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SACRAMENT OF PENANCE

Saturdays: Msgr. Ryan Hall - 3:45 p.m. to 4:45 p.m.

Also by appointment

SACRAMENT OF MATRIMONY

The Church provides certain times and preparation for

weddings. Please contact the Rectory at least six months

in advance to begin the process.

REGISTRATION

Every family and person within the parish is encouraged

to register with the Parish.

SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM

Celebrated on the 2nd Sunday of the month at 1:30 p.m. In

July and August Baptism will be celebrated at 12:30 p.m.

A required Baptism preparation meeting for parents meets

on the first Monday of the month at 8:00 p.m. Godparents

are welcome. Please register in advance for the class and

Baptism. Godparent Pre-Requisites: Godparents must be

practicing Catholics in good standing, 16 years of age or

older, Baptized and Confirmed Catholic.

ON BECOMING A CATHOLIC

Those seeking information about the Catholic Faith are

invited to contact Fr. Valentine at the Rectory at 621-

2222.

CARE OF THE SICK

Please notify the Rectory and Human Concerns Ministries

if there is anyone seriously ill so that we can provide

spiritual care.

THE MASS INTENTIONS FOR THE WEEK

Sunday, June 23: THE MOST HOLY BODY AND BLOOD OF CHIRST (CORPUS CHRISTI) 7:30 a.m. People of the Parish 9:00 a.m. Thomas Glenn by Mary Moynihan 11:00 a.m. In Thanksgiving and for the Intentions of Glenn Magpantay & Family Armando Petronella by Paul Petronella Michael Weil by Pat & Don Weil For the Intentions of Pat & Don Weil on Their 65th Wedding Anniversary 12:15 p.m. Deceased members of the Grau & Kurz Families by Joan & Tony Grau Monday, June 24: The Nativity of Saint John the Baptist 9:00 a.m. John P. Tucholski by Margery, Linda and Jean Tuesday, June 25: Weekday 9:00 a.m. Nicholas J. Daley Your Loving Family Wednesday, June 26: Weekday 9:00 a.m. The Deceased Members of the Amarito Family by Family Thursday, June 27: Weekday 9:00 a.m. Henry Kurkowski by his Wife, Anne Friday, June 28: The Most Sacred Heart of Jesus 9:00 a.m. Marie & Thomas Gordon by Joan & Tony Grau Saturday, June 29: Saints Peter and Paul, Apostles 5:00 p.m. Martha Biasi by Family Anthony C. Ferro by Lynn Reilly John Griffin by the Reilly & Kirkpatrick Families Shane Kirkpatrick by the Reilly & Kirkpatrick Families Sr. Eileen Shanahan & Sr. Agatha Shanahan by Family Sunday, June 30: THIRTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME 7:30 a.m. People of the Parish 9:00 a.m. Thomas Maniscalco by his Children 11:00 a.m. Coranne & Charles Bertrand by Dolores & Richard O’Hara For the Intentions of Oh Sung Whun David by Mary Han Rita Driscoll by Her Family Steve Kivlen by Janine Wick Cushny by Van Cushny 12:15 p.m. Theresa Valentine by her Family

Celebrants for the Weekend of

June 29/30

Celebrants* Lectors

Extraordinary

Ministers of

Holy

Communion

Altar

Servers

Sat 5:00

Fr. Valentine P. Ditrano C. Dellavecchia

D. Ditrano G. Green

Sun.

7:30 Fr. Valentine N. Toal

9:00 Fr. Valentine C. D’Souza T. Naughton

W. Smith A. Finnegan

C. Finnegan

11:00 Fr. Valentine S. Tansiongco D/Tansiongco J.T. Canton

12:15 Fr. Valentine Volunteer

Needed

L. Porto

Volunteer E. Guevara

* Subject to last minute changes.

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READINGS FOR SUNDAY, JUNE 23, 2019 THE MOST HOLY BODY AND BLOOD

OF CHRIST (CORPUS CHRISTI)

First Reading: Genesis 14:18-20 Second Reading: 1 Corinthians 11:23-26

Gospel: Luke 9:11b-17

FOCUS: Christ fulfills in the Eucharist his promise to

be with his people always.

As the source and summit of our faith, we celebrate

Christ’s enduring presence with us in the mystery of the

Eucharist. Here we encounter his love and healing, here

we are strengthened and nourished to live the Gospel and

to hope for a share in his eternal life.

LITURGY OF THE WORD:

Returning from battle, Abraham meets the king of Salem

who invites him to offer bread and wine to the Lord. In

what is the first written account of the Last Supper, Saint

Paul reminds us that he is handing on what he received

regarding the true meaning of the Eucharist. Jesus

welcomes the crowd and feeds them in the Gospel,

instructing his disciples to do the same.

Readings for next week, June 30, Thirteenth Sunday in

Ordinary Time: 1 Kings 19:16b. 19-21; Galatians 5:1, 13

-18; Luke 9:51-62

From Liturgical Commission Publishing, Lansing, MI

PARISH SACRIFICIAL GIVING

Parish Sacrificial Giving Summary

Thank you for your continued sacrificial gifts to St.

Mary’s.

Sunday Offertory ~ June 15/16 $7,953.00*

Same Week Last Year $9,366.00*

Mass Attendance for June 15/16 893

Same Week Last Year 975

* Does not include Faith Direct

FOSTERING STEWARDSHIP AS A WAY OF LIFE

Josephine Banno Bob Boeshore

Lillian Boeshore Kathleen Capuano Joseph Carbonaro

Barbara Coe Rebekah Cole Kevin Cronin Paul Cronin

Linda De Stio John Paul DiNonno

Eric DuBois Tony Grau Julia Green

Christine Kenney Douglas Knehr

Anne Krukowski

Frank Krukowski Richard Malon

Jonathan Mannina Stuey Manzione

Tom McCormack Brendan Miles Dieter Nagel Victoria Oxer Jenna Reggio Trevor Rogers

Anna Sambucci Charles Strecker

Clotida Vecchione Jacqueline Verde

Anne Wright Mary Wybaillie

PLEASE PRAY FOR THE SICK

2019 SUMMER SCHEDULES

MASS

Beginning July 7 th through and including September 1nd, there will be no 12:15 Mass on Sundays in the Hall. The 12:15 Mass in the Hall will resume on Sunday, September 8th, 2019.

BAPTISMS

During July and August Baptisms will be celebrated at 12:30 p.m.

RECTORY OFFICE HOURS

Effective Monday, July 1st, the Rectory Office will be open from 9:00 a.m. through 4:00 p.m., Monday through Thursday. Beginning Friday, July 5th, the Rectory Office will be closed on Fridays during July and August.

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Dear Friends:

Today the Church celebrates the Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ, that is, Corpus Christi.

The history of this beautiful celebration dates back to the 13th century in Belgium, when St. Juliana be-

came the prioress of the convent of Cistercian nuns that had raised her. St. Juliana had a burning love for

the Eucharist, and even had a vision of the full moon whose full radiance was obscured. She interpreted

this to mean that the Church had not yet recognized a feast in honor of Christ’s body in its liturgical cal-

endar, and she shared her vision with the local bishop of Liege. Her fervent desire to make the obser-

vance recognized throughout the Church finally came to pass in 1264, when Pope Urban IV issued the

Papal Bull Transiturus. (http://newadvent.org/cathen/04390b.htm)

Perhaps the most beautiful aspect of the Solemnity is contained in the Office of Corpus Christi, a series

of prayers for the occasion composed by Saint Thomas Aquinas. Whether it was because of these

prayers or his other writings, it is said that St. Thomas had a vision of Our Lord, who told him: Bene

scripsisti de me Thomma (“Well have you written about me, Thomas”). We sing the sublime hymn to

the Eucharist, Pange Lingua, every Holy Thursday.

Two things about this hymn and the entire Office of Readings for this day merit our attention. First, St.

Thomas helps us to recognize that, while the senses only perceive bread and wine, the eyes of faith rec-

ognize the reality of Jesus’ Body and Blood:

Yet the other aspect of the mystery of Jesus’ Body is that of the Church, both individually and collec-

tively. St. Thomas reminds the individual Catholic and the Church at large:

We Catholic Christians do well to recognize the presence of Our Lord Jesus—Body, Blood, Soul, and

Divinity—under the species of Bread and Wine, and we also revere him in the life of the Church, which

is his Mystical Body as well.

Faithfully,

Fr. Valentine

THE PASTOR’S PAGE

Word made flesh took bread and blessed it,

by a word turned it to flesh.

Wine became Christ's blood the same way,

even though it cannot be sensed.

All a heart sincere requires

is to rest on faith alone.

The same Lord Jesus is endowed with both divinity and corporeity. When you receive

his flesh, you are participating in the food of his divine substance.

Because the Lord suffered for us, he left us his blood and body in this sacrament, in

which he also included ourselves. For we have become his body, and by his mercy we

become what we receive... See what you have received, and how one you have be-

come. So all of you be one, loving one another by holding onto one faith, one hope

and an undivided love… So wine started out in many clusters before it became one. It

was wine in its initial stage, but became a chalice drink after going through the wine

press. Likewise, after those fasts, labors, humility and contrition, you came in the

name of the Lord to the chalice of Christ. There you are at table, and are with us in the

chalice. For we receive this together, we drink it together, because we live together.

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Beans-canned

& dry

Canned Fruit

Cereal

Coffee

Cookies

Crackers

Jelly

Juice

Paper Goods

Peanut Butter

Soups

Tuna Fish

CLOTHING:

The Human Concerns office has had a request for

clothing for three girls ages 6, 11 and 12, sizes 5/6, 12

and 14. Please call Elsie Calderone at 626-1097 if you

can help.

FOOD PANTRY

The Human Concerns Food Pantry has a particular need

for following items:

Please bring your donations to the back of the Church or

Hall after Mass.

We thank all of you who continue to remember

our Food Pantry with your donations.

HUMAN CONCERNS MINISTRY

Lumen Christi Missal

Weekend of June 22/23, 2019 The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ - Year C

Readings: Missal, p. 704

The Ordinary of the Mass begins on Page 804

REMEMBERING THOSE WHO SERVE

LCpl Caitlin Lyons LT Dennis Mackin

Cpl Tommy Mozer SGT Julio Ortiz II

LCpl Jonathan Peres

SSGT Jonathan Porto

PVT Michael Starczewski

SGT Luke Whitting

RCT Jordan J. Williams

CAPT Brendan Echausse

COL Daniel Friend

PV1 Joseph M. Friend

LCdr Christian R. Foschi

PFC Steven Hyyti

CAPT David Jacobs

SK1 John D. Klick

PFC Michael P. Lanciki

MAJOR Eric W. Lipp

Lord, hold these men and women in your

loving hands and protect them as they

protect us and bless them for their self-

forgetting acts. We pray for peace in our

world and an end to war. Amen.

PETER’S PENCE COLLECTION

JUNE 29-30

Next weekend our diocese will take up the Peter’s Pence

Collection which provides the Holy Father with the

funds he needs to carry out his most important charitable

works. The proceeds benefit the most disadvantaged:

victims of war, oppression, and natural disasters.

Through your generosity, we can cast the peace of Christ

upon the world.

2019/20 300 CLUB WINNERS

Fourth Drawing June, 2019

1st Prize $200 #002 Charlie Hill

2nd Prize $100 #125 Ginny & John McCormack

3rd Prize $75 #008 Bridget & John Mahoney

4th Prize $50 #104 Jackie & Phil Kirk

5th Prize $25 #022 Ann & Neil Cooper

Congratulations to all!

CHURCH HANDICAPPED RAMP

There is a ramp for handicapped access at the Church. It

can be found off the parking lot, and goes around to the

back of the building. We encourage you to use it if you

have difficulty with the front steps.

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TELEVISED MASS FOR THE HOMEBOUND - Each

week through television, Passionist Communications brings

The Sunday Mass to the sick and homebound. It can be

seen in the New York area (Long Island) on WLNY - Ch. 10

or 55 at 9:00 AM on Sunday; WNYW - Ch. 5 at 5:30 AM

on Sunday. Closed captioning is available for each Mass. In

addition to this Mass schedule The Sunday Mass is now

airing on ABC from 6:30 a.m. to 7:00 a.m. each Sunday

morning. For information consult the website at

www.TheSundayMass.org.

DIVORCED OR SEPARATED CATHOLICS OF

LONG ISLAND - A social organization for single persons,

including widows, widowers and singles, is having a new

member orientation meeting on Wednesday, June 26 at 7:30

p.m. at St. Frances deChantal Church, Rectory Basement,

1309 Wantagh Avenue, Wantagh. Non-Denominational, all

are welcome. Bring proof of single status to join. Annual

dues are $25, and refreshments will follow the meeting. For

more information, call Carol at 516 794-4933 or Fran at 516

889-5790.

COURTESY ANNOUNCEMENTS

Sisters of St. Dominic of Amityville 18th Annual

Beauty of the Spirit Luncheon

For the Benefit of Our Elderly Sisters

Friday, June 28, 2019 Crest Hollow Country Club, Woodbury, NY

Each year our luncheon celebrates the beauty of the spirit of women -- their strength, compassion, and wisdom. Our guests enjoy fantastic auctions and raffles, as well as an inspirational lecture from a Sister keynote speaker. This year’s event will be emceed by News 12 Long Island Anchor and Journalist, Carol Silva.

Tickets are $80. Proceeds from the event benefit our retired Sisters -- the beautiful and dedicated women who have spent their entire lives serving the tri-state area and beyond; now it is our turn to care for them.

A New Living Option for Independent Seniors

Harvest Houses, Residences for Independent Seniors

Syosset, NY and Floral Park, NY

Harvest House--a very special place for you!

Harvest House - a positive housing option for independent

seniors. Home for eight (65+) who choose the fullness of

living in companionship, enjoying nutritious meals, private

bedroom, common living space to be with friends, share

ideas, stories, good times. Enjoy the spirit of a happy

home, a secure environment minus the burden of managing

a home or apartment and…it is affordable!

for information call: Sister Jeanne A. Brendel, O.P.

516 496-9796.

SACRED HEART ACADEMY Catholic High School Entrance Exam

Prep Course

Learn strategies to maximize your score on the Catholic High School Entrance Exam. Review a variety of topics and practice questions and develop strategies and time management techniques.

Where: 47 Cathedral Avenue, Hempstead

When: Monday August 19 - Friday, August 23

Time: Session 1: 8 a.m. - 10 a.m.

Session II: 10:45 a.m. - 12:45 p.m.

Cost: $250, including workbook

Registration deadline: Friday, August 2, 2019

Registration forms are available in the Rectory Office.