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FIFTH SUNDAY OF EASTER MAY 10RD 2020

We are “a chosen race, a royal priesthood” called to place our faith and trust in the Spirit of Jesus who guides the community of faith.

Daily and Sunday Masses are streamed live on the Parish’s website. www.saintvincentferrer.org

MASS INTENTIONS:

Saturday, May 9th 5:00 p.m. Anthony Williams—Birthday

Sunday, May 10th 10:00 a.m. Mothers Day All mothers, grandmothers, stepmothers, foster mothers, mothers-in-law, expecting mothers - Blessing

Monday, May 11th 3:00 p.m. Emanuel Ford - Birthday blessing Requested by Lydia Ford

Tuesday, May 12th 3:00 p.m. Memorial of Saints Nereus and Achilleus, Martyrs Memorial of Saint Pancras, Martyr Yvette Isaacs - In memoriam Requested by Irmin Payne

Wednesday, May13th 3:00 p.m. Memorial of Our Lady of Fatima Renee and Frank Coutard - In memoriam, birthday

Thursday, May 14th 3:00 p.m. Feast of Saint Matthias, Apostle, Martyr Virginia LaTouche - In memoriam Requested by the LaTouche family

Friday, May 15th 3:00 p.m. Memorial Saint Isadore, the farmer

Saturday, May 16th 3:00 p.m.

He is Risen!

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 announce 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. 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 Corpora-tion. All rights reserved. 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

May is the month of Mary

The Eucharist Is The Heart Of Our Life In Christ

GIFTS AND INTENTIONS:

Bread and Wine:

Altar Flowers:

Altar Candle:

Altar Candle:

Sanctuary Candle: Doleta Sheriff

Annunciation Chapel Candle:

Mary’s Chapel Candle: Claudia Hooper - In thanksgiving to the Blessed Virgin Mary

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Please respond generously to the 2020Annual Catholic Appeal. The Annual Catholic Appeal supports the daily work of our Church in the Diocese of Brooklyn in ways no one parish can accomplish alone, through these key programs. - Catholic Youth Ministry Initiative, Catholic Charities; Hospital, College and prison Chaplains; Diocesan Vocation Office; Catholic Migration Services; Office of Faith Formation; Bishop Mugavero Residence for Infirmed Clergy; Futures in Education Scholarship Foundation. All donations above $55,000.00 are returned directly back to our parish for operations and improvements.

Please pledge your gift to the 2020Annual Catholic Appeal and make monthly payments through December 31st. If possible, please include your first month’s payment when you pledge. Make checks payable to the “Annual Catholic Appeal.” Please mail your gift card in the envelopes provided. For other forms of giving - credit cards, securities, stocks, mutual funds, IRA Distributions - please contact Father Gopaul at 718-859-9009.

Please honor your pledges to Generations of Faith

If you are unable to fulfil your pledge or need to reduce your original pledge, please notify Father Gopaul.

The Lord is risen!

Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!

The Eucharist Is The Heart Of Our Life In Christ Easter Season

The fifty days from the Sunday of the Resurrection to Pentecost Sunday are celebrated in joy and exultation as one feast day, indeed as one great Sunday. These are the days above all others in which the Alleluia is sung. The celebration of the Blessed Pentecost, fifty days of “dwelling in” the Paschal mystery! Fifty days of surrounding in the joyful days of faith and love as the Spirit of God takes possession of our lives! Fifty days of walking in the baptismal mystery of death and resurrection; a time of intensified consciousness, finely tuned awareness, awakened memory. The great fifty days of Pentecost are not an unwelcomed, unrealistic, obligation, but an invitation to explore more deeply the “weather of our hearts,” to awaken our memory of God’s presence and power in our lives, to look more closely at all the rich and varied textures of creation. Ordo pp. 106,107

Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!

SAINT DAMIEN JOSEPH DE VEUSTER OF MOLOKA’I (1840-1889) May 10 In the mid-1990s, a heavily bearded, bespectacled Robin Williams appeared on Late Night with David Letterman, who was clearly taken aback. Letterman inquired as to why the wild look. Uncharacteristical-ly subdued, the usually manic comic responded that he was producing and starring 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 lepers,” 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.

Parish offering Please drop off your weekly Parish offering

envelope in the Rectory’s mail slot.

Thank You.

May is

the month

of

Mary

Parish Goal: $55,000.00 As of April 20, 2020

37 Families Pledged - $ 22,717.00: Received - $9,567.00 19 Families fulfilled their pledges for $6,240.00

We humbly ask every parish family to prayerfully consider making a tax deduc ble gi to the 2020

Annual Catholic Appeal.

Legacy of Faith

Remember our parish in your will. When you update your estate plans, please consider

continuing your lifelong stewardship by leaving a bequest to

Saint Vincent Ferrer Roman Catholic Church. 925 East 37sr Street, Brooklyn NY 11210

For more information, please call Fr. Gopaul at 718-859-9009

Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into a friend.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Dear Parishioners, help us to know who you are by becoming a registered member of the parish.

The Holy Father’s Prayer Intention For May

Prayer intention for Evangelization—For Deacons: We pray that deacons, faithful in their service to the word and the poor, may be an invigorating symbol

for the entire Church.

The Lord is risen!

Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!

Corona Virus

How is your faith sustaining you during the Corona Virus pandemic?

Please share with us.

Text your answer to 917-328-1623 or Email: pbernadine@saintvincentferrer.org

SAINT VINCENT FERRER R0MAN CATHOLIC CHURCH

OFFICE HOURS

By appointment only

OUR STAFF Pastor: Rev. Fr . Antonius Peter Gopaul

Parish Secretary: Allison Gullap

Maintenance: Richard Mahabir Ricardo Dacosta

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Email: info@saintvincentfer rer .org

Website: http://saintvincentfer rer .org +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

School Affiliation: Midwood Catholic Academy (Pre-K - Gr. 8) 1501 Hendrickson Street Brooklyn, NY 11234 718-377-1800

Attention Parishioners

Father Gopaul is offering daily Mass at 3:00 p.m., Vigil Mass at 5:00 p.m. on Saturday, and Sunday Mass at 10:00 a.m. All Masses are streamed live on the Parish’s website.

There is no need to create a Facebook or YouTube account.

Visit the Parish’s website: www.saintvincentferrer.org and click on the Facebook or YouTube start icon.

CHURCH: 925 EAST 37TH STREET OFFICE: 1603 BROOKLYN AVE., BROOKLYN, NY 11210 PHONE 718-859-9009 FAX: 718-859-9032

Envelope Offering Please use the mail slot in the Rectory door to drop off your envelopes.

This week’s second collection is the Catholic Communication Campaign Collection. Through the internet, social networks, television, radio, and print, the Catholic Communication Campaign helps the church spread the Gospel message through the media locally and nationally.

Mother’s Day Spiritual Remembrance: all mothers, grandmothers, stepmothers, foster mothers, mothers-in-law, and expecting mothers will be Remembered or Honored.

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