St. John the Baptist R. C. Church 895 Piermont Avenue, Piermont, New York 10968

www.stjohnspiermont.org stjohnspiermont@optonline.net 845-359-0078

April 23, 2017, Second Sunday of Easter

Rev. Tom Kunnel, C.O. Administrator

frtomkunnel@gmail.com

Deacon John Cunningham Deacon Robert Pang

Kathleen Dunn Religious Education Director

May Pang Parish Admin: maysoohoo@optonline.net

MASSES

Saturday: 5:00 PM Sunday: 8:00 AM, 10:30 AM

1:00 PM (Spanish) Weekdays: 8:00 AM Saturday: 9:00 AM

Holy Days: As Announced

Rectory

Mon – Fri 10:15 AM – 4:00 PM

Sat 9 AM – 11 AM (Spanish) April Sponsor of St. John’s App: Catholic Daughters of the Americas

Court St. Anne #866 Court St. Anne celebrates its 93rd anniversary this month, and we encourage

all women in St. John’s to join this worthy organization.

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Dear Parish Family, The Easter is celebrated for seven days and Easter season stretches from Easter Sunday to Pentecost, making up what is known as “The Great 50 Days.” This is a season in

which the Church rejoices in and with the resurrected Christ. It is cer-tainly the most festive season of the year as the Church proclaims the Easter Alleluia. Spring flowers adorn the church and the baptismal font and the paschal candle is prominently displayed. The lighting of the paschal candle, which took place at the Easter Vigil Mass, is a remind-er of the resurrection of Jesus Christ and is lit at every Sunday Mass throughout Easter. It stands as a sentry; one light of hope in a world that is still filled with despair and sin. The readings of the season are from the Acts of the Apostles in which the Church is reminded of its earliest days and called to recommit to the same faith even in the face of trial and persecution. Faith in the resurrection of Jesus Christ is much more than simply be-lieving in an amazing fact. Each of this Sunday's readings reminds us that belief in Jesus' resurrection is accepting and participating in a rela-tionship that can enliven every part of our lives—now and forever. The disciples were locked in we are told as they were in fear. There was a lack of peace; perhaps there was confusion, pain, and division. It is into that unsettled disquiet that Jesus came through the closed doors. Even then the Apostles were not able to experience fully the joy of his presence without entering the mystery of his wounds. Once they saw his hands and side, the remnants of pain and sorrow, they could re-joice. The experience of faith is not the absence of pain or sorrow or loss. It is, rather, the bearing of pain or sorrow in faith. Faith does not take away the wounds; it transforms them. In faith, flaws are not obliterat-ed; they are refined and purified. Excepting Thomas the other disciples had a first-hand experience of the risen Jesus. But when Thomas re-joins them after Jesus has vanished, he is highly skeptical. A week later, Jesus appears to all eleven of them and invites Thomas to make good on his skeptical challenge: Put your finger in my wounds and believe, Jesus tells him. St. Augustine thinks that, without touching Jesus, Thomas believes. The Gospel does not say that Thomas did touch Jesus, Augustine says; and Jesus says that Thomas saw and be-lieved, not that Thomas touched and believed. But, of course, this is just what the other ten apostles did in the first appearance of Christ, when Thomas was absent: They saw and believed. “I’ll not believe” without entering the wounds. How right he is! Faith must be found as much in the wounds of life as in the glories. And from the wounds a faith might most amazingly emerge. “My Lord and my God,” that skeptic is reported to have said. There is a subtext to Jesus’ comment that while Thomas became a be-liever in the seeing, those who do not have the joy of seeing offer something far more splendid in their act of sightless faith. We are told that Jesus did other signs. The ones scripture records are meant to help us believe that Jesus is the Messiah. That belief, that faith, is finally felt and expressed not in sheer joy alone, but in arduous trial, in the plague of worry or doubt, in the grip of fear. Our faith at times might take a hit or two in the face of illness and pain, death of a loved one or the betrayal of another. The deep knowledge of the divine presence at these trying times brings with it a faith that assures us in the voice of Christ, ‘I have conquered the world!’

Fr. Tom Kunnel C.O.

THE SANCTUARY LAMP Is Being Offered this week

In Memory of Mary Sabatino

By Connie Lynch Family

Please remember in your prayers the Sick and/or Homebound of our Parish Family. Antoinette Naglieri, Ann Ely, Tommy McGuire, Nicholas Bruni, brother of Marge Olsen, Fr Frank Samoylo, Gio-vanni Mercurio, Nijole Paronetto, Joseph Iorio, fa-ther of Lee McGarvey, Caroline Kelly, Julie Caw-ley, Betty Keyes, Denis Spillane, Virginia McCauley-Cook, Thomas Mooney

As a Parish Family, let us remember in our prayers all our beloved departed members of our Parish Community, Ralph Merola, Michael Rotundo,Tebby DeMaio, Francisca Aguilar Gomezz, Deloress Pontone, mother of Jim Pontone, Gene Cummins, father of Jeanine Kennedy, Elizabeth Reyes, granddaughter of Dcn Rob & May Pang, Maureen O’Connell, Lucy Lynch, Michael Mooney, uncle of Christine Mooney, June Groll, Karen Emden

Sat 4/22 5:00 PM Jean Luckie by John Luckie

Sun 4/23

8:00 AM Rosemarie & Dermot O'Brien by Catherine O'Brien

10:30:AM Ines Castillo by Ana Dumlao

Mon 4/24 8:00 AM Janice Grznar by Connie Lynch

Tue 4/25 8:00 AM Kyle Boyce by CDA

Wed 4/26 8:00 AM George Lynch by Lynch Family

Thu 4/27 8:00 AM Personal Intentions

Fri 4/28 8:00 AM Personal Intentions

Sat 4/29

9:00 AM Personal Intentions

5:00 PM Jeannie Schiller by Jim Gilheany

Sun 4/30

8:00 AM Personal Intentions

10:30 AM June Groll by Marge & Ralph Olsen

Liturgy Schedule April 29/30

Day Time Lector Eucharistic

Minister Altar Servers

Saturday 4/29 5:00 PM Johanna Krumm Michaela Duggan Drew Dillon

Sunday 4/30

8:00 AM Oscar Nordstrom Betsy Feeney Shane Cawley 10:30 AM Barbara O’Brien May Pang Chris O’Brien 1:00 PM Dayana Mazariego Maricela Guzman Gabiela Garcia Ayleen Sicha Amy Cajamarca Evelin Palma Nathalie Cajamarca Kelly Perez

Greetings to All on Divine Mercy Sunday!

All classes are back in action today and tomorrow.

Our remaining classes are April 30th & May 1st,

May 7th & 8th, May 14th & 15th,

1st COMMUNION PRACTICES (SPANISH) April 30th

- 11 am - 12 noon (ENGLISH) May 1st & 4th

5pm to 6 pm

FIRST COMMUNIONS (ENGLISH) May 7th at 10:30 am

(SPANISH) May 7th at 1 pm

PARENTS, PLEASE NOTE: Children are to be in the Church Hall 30 minutes before Mass time! They DO NOT have classes on First Communion Sun-day.

The other children DO have classes on that day.

MOTHER'S DAY * Last Class for the year

* MAY CROWNING * FAMILY MASS

2nd Sunday of Easter— Readings No. 828 A

Sun 23-Apr

9:00AM Religious Ed

11:30AM Spanish Religious Ed

11:30AM Legion of Mary

11:30AM CDA Hospitality

3:00PM Quinceanera

7PM AA Meeting

Mon 24-Apr 6:30PM Religious Ed

Tue 25-Apr

10AM Scripture Class

7PM Baptism Prep

7PM Rios de Agua Viva Group

7PM Altar Server Prep and Practice

Wed 26-Apr 1:30PM Piermont Sr Meeting

7PM Spanish Choir Practice

Thu 27-Apr

1PM CDA Knitting

7PM Amigos de Jesus

7PM Rios de Agua Viva Group

7:15PM Parish Council Meeting

Fri 28-Apr

10AM Fri Renew Group

7:PM Adult Prayer Meeting

7PM Laying of Hands

7:30PM Youth Group

Sat 29-Apr 10AM Baptism Catechesis

LECTURAS DE LA SEMANA

LECTURAS DE HOY Primera lectura -- Todos los creyentes vivían unidos y compartían todo cuanto tenían (Hechos 2:42-47). Salmo -- Den gracias a Dios porque es bueno, su amor es eterno (Salmo 117). Segunda lectura -- Dios nos concedió renacer a la vida que esperamos por la resurrección de Jesucristo de entre los muertos. (1 Pedro 1:3-9). Evangelio -- Felices los que creen sin haber visto (Juan 20:19-31).

TIEMPO DE ALEGRÍA "Acudían asiduamente a escuchar las enseñanzas de los apóstoles, vivían en comunión fraterna y se congregaban para orar en común y celebrar la fracción del pan" (Hechos 2:42). La primera línea de la primera lectura de hoy marca la pauta al comenzar esta celebración de Pascua de cincuenta días. Hoy escuchamos las enseñanzas de tres apóstoles -Lucas, Pedro y Juan- que nos recuerdan que, aunque no hayamos visto a Cristo, estamos llenos de alegría al depositar nuestra creencia en su muerte y resur-rección salvadoras. Cada semana durante el tiempo de Pascua nos reuniremos como comunidad de fe para hallar fuerzas y apoyo de nuestro Dios y de los demás. Cada semana nos reuniremos para fraccionar el pan y dar gra-cias en oración, acciones que manifestarán la mismísima presencia del Cristo resucitado entre nosotros. Estemos abiertos a los milagros de este tiempo de alegría.alegrémonos!

Lunes Hch 4:23-31; Sal 2:1-9; Jn 3:1-8

Martes 1 Pe 5:5b-14; Sal 89 (88):2-3, 6-7, 16-17; Mc 16:15-20

Miércoles Hch 5:17-26; Sal 34 (33):2-9; Jn 3:16-21

Jueves Hch 5:27-33; Sal 34 (33):2, 9, 17-20; Jn 3:31-36

Viernes Hch 5:34-42; Sal 27 (26):1, 4, 13-14; Jn 6:1-15

Sábado Hch 6:1-7; Sal 33 (32):1-2, 4-5, 18-19; Jn 6:16-21

Domingo Hch 2:14, 22-33; Sal 16 (15):1-2, 5, 7-11; 1 Pe 1:17-21; Lc 24:13-35

TRADICIONES DE NUESTRA FE El 20 de abril de 1906 los ojos de una imagen de la Doloro-sa comenzaron a parpadear durante un lapso de 15 minu-tos en el colegio jesuita San Gabriel, en Quito, Ecuador. En 1995 en Cochabamba, Bolivia, donde una imagen del Divino rostro lagrimó sangre y después, una imagen de la Inmaculada hizo lo mismo. En el transcurso del siglo veinte, muchísimas imágenes de Cristo, María e incluso, el Espíritu Santo, lloraron lágrimas de agua, sangre u óleo, emitieron aroma de rosa o mostraron alguna mani-festación paranormal. La ciencia logró explicar algunos de estos fenómenos, pero en muchos casos no fue posible. Normalmente, la je-rarquía eclesiástica prefiere no hacer declaraciones oficial-es al respecto, por lo menos, no antes de mucho escrutinio. El apóstol san Juan recomienda examinar cada espíritu (1 Juan 4:1-3) y esto es lo que la Iglesia hace con estas mani-festaciones sobrenaturales. Con investigaciones científicas, sociales y espirituales se examinan cuidadosamente estas manifestaciones a fin de asegurar que provienen de Dios y no del diablo u otros orígenes. En fin, la mejor prueba de la veracidad de estos fenómenos es la conversión de los fieles.

To all who received Baptism, Confirmation, and First Communion at the Easter Vigil. May you continue to grow in faith and be blessed with God’s grace and Spirit.

A todos los que recibieron el Bautismo, la Confir-mación y la Primera Comunión en la Vigilia pascual. Que sigan creciendo en la fe y sean bendecidos con la gracia y el Espíritu de Dios.

Remberto Agustin Pedro Alarcon

Hector Chacon Anthony Contreras

Kevin Contreras Amy Duarte

Giselle Linares Anthony James McClure

Macklyn Molina Oscar Monzon

Yosselin Monzon Jairo Najera

Vilmania Neira Matthew Pringle

Brayan Rodriguez Monica Rodriguez

Erin Ross Nicole Spada

Jennifer Umana Karla Zamora

P A R I S H M I N I S T R I E S & C H A I R Buildings & Grounds Pat Miele, Alex Aguilar, Buzz Johnson Deanery TBD Eucharistic Adoration Dcn Robert Pang Health Mary Loftus Hispanic Community Mario Zamora Hospitality Robin Miller Men’s Club Bill Loftus. Ralph Olsen Ushers Jake Miraglia Music Elise Espinosa, Chris & Carolyn Yates, Spanish Choir Carlos Cerna, William Martinez Outreach Maria Nest Parish Council Scott Giblin Parish Worship Dcn John Cunningham Religious Education Kathleen Dunn RCIA Dcn Robert Pang, Jose Bolaños Right to Life Scott Giblin Social TBD Spiritual Life Johanna Krumm St. Vincent De Paul Fr. Tom Kunnel

P A R I S H C O U N C I L Kathleen Dunn, Scott Giblin. Paul Johnson, Andrew Lee, Martina

Lynch, William Martinez, Maria Nest , Ralph Olsen, May Pang, Carolyn Yates, Janet Zahn

T R U S T E E S Phil McCartin James Pontone

Our Sacramental Life

Baptism: Please call the Rectory well in advance of the expected day of Baptism to arrange an appointment for an interview. Pre-baptismal meeting for parents is required. Godparents must be confirmed, practicing Catholics. Generally Baptisms are celebrated the third Sunday of each month at 12:00 pm.

Reconciliation: Confessions are heard from 4:30-5:00 pm on Saturday. You may also make an appointment with Fr. Tom. Spanish confessions is availa-ble from 12:30–1:00 PM on Sundays.

Marriage: Marriages should be arranged at least six months in advance. Participation in Pre-Cana is essential. Please call the Rectory to schedule an appointment with Fr. Tom.

Anointing of the Sick: Before you enter the hospital for elective surgery or other serious treatment, and for those who have need of spiritual healing. In an emergency, please call Fr. Tom’s mobile 845 608 9358.

Holy Orders: Any gentleman interested in exploring the question of vocation to the priesthood or the permanent diaconate should contact Fr. Tom Kunnel. We would also be happy to direct anyone interested in living their lives as Religious Sisters or Brothers.

Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults: For instruction for Baptism, Confirma-tion and Eucharist for adults and to learn about Catholic Faith. If interested please contact Dcn Robert Pang.

For more details and forms—www.stjohnspiermont.org

Parish Registration: All adults (over age 21) should register in the parish themselves and should use envelopes or parishpay.com. Tithing is 5% of income. This registration is our only means of certifying anyone as a member of the parish, especially for Baptism and Confirmation sponsorship

DATE / Fecha: 05/22/2017 - 05/24/2017 TIME / Hora: 6:00 PM DIRECTION / Dirección: Saint Aedan, 23 Reld Drive, Pearl River 10965

PARISH GIVING

04/09—PALM SUNDAY $6,167

04/14—HOLY LAND $ 1046

4/16—VINCENT DEPAUL $2524

4/16—EASTER $ 15,256