Sacred Heart of Jesus Roman Catholic Church

Sacred Heart of Jesus Church

215-35 38th Avenue Bayside, NY 11361

718-428-2200 718-428-5840 (fax) www.sacredheartbayside.net

www.facebook.com/SHBayside Twitter: @SHBayside

Pastoral Staff 718-428-2200 Rev. Thomas F. Brosnan, Pastor (x110) Rev. Alexander U. Agbata, Parochial Vicar (X 109) Rev. Richard E. Long, Resident (x111) Mr. Eugene R. Wohlfarth, Deacon (x107) S. Kathleen Masterson RSM, Pastoral Associate (718-224-5695)

School Mrs. Mary-Anne Cooke, Principal 718-631-4804

Religious Education Mrs. Georgette Lyons, Director 718-631-1307

Music Ministry Ms. Vivian Wohlfarth, Director 718-343-3789

Youth Ministry Mr. Brandon Morel 718-428-2200 (x106) Parish Pastoral Council Mrs. Marianne Cooney, Facilitator

Parish Secretary Ms. Catherine Sorge 718-428-2200 (x100)

Parish Support Mrs. Toni Horun 718-428-2200 (x102) Sunday Mass Assistance Rev. Msgr. Richard Marchese Rev. John P. Maloney

Mission Statement The Roman Catholic Faith Community of Sacred Heart of Jesus welcomes all! Guided by the Holy Spirit, we proclaim the Good News of Jesus Christ through Eucharist, Worship, Education and Service. We are committed to build the Kingdom of God in our world. Sacred Heart is not just a parish—it’s a way of life.

Mass Schedule Saturday Vigil—5:00pm Sunday 9:30am, 11:00am, 12:30pm, 5:00pm Monday—Saturday at 9:00am Holydays Eve of Holyday at 7:30pm Holyday at 9:00am & 7:30pm

Devotions Rosary: Monday—Saturday after 9:00am Mass Miraculous Medal Novena: Mondays after 9:00am Mass First Friday: Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament and Sacred Heart Novena after 9:00am Mass Benediction at 10:00am Our Lady of Loretto Novena: First Saturday after 9:00am Mass Confession Saturdays 3:30pm—4:30pm Baptism Designated Saturdays at 1:00pm. Call to inquire and register. Marriage Arrangements must be made six months prior to the wedding. Contact rectory for details. Anointing/Communion for the Sick Anointing of the seriously ill: call rectory. Communion for the homebound: call S. Kathleen. Rectory Office Hours—Daily 9:30am –12:30pm / 2—4pm / 5—8pm

Seventh Sunday of Easter ~ May 28, 2017

Saturday, May 27th 5:00 Edward Riconda (Joe LaPerna) Sunday, May 28th 9:00 Brian K. O’Connor (Rosemary LaTrace) 11:00 Nicholas Sforza (Family) 12:30 Ana Felisa Tobon (Restrepo Family) and Nicola & Dinka Feretic (Ann & Family) 5:00 Bernard Tonry (Family) Monday, May 29th 9:00 Veronica McBreen (Sweeney Family) and James P. Curran (Mary Curran) Tuesday, May 30th 9:00 Gerard Hoey (Wife, Ann) and Raoul & Mahally Chappell (Living) Wednesday, May 31st 9:00 Katherine Glynn (Leo & Cindy Tschudi) and Margaret Tuffy (Sister Mildred Eissen) Thursday, June 1st 9:00 Eric Rudowski (Tom & Kathy Cronin) Friday, June 2nd 9:00 Nicolosi & Klosowski Families (Special Int., Diane & Carl Nicolosi) Saturday, June 3rd 9:00 Robert Mayors & Dorothy Mayors Toal and Michael Anzelone (Family) 5:00 Eleanor LaPerna (Family) Sunday, June 4th 9:00 Sr. Mary Urban (Lyons Family) and Agnes Venice (Lyons Family) 11:00 Betty & Joseph Giannola (Family) 12:30 Peter Lee (Family) and Ana Felisa Toban (Restrepo Family) 5:00 Gus Sansosti (Shelia & Bob Sansosti ) and Brian K. O’Connor (Saia Family)

Sunday, May 28th 7:00 ALANON, Parish Center Monday, May 29th No Scheduled Events Tuesday, May 30th No Scheduled Events Wednesday, May 31st 12:00 -3:00 Senior Leisure Club, Church Hall 7:30 Divine Mercy Mtg., Rectory 8:00 AA Meeting, Parish Center Thursday, June 1st 2:45 Girl Scout Troop 4022, Parish Center 3:30 Parish Children’s Choir Rehearsal, School 7:30 Prayer Group, Church Friday, June 2nd 2:45 Girl Scout Troop 4052, Parish Center 7:00 Cub Scouts, Den 6, Parish Center 8:00 Boy Scouts, Church Hall Saturday, June 3rd

No Scheduled Events

ST. MATTHEWS GUILD COUNTERS Counting Team # 2 is scheduled to count

on June 4th B. Bassen, B. Hessler,

A. Salvati & V. Sclafani

MEMORIAL DAY In observance of Memorial Day, the rectory will

be closed Monday, May 29TH.

MASS INTENTIONS PARISH WEEKLY CALENDAR

PASTORAL REFLECTIONS T.F. Brosnan

It’s a liturgical anomaly – the ten days between the Feasts of the Ascension and the Pentecost. If Jesus promised to be with us always by sending his Spirit, then what happened in that interval between his ascent to the Father and the descent of his Spirit? Don’t be so literal, theologians are quick to assert; there is no anomaly. Jesus’ going and the Spirit’s coming are instantaneous events. We just separate them liturgically for observance sake, like moving secular holidays to Mondays so we can have three-day weekends. If the theologians are correct then we are really celebrating the same thing – the divine presence that conveys a deep understanding and a certain joie de vive that encapsulates what we call the gifts of the Holy Spirit. Jesus’ presence among us has morphed form the physical to the spiritual but is essentially the same – sort of like light being both wave and particle, depending on your point of view.

I admire Noam Chomsky – not for his politics – but for his take on language. At least, for the small portion of his linguistic theories I somewhat understand (for a linguist, Chomsky can be really dense). In his most recent work, Why Only Us: Language and Evolution, Chomsky argues that human language is unique in the animal kingdom despite efforts to prove otherwise. I wouldn’t think Chomsky is a believer in God (though I do not know) and not that he ever breaches the subject; but his conclusions about human language make you wonder if Chomsky is not leaving the door open for that possibility. He reminds us of the famous research project conducted at Columbia University when researchers attempted to teach American Sign Language to that famous chimp named Nim. They progressed to a certain very limited point and could advance no farther. Nim was unable to do what every normal child can do by the age of three or four. “That was the final nail in the coffin for chimp language studies,” Chomsky says. “Chimps simply don’t do language the way people do.”

Chomsky’s noteworthy revelation is to challenge the long-accepted theory that human language evolved out of the need to communicate. He rejects the theory, asserting that language primarily evolved as an “inner mental tool.” He reverses Aristotle’s dictum: language is not primarily sound with meaning, but rather is meaning with sound – sound, like gesture, being the externalization of an inner experience. Sound is secondary; human language is primarily about silent thought, abstract concepts, making meaning. In a way, we’re all novelists seeking to express truth by creating stories with words, and stringing words together in an infinite variety of combinations on an inner landscape until we externalize those thoughts in sound, gesture or written symbol.

It’s that inner experience which I like to think happened on that first Pentecost, that Feast of Language, when everyone understood the apostles as speaking in his own language. Perhaps, then, Pentecost was essentially a silent event, when each was initially directed inward by

the power of the Spirit to experience - for lack of a better word – insight. And common insight at that.

Despite the theologians’ insistence that there is no anomaly in the Church separating the Ascension from the Pentecost, I like to think there is. It’s those ten days of emptiness, feeling abandoned, orphaned, life disrupted, happiness gone, that would enable the apostles (as well as the Blessed Mother and Jesus’ brothers) to receive that gift of insight which would bring with it understanding and courage, externalized, as the gospel writer says, as tongues of fire.

Religion can helps us in our experience of Insight, but it often becomes just the opposite – a hindrance. Carl Jung would say that religion can be the very thing that protects us from the experience of God. And Alan Watts, that Anglican priest turned Buddhist monk turned bohemian adventurer, would compare religion to a finger pointing at the moon: “one must take care not to mistake the finger for the moon,” Watts says. “Too many of us suck the pointing finger of religion for comfort, instead of looking where it points.”

Pentecost is what protects us from a religion that means to divert us from the experience of the divine, that seeks to save us from discomfort. Pentecost is wild and unruly, unordered and fiery – a check and balance to religion as a code of conduct and a blueprint for pious procedures. These ten days of anomaly are an invitation to leave the pointing finger and take a leap toward where that finger’s pointing.

[N.B. It’s that time of year once again to sign off on these Pastoral Reflections and give the patient readers of this column a well-deserved break! Until September…tfb] SEVENTH SUNDAY OF EASTER First Reading: Acts 1:12-14 Response: Psalm 27 Second Reading: 1 Peter 4:13-16 Gospel: John 17:1-11

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FROM THE PASTOR’S DESK

ITEM ONE: FATHER IKENNA OKAGBUE’

Congratulations to Reverend Mr. Ikenna Okagbue’ who will be ordained a priest for the Diocese of Brooklyn next Saturday, June 3RD. Ikenna is cousin to Father Alex and has occasionally assisted here at Sacred Heart while studying Theology at Saint Joseph’s Seminary in Dunwoodie. After the ordination Father Alex will host a reception for the newly ordained Father Okagbue’ here at Sacred Heart Church Hall. Ad multos annos!

ITEM TWO: HABITAT FOR HUMANITY Save the Date for a Habitat Weekend when volunteers will be helping to build homes in Southeastern Queens. No experience or expertise needed!

June 10 – 11, 2017

ITEM THREE: 2017 ANNUAL CATHOLIC APPEAL

LIVE IN FAITH - GIVE IN LOVE Parish Goal 2017: $ 91,485 Amount pledged: 61,315 Amount paid: 51,630 Amount outstanding: 39,855 Donors: 121

To make a pledge/contribution just fill out a pledge card found in the church or rectory or donate online at www.rcdobdonate.org

RECENTLY DECEASED

Eternal rest grant unto them O Lord… please pray for the recently deceased:

EASTER DUTY After having received First Holy Communion, all the faithful are bound by the obligation of receiving Communion at least once a year. This precept must be fulfilled during the Easter season unless for a good reason it is fulfilled at another time of the year. By special indult, in the United States, the time period for fulfilling this precept has been extended to include the period beginning the First Sunday of Lent (March 5, 2017) to Trinity Sunday (June 11, 2017).

Mary Noone, Josephine & Joe Di Masa, Isabel Riccard,Robert Auricchio, Mary Graliher,Gloria LaMarca, Phyllis Cohen, Gary Davila, Louise Maraglia, David Perkins, Peggy Tricomi, Frances Scarpulla, Marge Murphy, Marie DeFini, Joan McGuirk, Adelaide Powell, Joan Carlino, Msgr. Vincent Fullam, Eddie Mullin, Evelyn Uyehara, Maureen Levinson, Yolanda & Teresa Lubano, Palma-Christine Piazza, Melissa Narayanan, Seraphina O’Brien, Anne Filardi, Joseph Butler, Stephen B. Lake, Sr., Michael Roche, Rosemary LaTrace, Mary Paoloni, Jean & Sal Marchese, Elizabeth Gimblet, and Carla Hadden. MILITARY PRAYER LIST -Captain Jon A. Marinucci, Pvt. 1st Class Eric Matthaey, Army, Capt. Peter Molineaux, Lt. Jonathan Fietkau, 101st Airborne, , Lt. Stanley Yoo, USMC, Lance Corp. Christopher Martinelli, Capt. Roberto Salas, III., Captain Terrence Leach, U.S. Marine Corp, Lance Cpl. Joel Basile, Army Captain Michael P. Conway, USMC Sgt, Michael Alimo. U. S. Navy Lt. Andrew Mays, U. S. Army Lt. Ryan Waldorf, U. S. Army, Stephen Bassen and U. S. Army Nicholas Bassen.

AROUND THE PARISH

FATHERS’ DAY REMEMBRANCE If you would like to remember fathers, both living and deceased, at Masses on Fathers’ Day – just drop your Fathers’ Day Envelope in the collection basket beginning next weekend. Intentions will be placed on the altar on Fathers’ Day, June 18TH. Fathers’ Day envelopes are available at the doors of the church. Special Fathers’ Day Cards are available in the rectory. DRUGADDICTS ANONYMOUS Representatives of Drugaddicts Anonymous will speak at all Masses this Sunday asking for our prayers and financial support in helping those with drug problems overcome their addiction.

SECOND COLLECTION There will be a second collection taken at all Masses next weekend (June 3RD – 4TH) in support of the Catholic Communications Campaign. The CCC fosters evangelization through its support of television, radio, internet and other Catholic media. 50% of the monies collected remain in the Diocese of Brooklyn to assist our local Catholic media in evangelization ministries.

BEREAVEMENT GROUP—Our Bereavement group will meet on Tuesday, June 6th at 7:30pm in the church hall. Meetings are held on the first Tuesday of each month. Info., call Sr. Kathleen Masterson at 718-224-5695.

All who participated in the ARISE program this past year are invited to a special ARISE evening on Monday, June 5, 2017 at 7:30pm in the Church Hall. Come and celebrate two successful seasons of ARISE.

FAMILY MASS

The next Family Mass will be celebrated on

June 4th at 9:30am. This will be the last Family Mass for the school year.

At the Baptism Ceremony parents are reminded that they are the first teachers of their children, teaching them in all things especially their faith. One of the best ways to do this is to attend Mass together as a family. At Sacred Heart each month we have two special Masses for families. We celebrate Family Mass and Children’s Liturgy of the Word (CLOW). At both liturgies the children’s readings are used. Our Parish Children’s Choir, performs at

Family Mass. All children are welcome to join. Choir practice is held on the Thursday before the Family Mass at 3:30pm in the school. For information, please call Mrs. Lyons, Director of Religious Education at 718-631-1307.

Family Masses will resume in the fall.

CHILDRENS’ LITURGY OF THE WORD

Our next CLOW Mass will be held on June 11th, at 9:30am this will be the final CLOW

mass for the school year.

“Sometimes, moreover, if the place itself and the nature of the community permit, it will be appropriate to celebrate the Liturgy of the Word, including a homily, with the children in a separate, but not too distant room. Then, before the Eucharistic Liturgy begins, the children are led to the place where the adults have meanwhile celebrated their own liturgy of the word.”

What is CLOW?

During mass, after the opening prayer, children Pre-K through 6th grade, are invited to go to the church hall to hear the readings of the day proclaimed and explained in age appropriate language. The children rejoin their families during the preparation of the gifts at the offertory. Younger children are often accompanied by their parents. If you have any questions regarding CLOW, please call Sr. Kathleen Masterson at 718– 224-5695.

AROUND THE PARISH AROUND THE PARISH

SACRED HEART SENIOR LEISURE CLUB Next Meeting, May 31st 11:30 to 3:00

We’re inviting all women and men who are seniors to turn off the TV and put down the paper and come join your neighbors, reunite with old friends or meet new ones while enjoying some social time in a convivial atmosphere. Play board games, BINGO or just enjoy neighborly conversation. Pastries and hot coffee/ tea available. We have a great 50/50 raffle. Admission is $3 at the door and dues of $10 collected yearly. The Leisure Club meets every other Wednesday.

NEW MOMS Sacred Heart has a New Mother’s Club for parents and their preschoolers. No Dues, No Registration. Meetings are held on Tuesday mornings at 10am in the Parish Center, located in the school. For infor., call Mrs. Georgette Lyons at 718-631-1307. (enter doors of school on 38th Ave.)

SAVE THE DATES: St. Francis Hospital Outreach Bus Free Health Screenings - June 14, 10am to 2pm Wednesday, Church Parking Lot St. Francis Hospital -“Calling All Men”, PSA testing June 19th 10am - 2pm Monday, Church Hall Aging Well Series— Aging-Well Event– Topic to be announced June 20th, 7pm For more information contact Sr. Kathleen at 718-224-5695.

Our program is for children in public or private schools. The Diocese requires two years of religious instruction to receive the sacrament of communion. This program is for children first thru eight grade, older children and special needs children.

Our classes are held on Saturday mornings at

9:20am. If you wish to register a child for our Religious Education Program, please call Mrs. Georgette Lyons, Director of Religious Education at 718-631-1307.

Our Youth Minister, Brandon Morel would like to engage our teens who have now received their confirmation and integrate them into the life of the parish. We have a youth group meeting for 7th & 8th graders after-school on Thursdays from 3pm to 5pm. If you are leaving 6th grade and entering the 7th grade in the fall you are also welcome to attend these meetings. “Join our High School Youth group. Meetings are held on Sunday nights from 6:30pm to 8:00pm. With pizza, games, video, and discussions we continue in growing a community of faith amongst our young people. In addition, we are still in need of volunteers for Middle School and High School meetings. Please call the rectory at 718-428-2200 ext. 106 to speak with Brandon or to schedule an appointment.

AROUND THE PARISH

YOUTH GROUP MEETINGS

AUTOMATED GIVING Automated Giving is up and running. Many pa-rishioners have decided to use the ParishPay System to support Sacred Heart Parish. Have You Signed Up Yet?

It’s EASY to sign up – choose one:

Call ParishPay at 866-PARISH-1 Visit www.parishpay.com Call Toni Tues & Wedi 9am-1pm

You can sign up at any time. It’s not too late!

SACRED HEART CATHOLIC ACADEMY OF

BAYSIDE “Academic Excellence in a tradition of service”

WHAT WE OFFER:

Mommy and Me- Wednesday’s 2 year old Program- “Little Birds” Tuesday and Thursday AM Pre K for All Nursery full and half day, choice of 2, 3, 5 daysK-8

Call us for a tour of our building,

718-631-4804 Follow us on Facebook- Sacred Heart

Catholic Academy of Bayside www.sacredheartbayside.org

MASS OF INCLUSION & FAIR Catholic Charities of Brooklyn & Queens joins with Parish Advocates for People with Disabilities to sponsor a Mass of Inclusion for Seniors, People with Disabilities, and the Deaf

Sunday June 4TH 10:15am Our Lady of Perpetual Help Basilica

5th Avenue & 60th Street Brooklyn

A Community Resource Fair will immediately follow the Mass in the Lower Church. Organizations represented include: Catholic Charities, Xavier Society for the Blind, Mayor’s Office for the Disabled, Department of Mental Health, Mercy Home, Long Term Care Ombudsman, Center for Independence of the Disabled, and more. All are welcome.

FUTURES IN EDUCATION Charity Ball to benefit Catholic Education

Sunday June 11TH 12noon-5:00pm Russo’s on the Bay

162-45 Cross Bay blvd Howard Beach

[for more info call Gilbert Mendea at 516-270-4284 or Jim LaSalle at 917-476-7315]

NET TV The Diocese of Brooklyn’s own NET TV is a cable network featuring news and information with a Catholic point of view. NET TV is available on Verizon FIOS Channel 48, Time Warner/Spectrum Channel 97 and Optimum Channel 30. Also watch the programming live at www.netny.tv/watchnow. CONFRATERNITY OF SURVIVORS JOURNEY TOWARDS HEALING Support group for male survivors of sexual abuse by clergy members

Thursday evenings beginning May 11TH weekly topics discussed:

Coping skills/self care Anger management

Goal setting Preparing testimonials

Faith issues [If interested call jasmine Salazar, LMSW

at 718-623-5236] PRIESTHOOD & RELIGIOUS LIFE QUO VADIS LEADERSHIP CAMP Catholic Leadership Camp for young Catholic Men & Women ages 14-18

July 9-13, 2017 Immaculate Conception Seminary

440 West Neck Road Huntington, NY 11743

[for more info call Father Sean at 718-827-2454 or email: SSUCKIEL@ DIOBROOK.ORG

IN THE DIOCESE

IN THE DIOCESE

EVENINGS OF FRATERNITY Join others interested in priesthood for Evenings of Fraternity with Holy Hour, Conference and Dinner on

3rd Monday of the Month 5:00 – 7:00pm

May 25TH Saint John Paul II

House of Discernment 341 Highland Blvd

BKN 11207 [rsvp to Fr Sean Sukiel at 718-827-2454]

DOMINICAN SISTERS OF HAWTHORNE Dominican Sisters of Hawthorne invite women (19-45) who are discerning a religious vocation to join them for a weekend of sharing in our life of prayer and apostolate. Reservations required. For info call Sister Alma Marie at 845-745-1319 or visit www.hawthorne-dominicans.org.

Weekend of Sharing Hawthorne, NY July 21ST – 23RD

ROSARY FOR LIFE

Day of Retreat Evangelizing the Gospel of Life

Saturday June 17TH 8:30am – 4:00pm

Resurrection Church 2331 Gerritsen Avenue

BKN 11229 Cost: $30 (lunch included)

DIOCESAN PILGRIMAGE TO FATIMA & LOUDES Join Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio on a Pilgrimage to Fatima and Lourdes celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Fatima apparitions

August 30TH – September 8TH [for info call The Catholic Tour at 855-564-1008]

CAMP VERITAS 2017 Camp Veritas is a one-week play-and-pray sleep away summer camp for teens going into 7TH to 12TH grades. It will be held at 3 USA locations in 2017:

July 16– 22 - Mount St Mary College, Newburgh, NY July 23-29 - Summit Lake Camp, Emmitsburg, MD

August 13-19 - Camp Lakota Wurtsboro, NY enrollment opens 1/1/2017

cost: $450 per camper no additional charge for dance and basketball programs

(at Mt St Mary only) Volunteers 18 years and older are needed and free

[for more info visit: www.campveritas.com]

ST MARY’S SUMMER CAMP St Mary’s High School Summer Camp Program invites boys and girls, ages 6 thru 14 to camps that build skills and confidence through a variety of programs.

June 26TH – August 4TH Sports Camp

Lacrosse-Basketball-Dance-Cheering L.E.A.D. Program Camp

Leadership-Extracurricular-Academic-Development Technical Camp

Culinary Arts-Programming-Robotics Camps for Grades 1-9 St Mary’s High School

51 Clapham Avenue, Manhasset 11030 516-627-2711 ex 1078

VINCENTIAN LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE The Summer 2017 Vincentian Leadership Institute at St. John’s University invites all high school students to experience the rich traditions of our Catholic Faith in a weeklong residential program serving the poor of the city For more information contact Joann Heaney-Hunter, Ph.D. at heaneyhj@stjohns.edu

MSGR MC CLANCY SUMMER CAMPS Msgr. McClancy Memorial High School is now accepting applications for their summer camps: Girls softball, soccer, basketball and volleyball Boys baseball, soccer and basketball [for more info call Fran Rocco at 718-898-3800 ext 3 MSGR MC CLANCY TACHS PROGAM Msgr. McClancy High School is now accepting applications for the TACHS Program to be held at the school for the first seven Saturdays of the school year beginning September 9TH [for more info call Fran Rocco at 718-898-3800 ext. 3

SUMMER STUFF IN THE DIOCESE

THE MARY LOUIS ACADEMY 176-21 Wexford Terrace, Jamaica Estates, NY 11432

TMLA Summer TACHS Prep & Enrichment Courses Math and/or ELA TACHS Prep

9am to 12pm 5 days 1 subject $99 40 courses in areas from Robotics to Self-defense to Musical Theatre. Most 1 day courses $20—$25 For catalogue: Go to www.tmla.org– click on Register Here. Email:summertmla@aol.com ST AGNES TACHS PROGAM St Agnes Academic High School is offering both summer and fall classes for boys and girls to prepare for the Catholic High School admission exam (TACHS)

Summer Program Monday July 24TH – Thursday July 27TH Monday July 31ST – Thursday August 3RD

9:00am – 11:30am

Fall Program Thursdays: September 21, 28 October 5, 12, 19, 26

& Wednesday, November 1 3:15-4:45pm

cost: $250

[for more info visit www.stagneshs.org] ST FRANCIS PREP AWARD

Congratulations Isabella Franco

who has been chosen as the 2017 recipient of the Franciscan Service Scholarship Award which rewards the students who have most embodied exemplary service to their school and community as models of leadership and care for others. Isabella was chosen as recipient of this year’s award for “using her unique talents and abilities to create an environment of integrity and respect amongst fellow students.” Recipients receive a cash scholarship and are formally recognized at a special liturgy. Congratulations Isabella – you bring honor to yourself, your family, and our parish!

MARRIAGE ENCOUNTER A weekend designed to help married couples communicate more intimately with each other and enrich their relationship. A series of presentations touching on many aspects of marriage are given by three couples and a Catholic priest. Each couple takes time, in the privacy of their own room, for personal sharing using the techniques learned on the weekend. There are no group discussions. The weekend usually starts on Friday at 7:30pm and ends by 4:00pm on Sunday.

September 15TH – 17TH November 3RD – 5TH

Immaculate Conception Seminary 440 West Neck Road, Huntington, NY 11743

[for more info call Richie & Karen Roginski at 877-697-

9963 or register online www.bq-wwme.org or www.wwmeli.org

INNOVATIONS IN WOMEN’S HEALTH CARE A seminar on the Creighton Model fertility Care System and NaPro Technology – a unique system of fertility regulation based on 40 years of research

Presenter: Paul Carpentier, MD, CFCMC Tuesday May 30TH 7:00-9:00pm

Our Lady of Lebanon Cathedral 113 Remsen Street, BKN 11201

cost: $30 suggested donation to register contact Marise Frangie 914-393-8907

PASSION AND PURPOSE An evening for all couples – married, engaged, dating, and singles – to learn more about the vocation of marriage and apply lessons learned to your own state in life

Friday September 8TH 7-10:30pm Our Lady of Lebanon Cathedral

113 Remsen Street, Brooklyn Heights [for more info call 859-980-7900]

Bridge to Life Organization—Position Available The organization located in Queens is seeking an Executive Director. Must have 3 yrs., fundraising and extensive agency operations experience. Knowledge of basic software, Microsoft Office and Quick Books. Will be responsible for paid and volunteer staff, programs, expansion. For more info and to apply see website: www.thebridgetolife.org. Send cover letter & resume & references to thebridgetolife.ed@gmail.com

MARRIAGE MATTERS

HIGH SCHOOL INFO .

COMMUNITY AFFAIRS

SUMMER STUFF

Queens Deanery # 5 includes the following parishes: Sacred Heart, St Anastasia, St Robert Bellarmine, OLBS, St Josaphat, American Martyrs, St Kevin, OL of Snows, Holy Family, St Gregory the Great

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OUR LADY OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT

OLBS presents Reflections on the Wonders and Mysteries

of the Catholic Faith Wednesday 7:00pm

May 31st – Catholic Social Teaching: Protecting the Dignity of the Human Person

OLBS Lower Church [for more info call 718-229-5929]

OUR LADY OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT Pilgrimage to Italy Fr. Bob Whalen, pastor of Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament parish, will host a pilgrimage to Venice, Padua, Florence, Assisi and Rome –11 Days Oct., 9th to Oct., 19th, 2017 $3,429 from NY Call 718-229-5929 ext 110 to have a detailed color brochure mailed to you. AMERICAN MARTYRS 79-43 Bell Blvd, Bayside, N. Y. 11364 The American Martyrs Leisure Club is planning a trip to

Resorts Casino / Atlantic City, June 14th. Bus leaves parking lot 9:15am return 9:15pm Please call Rosemarie at 718-479-9479 for info., and reservations. ST GREGORY THE GREAT FESTIVAL Celebrate with St Gregory’s as they host their

38th Annual Gregorian Festival Eleven nights of rides, games, prizes, game booths,

gourmet foods, live entertainment no admission charge – bring the entire family!

June 15TH – 25Th 87TH Avenue & Cross Island Pkwy, Bellerose

DEANERY DETAILS

838550 Sacred Heart of Jesus 215 38th Avenue Bayside, NY 11361 718-428-2200 Contact: Catherine Sorge sacredheartbayside@gmail.com Software Using: Win XP Publisher 2007 AA9 Transmission Time: Wed, Noon Bulletin For Sunday: May 28, 2017 Special Instructions: I am sending 10 typed pages.