dan O’Connell Liturgical Coordinator: Amy O’Connell Sunday, 8:30 am Presider: Fr. Michael Farano Acolyte/Reflection: Elizabeth Simcoe Altar Servers: Elias Nino, Gabriel Zullo Readers: Michael Dollard, Sally Beckman Eucharistic Ministers: Jim Ruud, Rosa Veltman, Marty Beckman, 3 Needed Liturgical Coordinator: Steve Oill Ministers of Hospitality: Jean Talbot, Mary Brummagyn CLW-School Age: Colleen Flynn Thapalia Counters: Mary Ricard, Bob Sahm, 1 Needed Coffee Hour: Mary Sheridan, John Criscione

Sunday, 11:00 am Presider: Fr. Michael Farano Acolyte/Reflection: Elizabeth Simcoe Altar Servers: Star Reeder, Anaya Zullo Readers: Julianna Pinkans, Robert Bangert-Drowns Eucharistic Ministers: Katherine Bollin, Rose Capurso, Beth Lacey, Erin Knoerl, Dave Rowell, Diane Marcil, Mary Ann Neimeyer, Ellen Naughter, Diane Miller, Bill Quackenbush Liturgical Coordinator: Susan Lundberg Ministers of Hospitality: Fred Ruff, Owusu AnAne, Dave LaFleur, 1 Needed CLW-School Age: Cheri Pinkans CLW– Small Children: Dan Bernadett Veronica Ministry: Kate Paul Counters: Anne Conway, Katherine Bollin, 1 Needed Coffee Hour: Claudia & Katrina Consiglio

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Hospital Visitation: Week of March 18, 2018

SPH - Marty Beckman, Kathy McCoy AMCH - Jeanne Qualters, Sally Beckman

Readings for the Week of March 18, 2018

Sunday: Ez 37:12-14/ Rom 8:8-11/ Jn 11:1-45 Monday: 2Sm7:4-5a,12-14a,16/Rom4:13,16-18,22/Mt1:16,18-21,24a Tuesday: Nm 21:4-9/ Jn 8:21-30 (252) Wed: Dn 3:14-20, 91-22, 05/ Jn 8:31-42 (253) Thursday: Gn 17:3-9/ Jn 8:51-59 (254) Friday: Jer 20: 10-13/ Jn 10:31-42 (255) Saturday: Ez 37: 21-28/ Jn 11:45-56 (256) Next Week: Mk11:1-10/Is50:4-7/Phil2:6-11/Mk14:1-15:47

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