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ST. PATRICK’S Aurora

ST. MICHAEL’S Union Springs

ST. PATRICK’S Moravia

OUR LADY OF THE LAKE King Ferry

Good Shepherd Catholic Community

P.O. Box 296, Aurora, NY March 27, 2016 E-mail: gscc@dor.org www.thegoodshepherd.cc

PARISH STAFF:

REV. WILLIAM MOORBY - Pastor

DEACON DENNIS DONAHUE Parish Deacon

CATHY KANALLEY-Office Administrator

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION COORDINATOR:

Marilyn Paradise Daytime - 315/364-7197

SOCIAL MINISTRY/EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE

Debbie Patrick 497-2049

GSCC - King Ferry Food Pantry serving Southern Cayuga School District. First Saturdays 9:00 - 12 and by appointment

BULLETIN EDITOR/CEMETERY: Lorraine Fitch

PRAYER REQUESTS

Elizabeth Harper 315-729-8962/elizabethharper@verizon.net

Cathy or Lorraine - 364-7197

PARISH OFFICE: 299 Main Street, Aurora 315/364-7197 Monday-Thursday 8:00AM-4:00PM and by appointment

BAPTISM - Please call the Parish Office for an appointment

MARRIAGE - Couples must contact the Parish Office six months prior to the celebration.

RECONCILIATION - Confessions will be held on First Fridays from 8:00am—8:45am at Our Lady of the Lake be-fore First Friday Mass & Benediction; at St. Michael Church on the first Saturday of each month from 4:00pm—4:45pm and at St. Patrick’s, Moravia, before the 8:30am Sunday Mass beginning at 8:00am.

COMMUNION FOR THE SICK AND HOUSEBOUND/ SACRAMENT OF ANOINTING OF THE SICK - If a loved one is seriously ill or would like to receive Holy Com-munion at home, please call the Parish Office.

RCIA (Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults) - Non-Catholics interested in learning more about the Catholic Faith are invited to speak to any staff member or call the Parish Office.

NEW PARISHIONERS - Welcome! Please introduce your-selves to the Parish Staff. We want to get to know you.

REGISTRATION - Every family within the Parish should be registered. Please contact the office for a registration form. If you move to another parish, change your address or have ad-ditions or deletions to your family, please notify the Parish Office. Forms are available at each worship site.

GSCC EASTER SCHEDULE

Holy Saturday Easter Vigil - March 26th 8:00PM at St. Patrick’s, Aurora

Easter Sunday - March 27th 8:30AM at St. Patrick’s, Moravia

9:00AM at St. Michael’s, Union Springs

10:30AM at Our Lady of the Lake, King Ferry

Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion

Easter Sunday Of the

Resurrection of the Lord When did I last glimpse the face of God’s mercy in my life? Whose life will I try to brighten this Easter by permitting God’s mercy shine on them through my compassion? ?

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VITAL STATISTICS Fiscal Year July 1, 2015—June 30, 2016 March 13, 2016 (week 36) Attendance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274 YTD Average . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333 Weekly Budgeted Offering . . . . . . . . . . . $ 4.947.00 Weekly Offering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 4,101.00 Budgeted YTD Amount . . . . . . . . . . $183,027.00 YTD Actual Offerings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$184,053.00 Thank you for your generosity each week ! Stewards share the joy of our Risen Lord by spreading peace and bringing healing.

SCHEDULE FOR MAR 27 - APR 3, 2016

Readings for the Week of March 27, 2016 Sunday: Acts 10:34a, 37-43/Ps 118:1-2, 16-17, 22-23/Col 3:1-4 or 1 Cor 5:6b-8/Jn 20:1-9 or Lk 24:1-12 or Lk 24:13-35 Monday: Acts 2:14, 22-33/Ps 16:1-2, 5, 7-11/Mt 28:8-15 Tuesday: Acts 2:36-41/Ps 33:4-5, 18-20, 22/Jn 20:11-18 Wednesday: Acts 3:1-10/Ps 105:1-4, 6-9/Lk 24:13-35 Thursday: Acts 3:11-26/Ps 8:2, 5-9/Lk 24:35-48 Friday: Acts 4:1-12/Ps 118:1-2, 4, 22-27/Jn 21:1-14 Saturday: Acts 4:13-21/Ps 118:1, 14-21/Mk 16:9-15 Next Sunday: Acts 5:12-16/Ps 118:2-4, 13-15, 22-24/Rv 1:9-11a, 12-13, 17-19/Jn 20:19-31

MASS

INTENTIONS

Sunday: 3/27– Easter Sunday, The Resurrection of the Lord Mass: 8:30AM at St. Patrick’s, Moravia

+For Aunt Rita Spina by Gud Maffetore

Mass: 9:00AM at St. Michael’s, Union Springs

+For Jean Jantz by Kanalley Family

Mass: 10:30AM at Our Lady of the Lake, King Ferry +For Rev. Raymond Wahl by Estate Monday: 3/28– Monday within the Octave of Easter Mass: 9:00AM at St. Patrick’s, Aurora + For Hank Rejman by John & Cathy Kanalley Tuesday: 3/29 – Tuesday within the Octave of Easter

Mass: 9:00am at St. Patrick’s, Moravia

+ For Margarette Kanalley by Family

Wednesday: 3/30 -Wednesday within the Octave of Easter NO Mass Thursday: 3/31 – Thursday within the Octave of Easter Mass: 4:00PM at St. Michael’s, Union Springs +For James A. Fitzpatrick Family by Estate

Friday: 4/1 - First Friday

Mass and Benediction: 9:00AM at Our Lady of the Lake,

King Ferry

+For All Living & Deceased Members of GSCC

Saturday: 4/2 – Vigil of Second Sunday of Easter

Mass: 5:00PM at St. Michael’s, Union Springs

+For Mary Ryan by Daughter, Libby

Sunday: 4/3– Sunday of Divine Mercy

Mass: 8:30AM at St. Patrick’s, Moravia

+For Phillip Morse by Michelle Tibbits & Family

Mass: 9:00AM at St. Patrick’s, Aurora

+For All Living & Deceased Members of GSCC

Mass: 10:30AM at Our Lady of the Lake, King Ferry

+For Leno & Anna Nardone, Maryann & Nino

Yaccino by Cindy and Dennis Donahue

This Week Remember the Following in Masses

and Prayers on the Anniversary of Their Deaths:

Margaret Butler’60, Mary McGarry’64, Ella Walker’66,

Elizabeth Murphy’66, Paul Murphy’67, Anna Lacko’77,

Cecelia Bishop’59, Anna Frawley’64, Martin Quigley’73,

Elizabeth Cotter’85, Magdalena Heim’2005, Baby Girl

Murphy’59, Clifford Marshall’61, Vernon LaFavor’71,

Bruce Winters’92, Margaret Sepos’2000, Catherine

McDonald’76, Anna Quaranta’92, Joan Mann’2002, An-

drew McGordon’53, Christine Beaudin’61, Charles

Roller’67, Harold Shields’99, Frances Connell’2013, Ed-

ward Pitzenthaler’64, Bolick Siergey’67, Katherine Raffer-

ty’71, Carmen Parker’95, Michael DuGuay’95

UPCOMING EVENTS

Good Friday Collection: Pope Francis has asked our parish to support Christians in the Holy Land with your prayers and financial help. Like Simon of Cyrene, you can help carry the cross under very difficult circumstances in the Holy Land. Divine Mercy Sunday, April 3, there will be Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament and a prayer service at 12:30pm at St. Patrick’s, Moravia. During the time of Exposition, the Chaplet of Mercy and the Rosary will be prayed. We will conclude the hour of prayer with Benediction. All are invited to participate. Women’s Retreat: April 1 - 3 at Notre Dame Retreat House, Canandaigua. St. Michael’s A/R Society will meet Wed., April 6 at 10AM. Guest speaker will be Tom Eldred who will speak on the histo-ry of St. Michael’s Church (Former Grace Episcopal Church). Lunch will follow. All are welcome! Doug’s Fish Fry To-Go: Thursday, April 7, at GSCC Food Pantry, King Ferry,11:00am—6:00pm.

FOOD PANTY SUNDAY—NEXT WEEKEND. You can help to stock our food pantry shelves by bringing a donation to church next weekend. Items most needed at this time are “Winter Warm Up Foods” such as canned meats, stew & chili, oatmeal, and hot chocolate.

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Faith Formation Upcoming Events:

First Holy Communion Review Session & Rehearsal—Sunday, April 24 at 2PM at St. Patrick’s, Aurora.

The Sacrament of First Holy Communion is Sunday, May 22 - held during Mass at St. Patrick’s, Moravia & Our Lady of the Lake.

Teacher Appreciation Sunday and last day of classes - May 15.

NO Faith Formation classes on Sunday, April 17.

High School Mission Trip Opportunity. GSCC is sponsoring with All Saints Church;, Lansing a summer 2016 mission trip to Bethlehem Farm in West Virginia. WE are asking if any of our high school youth (16 yrs & older) would like to participate in this event. Scholarships are available and space is limited. If you are interested in this trip, please contact Marilyn. Visit the Bethlehem Farm website to learn more.

Vacation Bible School - Mark your calendars for August 1– 4, 2016.

LENTEN RICE BOWL We prayed, fasted and gave alms—and now we celebrate! Our Lenten journey with CRS Rice Bowl ends in our own hearts, where Jesus reigns forever. Let us rejoice in our risen Lord—and in the lives we’ve changed this Lent in Colombia, Laos, Rwanda, Honduras, Madagascar and all over the world! Don’t forget to turn in your CRS Rice Bowl at church. Thank you !!

He has Risen! Alleluia, Alleluia!

Easter is the season of New Life. In this time of the year in our area of the world we see new life springing forth from the cold tomb of winter as flowers bud through the reawakened earth. We see the birds returning from their south-ern sojourn to build their nests; we see the lambs and other new born animals nursing at their mother’s side. The signs of new life are all around us! The greatest signs of new life of this Easter Season hopefully are experienced within us! Jesus has died and is risen to give us new life! A new life that He wants us to experience each day as we live with Him here on earth and as we journey to live with Him eternally in heaven. The gift of the Holy Spirit that Jesus has given us through His death and resurrection is the ever abiding gift of God’s presence that helps us to experience new life and become new creations in Christ.

Leading up to Easter, many of you made decisions to spend extra time in prayer, or to do acts of charity, fast-ing, and almsgiving to help you to grow in the holiness of the Lord. I encourage you to continue to make a special effort to practice your faith in ways that will help you to grow in the grace of the Risen Lord and to be of service to one anoth-er. The new life of the waters of Baptism and grace of the Holy Spirit in Confirmation are the beginning of our newness in life in God’s love. But, God calls us each day to foster the precious gift we have received. During the Easter season I pray that the gift of the Holy Spirit that you have received through baptism may empower you to live as new creations in the Lord. I encourage you to pray each day that the Holy Spirit will lead you and guide you that you may see more clearly the ways God is forming you anew in His love.

For the Easter season we have available in our churches copies of “The Little White Book” that contain six-minute reflections on the weekday Gospels of Easter. These booklets are designed to assist you in your daily prayer life. They are similar to the booklets that we have had for the seasons of Advent and Lent.

On Sunday, April 17th, Bishop Salvatore Matano will be coming to our parish to celebrate Sunday Mass. It will

be the Fourth Sunday of Easter, which is often called Good Shepherd Sunday because the gospel of the day makes reference to Jesus as the Good Shepherd. A special Mass will be celebrated that day with Bishop Matano. The Mass will be held at St. Patrick Church, Moravia at10:00a.m. followed by a reception.

This will be the only Mass celebrated on Sunday, April 17 in our parish and will be for all the parishioners of

Good Shepherd Catholic Community. So please mark your calendars for this special parish event. While the regular Sunday Masses will be cancelled, we will be having a Mass Saturday evening at St. Michael Church in Union Springs at 5:00 p.m. for those who cannot attend on Sunday. I hope that most of you though will be able to gather as a parish community with the Bishop on Good Shepherd Sunday.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank the musicians, various liturgical ministers and all those who helped with the Holy Week services and the decorating of the churches for this holy season. Your commitment and willingness to share your talents is greatly appreciated. From the staff of Good Shepherd Catholic Community, may you and your families be filled with Easter joy, and experience the grace of the Risen Lord and the power of the Holy Spirit helping you to become new creations in Christ.

May the Risen Christ be with you. Happy Easter!

Father Bill

Prayer for Easter Dear Lord, God of our creation, on this Easter morning, your son Jesus rose from the dead. In doing so, he conquered Death, the wage for all sin. Grant that on this Easter Morning we will remember the hope we have; in the resurrection and the hope we have of being with you and our loved ones for all eternity. Remind us always of the hope we have in the face of every trial and tribulation. Help us always to look to the victory which Christ purchased for us by his blood and completed at the rising. Amen.