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SACRAMENT OF PENANCE

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

Eves of Holy Days: Msgr. Ryan Hall - 3:45 to 4:45 p.m.

First Friday: Church - 5:45 p.m. to 6:45 p.m.

First Saturday: Church - 7:45 a.m. to 8:45 a.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. McCartney 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, April 22: FOURTH SUNDAY OF EASTER 7:30 a.m. Mary Theresa Fusco by Family 9:00 a.m. People of the Parish 11:00 a.m. Gloria Gentile by Kathy & Angelo Grande Joseph Miceli by Anthony Panepinto Miguel Valencia by Lynn Gargano Frank Zerilli by the Kilderry Family 12:15 p.m. Margaret Norris by the Sharkey Family

Monday, April 23: Easter Weekday 9:00 a.m. Jack Zwiebel

Tuesday, April 24: Easter Weekday 9:00 a.m. Henry Krukowski by his Wife, Anne

Wednesday, April 25: Saint Mark, Evangelist 9:00 a.m. Irene & Francis McCaffrey by Dolores & Richard O’Hara

Thursday, April 26: Easter Weekday 9:00 a.m. Ann Piccardo by her Daughters, Joan, Donna & Family

Friday, April 27: Easter Weekday 9:00 a.m. Ermino & Maria Cardillo by the Vezza Family

Saturday, April 28: Easter Weekday 5:00 p.m. Philip Arra by Phyllis Concilio Dunseath Gloria Cabrera by the Cabrera Family John Mahoney by John & Rita Little Thomas Ritchie, P.W.P.D. by Barbara & Joe Nakelski Aunt Rose by Dad & Bernadette Palo

Sunday, April 29: FIFTH SUNDAY OF EASTER 7:30 a.m. Deceased Sisters and Associates of St. Dominic by St. Mary’s Sisters and Associates 9:00 a.m. People of the Parish 11:00 a.m. Frances Piontkowski by the Children Regina Schuyler by the Goldstein Family Timothy Wresch - 27th Anniversary Love, Mom, Dad & Christina 12:15 p.m. Mass of Petition by Dolores & Richard O’Hara

Baby Jack Josephine Banno

John Bertrand Kathleen Capuano Joseph Carbonaro

Barbara Coe Rebekah Cole Kevin Cronin Paul Cronin

John Paul DiNonno Anthony Ferro

Natalie Finamore Tony Grau Julia Green

Christine Kenney Douglas Knehr

Anne Krukowski

Frank Krukowski Mary Loftus

Richard Malon Jonathan Mannina Tom McCormack

Brendan Miles Dieter Nagel Victoria Oxer Trevor Rogers

Anna Sambucci Vincent Scalavino Charles Strecker

Clotida Vecchione Jacqueline Verde Joseph Williams

Anne Wright Mary Wybaillie

PLEASE PRAY FOR THE SICK

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READINGS FOR SUNDAY, APRIL 22, 2018

FOURTH SUNDAY OF EASTER

First Reading: Acts 4:8-12 Second Reading: 1 John 3:1-2

Gospel: John 10:11-18

FOCUS: It is in and through Jesus alone that we

can attain salvation.

Our world often tells us that we should be strong, secure

and self-sufficient on our own. We may be able to do this

in certain areas of our lives, but not when it comes to

salvation. Jesus is the Good Shepherd who is our

strength, our protection and our salvation.

LITURGY OF THE WORD:

In the first reading, Peter says, there is no salvation

through anyone else but Jesus. In the reading from the

First Letter of John, we are called children of God. In the

Gospel, Jesus says that he is the Good Shepherd, and he

will lay his life down for us, his sheep.

Readings for next week, April 29, Fifth Sunday of Easter:

Acts 9:26-31; 1 John 3:18-24; John 15:1-8

From Liturgical Commission Publishing, Lansing, MI

Lumen Christi Missal

Weekend of April 21/22 2018 Fourth Sunday of Easter -Year B

Readings: Missal, p. 262

The Ordinary of the Mass begins on Page 804

PARISH SACRIFICIAL GIVING

To be good stewards we must be good shepherds, willing to lay

down our lives for those committed to our care, not mere hired

hands who run off, “leaving the sheep to be snatched and

scattered by the wolf.”

Parish Sacrificial Giving Summary

Thank you for your continued sacrificial gifts to St.

Mary’s.

Sunday Offertory ~ April 14/15 $8,931.00*

April 16th was Easter Sunday Last Year

Mass Attendance for April 14/15 923

Easter Sunday Offertory to date $33,852.00*

Easter Sunday Last Year $35,094.00**

Mass Attendance for Easter Sunday 1,520

Easter Sunday Last Year 1,496

*Does not include Faith Direct

**Includes Faith Direct

FOSTERING STEWARDSHIP AS A WAY OF LIFE

Celebrants* Lectors

Extraordinary

Ministers of

Holy

Communion

Altar

Servers

Sat 5:00

Fr.

McCartney S. Chin

D. Marvullo

Volunteer

K. Ditrano N. Ditrano

Sun.

7:30 Fr.

McCartney Sr. Pat

9:00 Fr.

McCartney C. Vanatta

C. Dellavecchia

P. Vanatta E. Guevara

11:00 Fr. Lauder B. Martino T. Naughton J.T. Canton

M. Heffernan

12:15 Fr. Lauder Sr. Dorothy L. Nassiri

Volunteer

Celebrants for the Weekend of

April 28/29

* Subject to last minute changes.

I Paul Francis Staudter, St. Ignatius, Hicksville,

NY and Christina Marie Combs, St. Mary’s,

Roslyn, NY

WEDDING BANNS

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My dear people of St. Mary’s:

Recently I have written to you about the upcoming canonization of Pope Blessed Paul VI. At the same time, Pope Francis also announced the canonization of Blessed Oscar Romero. Blessed Oscar was the Archbishop of San Salvador, in the country of El Salvador, who was assassinated while celebrating Mass in 1980.

Born in 1917 in El Salvador, Blessed Oscar was one of eight children born to a simple, rural family. He entered the seminary at the age of thirteen (not unusual at the time) and was eventually sent to finish his studies at the Gregorian University in Rome, where he received his degree in theology cum laude. He was ordained a priest on April 4, 1942, as the Second World War raged throughout Europe. He then stayed in Italy to obtain his doctorate in theology. In 1943 he returned to El Salvador to serve as a parish priest, and he was very active in pastoral ministry for over twenty years. He also served as the rector of the national seminary in San Salvador.

In 1966, he was chosen to be Secretary of the Bishops Conference for the country of El Salvador, and in 1970 he was appointed an auxiliary bishop for the Archdiocese of San Salvador. In 1974, he was appointed Bishop of the Diocese of Santiago de Maria, which is located in a poor, rural area. In 1977, Pope Paul VI appointed him to be the Archbishop of San Salvador.

In 1979 due to political problems in the county far too complex to discuss here, the “Revolutionary Government Junta” came to power as a military oligarchy during the Salvadoran Civil War. Throughout the conflict, Archbishop Romero courageously preached the Gospel, defended the rights of the innocent, and spoke out against lawless violence and terror.

On March 24, 1980, while celebrating Mass in the chapel of the Hospital de la Divina Providencia (Divine Providence Hospital), a car pulled up in front of the building, a gunman emerged and fired one or two shots from the door of the chapel, striking the Archbishop through the heart as he was standing at the altar. He died instantly.

At Romero’s funeral, Ernesto Cardinal Corripio y Ahumada, the personal delegate of Pope John Paul II, spoke of Romero as a “beloved, peacemaking man of God,” and stated that “his blood will give fruit to brotherhood, love and peace.” More than 250,000 people attended Archbishop Romero’s funeral. Sadly, the funeral itself was interrupted by smoke bombs launched into the crowds and indiscriminate rifle shots which killed at least thirty, and as many as fifty, mourners. To this day, no one has ever been prose-cuted for the assassination and the gunman has never been identified. However, in 1993 the United Nations identified Major Roberto D’Aubuisson as having ordered the killing.

Archbishop Romero was beatified as a martyr on May 23, 2015, in San Salvador. He will be canonized by Pope Francis in Rome later this year.

—Fr. McCartney

THE PASTOR’S PAGE

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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

SPC Luke Whitting

RCT Jordan J. Williams

1LT Brendan Echausse

COL Daniel Friend

PV1 Joseph M. Friend

LT Christian R. Foschi

PFC Steven Hyyti

CAPT David Jacobs

SK1 John D. Klick

PFC Michael P. Lanciki

CAPT 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.

OUR NEXT BOOK DISCUSSION

TITLE IS….

Angels (and Demons): What Do We

Really Know About Them? by Dr. Peter

Kreeft. This book is published by

Ignatius Press.

In response to actual questions many people have asked

him about angels and demons, well-known author and

philosophy professor Peter Kreeft separates fact from

fantasy and myth from reality as he answers 100

common questions about these spiritual beings. Based

on a very popular college course he teaches on this

subject, this book responds to the incredible amount of

interest in angelic beings and attempts to clear up some

of the misinformation abounding in the numerous books

today on what we know about these mysterious spirits.

Drawing on the Bible, traditional Church teachings and

St. Thomas Aquinas, Kreeft gives straight, clear answers

to the perennial and philosophical questions asked about

angels and demons throughout time. In his typical lucid,

profound and sometimes humorous stile, Kreeft answers

such questions as “What are angels made of”, “How do

angels communicate with God”, “How do angels

communicate with us”, “Do demons, or devils, or evil

spirits really exist?” and many more.

Discussion roundtables will be held in Mid-Late May or

early June, dates to be announced. Please call the

Rectory to register.

2018/19 300 CLUB WINNERS

First Drawing March, 2018 *

1st Prize $200 #275 Susan & Hank Robertson

2nd Prize $100 #199 Fr. Robert Lauder

3rd Prize $75 #42 Annette & Pat Lanotte

4th Prize $50 #2 Charlie Hill

5th Prize $25 #119 Louise & Robert Michal

Congratulations to all!

* The March, 2018 drawing was held on April 6, 2018. All 290 members were eligible for this drawing.

GUILD OF ST. FRANCIS HOSPITAL

The Guild of St. Francis Hospital cordially invites you to

attend its 62nd Annual Spring Fundraiser Luncheon on

Thursday, May 3rd at 11:00 a.m. at Leonard’s Palazzo in

Great Neck.

The Guild of St. Francis volunteers will sell tickets

and chances at all the Masses this weekend. You may

also purchase tickets by calling the Guild Office at 516-

562-6454 or 516-629-2048.

All proceeds will benefit our region’s largest center for

specialized Cardiac Care. Your generous support will

help the Hospital in serving our community.

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St. Gianna Mass For

Women and Families

The Diocese of Rockville

Centre Respect Life Office and

Catholic Health Services of

Long Island will host the St.

Gianna Mass For Women and

Families at 5 p.m. on Saturday,

April 28, at St. Agnes

Cathedral, Rockville Centre.

Bishop John Barres will preside at Mass. The liturgy will

include a blessing in thanksgiving for those celebrating the

gift of a child, those planning now or in the future for a

child and those who are expecting a child. A reception

will follow with a display of relics of St. Gianna Beretta

Molla, the patron saint of mothers, physicians and unborn

children. All are welcome. For more information or to

RSVP visit: respectlife.drvc.org.

CDs TO KEEP THOSE DIVINE

MERCY GRACES FLOWING!

Our CDs of the Week are for this beautiful season of

Divine Mercy, to bring it into your home and daily

prayer life:

The Saving Power of Divine Mercy, by Fr. Jason

Brooks, LC. To help us avail ourselves of Christ's

Divine Mercy, Fr. Brooks focuses on what we know

of Jesus’ Mercy, our response to his love, how we

can become merciful to others, and how to become

apostles of mercy. The CD is ended by a recitation

of the divine Mercy Chaplet by Irish Tenor Mark

Forrest.

The Miracle of Divine Mercy - beautifully sung and

set to original music by award-winning singer and

songwriter Kitty Cleveland. This CD features the

Chaplet set to music written and sung by her with a

children’s choir, as well as 4 songs from a selection

of her CDs. A bonus segment from Kitty’s stirring

testimony follows.

ONLY 25 COPIES OF EACH CD ARE AVAILABLE,

so please get your copies before they’re gone! Only $4

per CD.

2018 CATHOLIC MINISTRIES APPEAL

St. Mary’s Parish Assessed Goal

$56,400.00

Amount Raised to Date

$57,845.00

Numbers of Gifts and/or Pledges

141

Percentage of Goal

102.6%

FATHER LAUDER’S LECTURE

Fr. Lauder has a new series of eight 15-minute

lectures on the Catholic Novel. They will be shown

on the Tuesday evenings of April at 9:0 p.m. on

NetNY.TV. Immediately after appearing on

Tuesday evening they will be on YouTube. After

April there will be a total of 24 lectures.

Fr. Lauder Presents

The Catholic Novel & Friday Night Film Festival

The Catholic Novel Series - Rev. R o b e r t

Lauder in collaboration with The Office

of Faith Formation will present the

“Catholic Novel” series for the Spring of

2018. The series will begin on Monday,

March 12th at 7:30 p.m. at the Immaculate Conception

Center in Douglaston. The cost of the series is $40.

Friday Night Film Festival - Fr. Lauder and The

Secretariat for Evangelization and

Catehcesis presents the “55th Friday Film

Festival” beginning on Friday, March 16th,

2018 at 8:00 p.m. at the Immaculate

Conception Center in Douglaston. The cost

is $25 for the series or $6 for a single film.

For further information on the Catholic Novel Series call

(718) 281-9544 or the Friday Night Film Festival call (718)

281-9582. Flyers containing additional information and

registration forms are available in the back of the

Church and Msgr. Ryan Hall.

MOLLOY COLLEGE

Spring Open House

Sunday, April 29, 2018 - 1:00 p.m.

Molloy College

1000 Hempstead Avenue

Rockville Centre

516 323-4000

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Dear Padre

&

Membership

PARISH REGISTRATION REQUEST I/we would like to register in the parish of St. Mary’s. Please send me a Parish Census to complete so I can become a parishioner of St. Mary’s. Please send my Census to: NAME:_______________________________________________ ADDRESS:___________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ PHONE:_____________________________________________

Please return to the Rectory Office or place in the collection basket.