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 8:00am, 10:00am

WEEKDAY MASSES

ST. THOMAS MORE 8:30am (Mon-Sat)

ST. GENEVIEVE 9:00am (Tues & Thurs)

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 CLERGY Rev. Fr. Michael Louis Gelfant ....................................Pastor Rev. Fr. Jeremy Canna………………………..Parochial Vicar Deacon James F. Ruoff

RETIRED CLERGY Rev. Msgr. Ronald Newland .................. Weekend Assistant Rev. Fr. Michael Perry ..................................... In Residence Deacon Richard Lee

PARISH STAFF Julie Ratka ………………...…….Exec Assistant to the Pastor Maureen McVeigh............... Coordinator Religious Education Richard Louis-Pierre........................Director of Music Ministry

PARISH OFFICE 204-25 Rockaway Point Boulevard

Rockaway Point, N.Y. 11697 718-634-6357 www.btparish.org

E-Mail: rectory@btparish.org

Parish Office Hours Monday—Friday 9am—4pm

Saturday 8am-2pm

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION SCHOOL St. Thomas More Rectory

204-25 Rockaway Point Boulevard Rockaway Point, N.Y. 11697

Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini

JANUARY 10, 2021 — BAPTISM OF THE LORD

BLESSED TRINITY CATHOLIC PARISH

Roxbury - Rockaway Point - Breezy Point

Mass Intentions

Lorrain Larsen, Maura Moran Ian Tissot, Michael Thompson ||| Vinny Camastro, Bernadette Fallon, Francis Newall, Msgr. Michael J. Curran, Michele Hogan || Jenna Colleran, Kerri Naples, Andy Healey

PEOPLE ADDED TO OUR PARISH PRAYER REQUEST LIST WILL STAY ON FOR THREE WEEKS AND THEN BE REMOVED UNLESS THERE IS A REQUEST FOR THE PERSON TO REMAIN ON THE PRAYER LIST OF

ANOTHER THREE WEEK PERIOD.

NEW OUTDOOR NATIVITY MEMORIALS We are happy to offer memorials for the new Outdoor Nativity.

A big thank you to the Rockaway Point/Breezy Point Catholic Club for donating $2,000 toward the Nativity.

Additional Memorials of $250 each are available to 21 Intentions. Names will be places on the Stable. Call Julie at the Rectory Office while space is available. 718-634-6357.

Memorials taken so far:

1. ROCKAWAY POINT/BREEZY POINT CATHOLIC CLUB

2. IN MEMORY OF KEVIN C. BUCKLEY

3. IN MEMORY OF JIMMY QUINN

4. IN MEMORY OF JOHN NEWALL

5. IN MEMORY OF JOAN FITZGERALD

Again, thank you for your generosity and stop by to see the new Nativity at St. Thomas More Church.

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

ENS. Owen S. Esposito, USN 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

Thomas & Kimberly Joy 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

Home Bound?

If you or a loved one is homebound (meaning unable to attend Mass for a period of time) and would like to receive the sacraments (Confession,

Anointing or Holy Communion), please call the rectory at 718-634-6357. The parish clergy and Lay Ministers will visit.

2020-2021 SCHOOL YEAR

REMOTE LEARNING

Happy New Year!

As we start the next half of our school year I would just like to remind you of the following - Mass summaries are required of all students in the School of Religion and should be submitted weekly to res@btparish.org. K-3rd grades need to tell me which Mass they either attended or watched virtually, who the celebrant was and what color vestment they wore. 4th-8th grades - Mass, date/time/celebrant and 1 or 2 sentences as to what they got out of the Gospel or homily.

IMPORTANT DATES First Communion Parent Meeting - Tuesday, January 26th 7PM St. Thomas More Church

First Penance - Saturday, February 27th, 12:30PM, St. Thomas More Church

Confirmation - April 14th at 5PM in St. Thomas More Church.

First Holy Communion - May 1st in St. Thomas More Church.

Blessed Trinity Seniors GOLDEN AGE CLUBGOLDEN AGE CLUB

Suspended until further notice

ARTS & CRAFT CLUBARTS & CRAFT CLUB Suspended until further notice

Social Distancing Protocols are being followed. Hand Sanitizing stations are in place. Face coverings are required at all times. No Food or Beverage will be provided. People may bring

their own food and beverage and are not able to share with others. (Not very Christian-like, but for now it is the only way). The building will be sanitized after each use.

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

Walter Young and all the faithful departed

BAPTISM SCHEDULE Formation Class

Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021 @ 7pm

Baptism Celebrations Saturday, January 9 @ 12:30pm Sunday, January 24 @ 2:00pm Saturday, Feb. 13 @ 12:30pm

Sunday, Feb. 28 @ 2:00pm

Parents may register their child for baptism at the Parish Office.

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 Julie or Father Gelfant.

Blessed Trinity Parish

OnlineOnlineOnline GivingGivingGiving

Jan 2/3 WEEKLY REPORT

Thank you for your continued financial support of your parish.

Plate Offering $10,146 Online Giving $ 3,886 Total $14,031

As you may have noticed, our weekly reports are fluctuating. This is because a number of parishioners during the

beginning of the Pandemic started contributing Monthly to the parish instead of weekly. Since that time, many have

preferred to keep this method. We are now offering Weekly Envelopes to those who wish to contribute every week in the basket AND Monthly Envelopes for those who prefer

to donate one total amount for the month. Online Giving is still preferred and is available to all parishioners. Three

possible ways to give. Again, Thank You!

MASSES STREAMING LIVE

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SUNDAY’S READINGS First Reading — Behold my servant with whom I am pleased; he shall bring forth justice to the nations (Isaiah 42:1-4, 6-7) or Isaiah 55:1-11. Psalm — The Lord will bless his people with peace (Psalm 29) or Isaiah 12:2-6. Second Reading — God anointed him with the Holy Spirit (Acts 10:34-38) or 1 John 5:1-9. Gospel — You are my beloved Son, with you I am well pleased (Mark 1:7-11). The English translation of the Psalm Responses from the Lectionary for Mass © 1969, 1981, 1997, International Commission on English in the Liturgy Corporation. All rights reserved.

SAINTS AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCES

Sunday: The Baptism

of the Lord

Monday: First Week in Ordinary Time begins

Wednesday: St. Hilary

Saturday: Blessed

Virgin Mary

In a letter dated December 11, 2020, two committee chairmen (Bishop Kevin Rhoades, Chairman of the Committee on Doctrine, and Bishop Joseph Naumann, Chairman of the Committee on Pro-Life Activities) of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), commented on the relationship between the vaccines that are making the news and those vaccines’ connection to abortion (in their use of cells from abortions). Below you can find some excerpts from that letter: “The USCCB has been engaged in a campaign advocating for the development of a vaccine for COVID-19 that has no link to abortion. . . .While some pharmaceutical companies have been working on a vaccine for COVID-19 without using morally compromised cell lines at all, others have been using such cell lines in either the design and development phase or the production phase or in both. Still others have been making use of a morally compromised cell line only for a confirmatory test of the vaccine’s efficacy. This leads many people who are concerned for the sanctity of human life to ask if it is ethical to accept any of the vaccines that have some connection to abortion.” “The Holy See points out that there are different degrees of r e s p o n s i b i l i t y i n cooperating with the e v i l a c t i o n s o f others. With regard to people involved in the d e v e l o p me n t a n d production of vaccines, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith explains that ‘in organizations where cell lines of illicit origin are being utilized, the responsibility of those who make the decision to use them is not the same as that of those who have no voice in such a decision.’ As for the moral responsibility of those who are merely the recipients of the vaccines, the Congregation affirms that a serious health danger could justify use of ‘a vaccine which was developed using cell lines of illicit origin, while keeping in mind that everyone has the duty to make known their disagreement and to ask that their healthcare system make other types of vaccines available.’” “There are currently three vaccines that have been presented to us as having demonstrated their effectiveness and that are likely to be made available in the coming months, those from Pfizer, Moderna, and AstraZeneca. The situation of the first two is essentially the same. Neither Pfizer nor Moderna used morally compromised cell lines in the design, development, or production of the vaccine. A confirmatory test, however,

employing the commonly used, but morally compromised HEK293 cell line was performed on both vaccines. Thus, while neither vaccine is completely free from any connection to morally compromised cell lines, in this case the connection is very remote from the initial evil of the abortion.” “In view of the gravity of the current pandemic and the lack of availability of alternative vaccines, the reasons to accept the new COVID-19 vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna are sufficiently serious to justify their use, despite their remote connection to morally compromised cell lines. In addition, receiving the COVID-19 vaccine ought to be understood as an act of charity toward the other members of our community.” “The AstraZeneca vaccine is more morally compromised. The HEK293 cell line (originating in kidney cells taken from the body of an aborted child) was used in the design, development, and production stages of that vaccine, as well as for confirmatory testing. . . .The AstraZeneca vaccine should be avoided if there are alternatives available.” “It may turn out, however, that one does not really have a choice of vaccine, at least, not without a lengthy delay in

immunization that may have serious consequences for one’s health and the health of others. In such a case, just as a c c e p t i n g a v acc in a t io n fo r rubella with a morally compromised vaccine i s m o r a l l y permissible because of the lack of alternatives and the serious risk to the public health, so it would be permissible

to accept the AstraZeneca vaccine.” “While having ourselves and our families immunized against COVID-19 with the new vaccines is morally permissible and can be an act of self-love and of charity toward others, we must not allow the gravely immoral nature of abortion to be obscured. . . .We should be on guard so that the new COVID-19 vaccines do not desensitize us or weaken our determination to oppose the evil of abortion itself and the subsequent use of fetal cells in research.” You can read the entire document at: https://www.usccb.org/moral-considerations-covid-vaccines

MORAL AND ETHICS POINTS ABOUT THE COVID-19 VACCINE

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