May 31, 2020

207 Garfield Street East Rochester, NY 14445

http://stjeromerochester.org/

MISSION STATEMENT We, the members of the Church of St. Jerome, believe in our Lord Jesus Christ, the Savior of the world. Empowered by this belief, we seek through the celebration of the Mass, to be Christ’s presence in the world. Having celebrated the Liturgy of the Word and the Liturgy of the Eucharist in the Holy Mass, we strive to build Christian community through prayer and service. We humbly place all our efforts under the special patronage of the Blessed, ever Virgin Mary, the Mother of God and our mother in the faith.

CHURCH OF ST. JEROME Rev. William B. Leone: Pastor Rev. William Endres: In Residence Deacon Dermot Loughran Sr. Clare Brown, SSJ: Pastoral Associate Deacon Bruno Petrauskas : Visiting Deacon

ONLINE COLLECTION BASKET

During these difficult and uncertain

times your continued support of St.

Jerome’s and our vital ministries is

most appreciated. We want to thank

all of our parishioners who have

continued to mail in their envelopes

and/or utilized our electronic transfer

options. Your generosity will help us

to continue serving you and the

community. All gifts will be recorded

in your name as always. St. Jerome ’s

Contributions can be mailed to:

207 Garfield Street, East Rochester,

NY 14445 Or to set up for recurring

payments online go to: http://

stjeromerochester.org

If you would like to remember your loved ones with the celebration of the Eucharist, please leave a message for Denise in the Rectory Office at 586-3231 to schedule a Mass, and a staff member will get back to you. You may wish to have a Mass offered on the anniversary of death, a person's birthday or a significant date in the person's and your life. Although Masses are not currently open to the public, our priests are still offering private Masses for your Mass Intentions every day.

A Pentecost Prayer

Written by Fr. Joseph Veneroso,

Holy Spirit of the living God, Who hovered over the waters, Who covered Sinai in majesty,

Who filled the Temple with glory,

Who caused the Blessed Virgin to give birth to Jesus,

Our Lord and Who descended on the Apostles,

fill us anew with the fire of God’s Love!

Hover over our chaotic world, cover our Church in God’s majesty, fill our hearts with

Your glory that, like Mary and the Apostles, by witnessing to the Good News through acts

of kindness and love, we too might give flesh to God’s Word today and

forever. Amen

Pentecost Sunday Happy birthday to the Catholic

Church! Happy birthday to you, who

are the body of the Church!

We're all familiar with our own

birthdays, and we celebrate them

because they mark the day of the year

in which we entered into this life. But

did you know you have a second

birthday?

Because you are part of the body of

the Church, Pentecost is the Church's

birthday, and yours as well. And like

any birthday, it's a cause for

celebration.

The word Pentecost is Greek and it

means "50th day." Fifty days after

Easter Sunday, we celebrate the

coming of the Holy Spirit upon the

Apostles and their followers, and the

beginning of their Earthly ministry to

make disciples of all nations.

Pentecost is also a Jewish holiday,

which the Jews use to celebrate the

end of Passover. Jews celebrate the

gift of the law to Moses at Mt. Sinai

on this day. But we, as Catholics

celebrate the birth of our Church.

Page Two Church of St. Jerome, East Rochester, NY

Monday, June 1, 2020

The Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church

7:30 a.m. Angelo Michael Galante by Wife, Victoria

Tuesday, June 2, 2020

Weekday

7:30 a.m. James Leone by Family

John Lopinto by John

Jerry Laughlin, 1st. Anniversary Remembrance by The Creighton Family

Wednesday, June 3, 2020

Saint Charles Lwanga & Companions, Martyrs

7:30 a.m. Sarah & Mike Ross by Joe & June Ross

Palma Lopinto, Anniversary Remembrance by John

Thursday, June 4, 2020

Weekday

7:30 a.m. Elia & Robert Sebaste by Joe & June Ross

Lisa Morency by Richard & Jacquie Morency & Family

Friday, June 5, 2020

First Friday

7:30 a.m. All Souls in Purgatory

Umberto Properzi by Daughter

Saturday, June 6, 2020

First Saturday

8:00 a.m. Domenic, Rose & Clara Nicodemi by Joe & June Ross

4:30 p.m. Tim Duffy, Third Anniversary Remembrance by Wife, Kimmie

Anthony DiTucci by Wife, Nancy & Children

Sunday, June 7, 2020

The Most Holy Trinty

8:00 a.m. For the People of the Parish

10:00 a.m. Andrea Parravano, Domenic& Colomba Parravano by Vince & Mary Porretta.

Sarah Barbero, Sixth Anniversary Remembrance by Husband & Family

Please Pray for Those

in the Military:

Lord, hold our troops in Your loving hands. Protect them as they protect us. Bless them and their families for the selfless acts they perform for us in our time of need. We ask this in the name of Jesus, our Lord and Savior.

Amen.

1st Lt. Alex V. Alfieri PVT. Kyle Anderson Brandon Beauchamp USAF USMA Matthew Blejwas Specialist Aaron Brochu Airman Rachel Brock BM3 Mary Carr USN Captain Craig Carlisle Chief Master Sgt. Matt Clancy Sgt. Robert DeMaria US Army 1st LT Matthew J. Dunn USMC AO2 Timothy Fennell USN Captain Brian Findlay Lt. Kurt Findlay Sgt. Daniel Frate CW5 Thomas Grove Cpl. Kevin Harte LT. Bart Hicklin USN CPT. Jeffrey Huddle US Army Sgt. Ryan Jackson HM1 Christian R. Kissel USN Ryan LaFountain PVT. Jack Leonardo US Army HM3 Marcella Levato USN Bryan McAuliff USN PVT. Brett McCarthy US Army HM3 John Ross McCarthy USN Staff Sgt. Nathaniel McAvoy CPT. Richard R. McPhee CPT. Shannon McPhee Sgt. Joseph Merritt Jr. Captain Jeffrey Piazza PVT. Megan Rossi USMC Airman Alesa Whelehan Sgt. Christopher Whelehan

Let Us Pray Please remember in your prayers those members of our parish in the hospital, the sick at home, and those in nursing homes.

In your Christian charity, you are asked to pray for those who have died. May the Lord strengthen their families and friends at their time of loss.

We Welcome those who have

recently entered into our faith through the waters of Baptism: Andrew Stephen Leblond son of Ryan & Jenna and Micah Owen Ng son of Stephen & Candice.

Pray for Vocations with

Mothers of Lu! The Mothers of Lu is the remarkable

vocations story of mothers from the

small Italian village of Lu who met

weekly to pray in a particular way for

vocations to the priesthood and

religious life to come from their own

families. 323 vocations was the

astonishing fruit of the Lu mothers'

prayers!

A 21st Century Mothers of Lu

Prayer group has formed in the

Diocese of Rochester to pray with the

same specific intention of calling

priests and religious from our own

families.

The Mass To limit the spread of COVID-19,

the Coronavirus, all public Masses in

the Diocese of Rochester are

suspended until further notice

effective immediately. Father Leone

will be saying Mass privately at the

regular scheduled times. All Masses

are streamed live on our website. The

Church will be open for private prayer

Monday - Friday 8:30 a.m. to 5:00

p.m.

As you have been hearing from

health officials, we also encourage

social distancing if you come to the

Church please sit at a distance from

others in Church that minimizes

exposure.

Confessions will continue on

Saturday, from 3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Page Three Church of St. Jerome, East Rochester, NY May 31, 2020

SUNDAY MASS SCHEDULE Saturday at 4:30 p.m., Sunday at 8:00 & 10:00 HOLY DAYS Please consult Bulletin DAILY MASSES Mon.-Fri. - 7:30 a.m. Consult bulletin for changes SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM Call Rectory Office 586-3231 SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION Saturday: 3:00 to 4:00 p.m. (or by appointment) PARISH STAFF Judy Joslin, Religious Education Administrator. Kevin & Karin Spears, Youth Ministry Denise Peterson, Secretary Patrick Vogt, Business Manager Teresa Galbier, Music Director Sr. Monica Weis, SSJ, Organist KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS Anthony DiTucci - Grand Knight, 585-727-6881,more info: www.KofC.org TELEPHONES Rectory………...……………….586-3231 Faith Formation Office ......... 586-3231 Website:http://stjeromerochester.org/ Email: estjerom@dor.org

PARISH MEMBERSHIP

We welcome you to worship regularly with us and to join our Parish Community formally, offering your time, talents, and financial support. Newcomers are wholeheartedly received into membership by simply registering at the office at their convenience.

Collection figures for the week of May 24, 2018 Will be

published in a future bulletin.

Good News!

May 31, 2020

Pentecost (A)

Acts 2:1–11; 1 Cor 12:3b–7, 12–13;

Jn 20:19–23

Did it really happen the way the

story is told? Who would not give

anything to have been there? But

maybe we have been there. Maybe we

have met people who were so open to

the mysterious power of the Spirit of

God that they were able to accomplish

things they never thought they could.

Maybe at times even we, too, have

been so moved by that mysterious

Spirit. Is it possible that we are

mistaken about what is truly

mysterious or Spirit-driven? Is it

possible that we fail to see the

mystery of God in everyday life?

This is not to say that nothing

extraordinary happened on that

Pentecost day. It certainly did! People

who kept a low profile out of fear of

facing the same deadly fate as their

leader seemed to rush out onto the

street and proclaim that leader’s

mighty acts. What has happened to

them? How is such a reversal of

behavior to be described? It happens

that when something wondrous occurs

we often use exaggerated images and

superlative language in an attempt to

capture the astounding character of

the event. To embellish language does

not mean that the event was not

amazing. It means that it was so

amazing that we are at a loss to

describe or explain it. We are, after

all, talking about the dynamic Spirit

of God that can completely change

people. This is the same Spirit we

received at baptism. Are we open to

have it change us?

—Sr. Dianne Bergant, CSA

Dear Padre

May 31, 2020

I look forward to every Pentecost

Sunday, when I am renewed in

God’s spirit. Recently I read an

article that said the Holy Spirit is a

she. Is the Holy Spirit female?

The third person of the Trinity is the

Holy Spirit. The word spirit is a

translation of the Hebrew word ruah,

which can mean “breath,” “air,” or

“wind.” This is the wind that God

first sent to create the world, it is the

breath that God breathed into Adam

and Eve, and it is the tongues of fire

that the apostles experienced on the

first Pentecost.

In Hebrew, the word used for the

Holy Spirit is feminine. In Greek, the

word used is neuter, and in Latin, the

word used is masculine. Not

surprisingly, this caused a few

problems for the early Church, which

included many Hebrew, Greek, and

Latin speakers. In areas where

Hebrew or another Semitic language,

such as Syriac, was spoken, the Holy

Spirit was thought of as feminine, and

so images of the Holy Spirit as

mother were common. These various

images of the Holy Spirit were openly

expressed until about the fourth

century, when Latin took over as the

dominant language in the West.

We believe that in the life of the

Trinity, God the Creator begets the

Son. The expression of the love

between God and the Son is the Holy

Spirit. Perhaps we shouldn’t think of

the Holy Spirit as being either gender.

Saint John describes the Holy Spirit

as being God’s love (see 1 John 4:7–

13).

On this Pentecost and always, I wish

you God’s Spirit of love.

—Fr. Paul J. Coury, CSsR