MASS SCHEDULE MONDAY, March 27, 2017 NOON Claudia & Floraine Othelo TUESDAY, March 28, 2017 6:30am Thanksgiving to the Lord NOON Mary, Susan White Sabini WEDNESDAY, March 29, 2017 6:30am Souls in Purgatory NOON Marjorie Hanratty THURSDAY, March 30, 2017 6:30am Jason Monroe NOON Catherine J. Hayes FRIDAY, March 31, 2017 NOON George Sankey SATURDAY, April 1, 2017 8:30am Marie & Pierre Mary Prosper 5:30pm Caridad Damas SUNDAY, April 2, 2017 8:00am People of the Parish, Purgatorial Society, Marjorie & William Hanratty, Msgr. John Brown 11:30am Lee Q. Odenat 5:30pm Myriam Destin (B) Sick: Rosaline Peiters, Annette Petti, Monroe Okola, Ed Rossnagel, Paul Peri-don Sr., Isidro Padilla, Ann Dormody, Jean Chenet, Rosemary Podesta, Louis Cardiello Martin Ewald, Pat Durkin, Antho-ny Boffa, Ellen Lahane, Julien Dolisca, Frank Incorvaia, Patricia Farrow Chin, Jim Polloicino, Patricia Watson For those who have died:

MEMORIAL GIFTS Altar Bread & Wine– In memory of Cath-

erine J. Hayes donated by Jim Hayes and Children

Those in the Armed Services—in these difficult times, let us lift up in prayer for our brave men and women who fight for our freedom all over the world. May God bless them and keep them safe.

ROSARY SOCIETY ATLANTIC CITY TRIP

The Rosary Society of St. Thomas Aquinas

Parish runs a trip to Resorts Casino in At-

lantic City on the FIRST THURSDAY of eve-

ry month. The bus leaves from in front of St.

Thomas Aquinas Church ( 1550 Hendrickson

St. between Flatlands Ave. and Ave. P.) at

8:30AM. The cost is $40.00, which includes

a bagel for breakfast and a $25.00 bonus

from the Casino. The next trip is scheduled

for Thursday, April 6, 2017 For further de-

tails or to sign up for the trip, please call

Noreen at (718) 253-7824

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SPECIAL REQUEST

A parishioner here at St. Thomas Aquinas Diane Camacho is in need of a new kidney. If you would like to help, please call 718-284-0704.

SAVE THE DATE

Family Day– June 10, 2017

Rosary Society Members of the Rosary Society are asked to attend the 11:30am Mass and to sit up

front and wear your medals.

St. Thomas Aquinas Church

Lent 2017 Daily Holy Hour after the

Noon Mass Stations of the Cross

During Lent at 7:00pm in

Church

Friday, March 31th-Multi-Lingual Sta-

tion of the Cross-Ms. Elizabeth

Friday, April 7th-Led by Youth Group

VBCC Ambassador Program

Fundraiser Dinner - Dance Saturday, April 29, 2017 7:00 PM

Honorees

Fr. Edward Mason Pastor of Our Lady of Presentation

&

Loreto Liz Faublas

Net News Anchor of Currents

The Black and Indian Mission $50 per person

Msgr. King Hall, 1501 Hen-drickson Street

(corner of Flatlands Avenue and Hendrickson Street)

Fundraiser supports the youth in our community

Lenten Regulations

Abstinence from meat is observed on Ash Wednesday, Good Friday an all the Fridays of Lent by all Catholic 14 years

of age and older Fasting is observed on Ash Wednesday

and Good Friday by all those between

the ages of 18 and 59 those bound by

this rule may take only one full meal,

with two smaller meals permitted. Eating

between meals is not permitted

St. Thomas Aquinas Young Adult Group

Tentative Schedule for 2017 The young adult group meets after the 5:30PM mass on the 2nd Saturday’s of

the month

April 8, 2017 – Community service

May 13, 2017 – Brotherhood winery

or brewery in Brooklyn

June 10, 2017 – Gym Night

Calendar is subject to change!!

50/50 ENVELOPES

If you take a envelope from the back of church to participate please put your name and address on the envelope. Do not use 50/50 envelopes for anything but the 50/50. Our next drawing will be on April 2, 2017 at the 11:30am Mass. Good Luck to all.

MIDWOOD CATHOLIC ACADEMY

SPRING FLING CARD PARTY

FRIDAY, March 31, 2017 ST. THOMAS AQUINAS/

MONSIGNOR KING HALL 7:00PM (DOORS OPEN AT

6:30PM) TICKETS NOW ON SALE

TICKET INFORMATION-718-377-1800 (SCHOOL OFFICE) PURCHASE YOUR TICKETS EARLY*FIRST COME FIRST

SERVED $25.00 PER PERSON

$30.00 IF PURCHAESED AT DOOR

LIMITED TICKETS AT DOOR

REFRESHMENTS COFFEE-CAKE-SODA-WATER-ICE CREAM-

SNACKS GOODY BAG

COME JOIN US FOR A FUN FILLED EVENING

St. Thomas Aquinas Lenten/Easter Book Club: Rediscover Jesus

Have you been looking for a way to deepen your faith this year. Come renew your faith. Join us as we Rediscover Jesus through faith sharing. Come and read Rediscover Je-sus with Fr. Dwayne on Tues-day’s during Lent & Easter starting at 7:30PM. You can pick up a copy of the book at our parish gift shop for $5 March 21, 2017-Chapter: 6-15 March 28, 2017-Chapter: 16-26 April 18, 2017- Chapter: 25-32 May 2, 2017-Chapter: 33-40

whereas others may help you feel a sense of connection to God’s presence or grace. Candles, incense, and meditative music help to create a reverent and quiet atmos-phere which fosters opportunities to enter personally into communion with God. Some stations have items which are “hands on” while other stations may in-volve tasting or consuming a symbolic food to help enrich the prayer experience. As you move from station to station, you will encounter items to take with you as a symbolic reminder of your experience. This is your unique experience, your unique time with the Lord, your oppor-tunity to know God and sense God’s presence in new ways. The prayer room also provides partici-pants an opportunity to grow in faith and learn something new about themselves. It can be an experience that changes our perception of God and how God works in our lives. We invite you, therefore, to renew your relationship with God by visiting the prayer room. Spend time to listen, wait, and experience the grace of the living God. Come and allow God to speak to your heart. Let the Holy Spirit ignite the fire of God’s love and compassion deep within. Experience God’s presence anew; see where God’s grace is waiting to be poured out. Come and encounter the Sto-ry, the Spirit, the Scripture!

Come to the Aquinas Center Friday, March 24th, 12:30pm –8:00pm Saturday, March 25th, 9:00am-7:00pm Sunday, March 26th, 9:00am-2:00pm.

Multi-Sensory Prayer Room:

A Lenten Prayer

Experience - Journey to the Cross This is a new offering for our parish, one which will expand your ability to hear the Lord. Because we are multi-sensory learners, God speaks to us through our senses: seeing, hearing, smelling, tast-ing, and feeling. A prayer experience that brings all five of our human senses into play, therefore, can become an en-gaging prayer experience in which we take an active role in our encounter, communion, and connection to God. Working with this insight, the Lenten Prayer Room- Journey to the Cross, in-corporates traditional church symbols within a unique setting that enhances the prayer experience by providing partici-pants with several options for their pray-er time. This creates a personalized prayer time which allows participants to discover a connection to God through their senses, guiding them into a deep and meaningful dialogue with the living God. In the Journey to the Cross Prayer Expe-rience we reflect on the last 7 days of Jesus’ life. Here’s what you can expect in the Lenten Prayer Room. When you enter the prayer room, you will find a variety of prayer stations. You can spend as much or as little time at as you feel necessary at any one station, moving through each station at your own pace. There may be some stations that don’t “touch your heart” or work for you,

Retreat (watch for the date)

2017 ANNUAL CATHOLIC APPEAL YOU CAN MAKE THE DIFFERENCE

The 2017 Annual Catholic Appeal is un-derway throughout the Diocese of Brook-lyn and here at Saint Thomas Aquinas. Our theme for 2017 is Live in Faith– Give in Love. Our parish goal this year is $58,716.00. Your support is needed to help us reach this goal. The Annual Catholic Appeal focuses on encouraging vocations, to expand our ministries of service to the immigrant, the poor and marginalized members of our society and to educate and form the next generation of disciples through our schools, academies and religious educa-tion programs. Your gift to the Annual Catholic Appeal provides funding for the various programs critical to the Diocese of Brooklyn and the Parish of Saint Thom-as Aquinas. Through the Appeal’s parish sharing, all monies received over our as-signed goal will be returned back to the parish.

We thank God for all of his blessings and recognize that as we look back in appreci-ation, we must look forward with a sense of responsibility to help those in need. Pledge 10 Monthly Payments $2,500.00 $250.00 per month $1,000.00 $100.00 per month $ 750.00 $ 75.00 per month $ 500.00 $ 50.00 per month $ 250.00 $ 25.00 per month $ 200.00 $ 20.00 per month $ 150.00 $ 15.00 per month $ 100.00 $ 10.00 per month $ 50.00 $ 5.00 per month A gift by every household is important for the continued success of this effort, which supports diocesan programs as well as our parish need. Your gift in the form of a pledge payable over a 10 month period is important and will go a long way to help-ing us reach our assigned goal.

2017 ANNUAL CATHOLIC APPEAL

PRAYER LIVE IN FAITH-GIVE IN LOVE

God our Creator, Giver of all good gifts, we praise and glorify you.

Teach us to acknowledge always, and with enduring gratitude, the many blessings your infinite love has showered upon us. Widen

our vision and enliven our generosity, as we seek to support the pastoral and charitable

works of our diocese in Brooklyn and Queens.

All-loving Father, Fountain of Mercy, we

honor and adore you.

Open our hearts to welcome the Holy Spirit, who enables us to live in faith and give in

love, so that the joy of the Gospel may pen-etrate every heart in our local

communities. Open our eyes and stir up in us your com-passion, so that all may come to know your Son, Jesus Christ, the way, the truth and

the life, now and forever. Amen.

MARIAN MORNING OF PRAYERS

& REFLECTION

SATURDAY, MAY 6TH, 2017

8:30AM– MASS 9:00AM– BREAKFAST

10:00AM-REFLECTION- FOLLOWED BY

ENGLISH SPANISH CREOLE TAGALOG

12:00 Noon in Church WHERE: ST. THOMAS AQUINAS

CHURCH 1550 HENDRICKSON STREET

( Between Avenue P & Flatlands Avenue)

Come join us as we pray the Rosary and sing hymns to Mary in English, Spanish, Creole, and

Tagalog.