The Fifth Sunday of Easter May 14, 2017

Holy Family R.C. Church 175-20 74th Avenue ,Fresh Meadows, N.Y. 11366 ~ Tel. 718-969-2448

Email: Holyfamilyflushing @gmail.com Web: Holyfamilyfreshmeadows.org

“Our Mission Statement” Holy Family Parish is a Roman Catholic community of believers. We are a caring, welcoming, diverse community called to live and

share the Gospel message. We proclaim the presence of Christ in the world through

Word, Sacraments and service as we strive to be faithful to Christ’s command to evangelize all people.

Clergy

Rev. Casper J. Furnari, OFS,KHS Pastor

Rev. Anacleto Asebias, Jr.

Parochial Vicar Rev. Mark G. Simmons

In Residence +

Deacon Eugene J. Cassidy

Parish Visitor of Mary Immaculate Sister Mylene Rosemarie, PVMI

Parish Secretary

Patricia Earl

Holy Family Catholic Academy

Miss Mary Scheer, M.S., P.D.

Principal

Mrs. Kathy Karcher Secretary

74-15 175th Street

Phone (718)969-2124 Fax (718)380-2183

Website: www.holyfamilyca-freshmeadows.org

Director of Music Ministry

Mr. Gilbert High

Office of Pastoral Care

Sister Nora McNiff, CSJ,

Coordinator Telephone: 718-969-7198

Office of Faith Formation

Mrs. Barbara Makolin

Coordinator 74-15 175 Street

Telephone: 718-591-6438 (718)359-2022

Director of Buildings & Property

Mr. Hector Mendez

REGULAR MASS SCHEDULE See Easter Schedule for Holy Week

Saturday Evening: 5:00pm (Vigil)

Sunday: 7:30am, 9:00am, 10:30am (Family Mass)

12:00pm & 5:00pm

No 5:00 PM Mass on Easter Sunday

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Monday ~ Friday: 7:00am & 8:30am

Saturday:8:30 am

Eve of Holyday: 7:30pm

Holyday: 7:00am, 8:30am, 11:00am, 7:30pm

RECTORY OFFICE HOURS

Monday ~ Friday 9:00am-12:00pm

(Closed for lunch From 12pm to 1pm) 1:00pm-7:30pm

Saturday: 9:00am-2:00pm

Sunday: 9:00am-2:00pm

Tel. 718-969-2448 Fax. 718-591-6166

Email: Holyfamilyflushing@gmail.com

Web: Holyfamilyfreshmeadows.org

CONFESSIONS

Saturday 4:00 ~ 4:45pm

and by Appointment

Holy Family Parish is happy to belong to Queens Deanery #5. The Deanery is made up of 10 parishes:

American Martyrs Holy Family Our Lady of the Snows Sacred Heart St. Anastasia St. Gregory the Great St. Josaphat St. Kevin St. Robert Bellarmine Our Lady of Blessed Sacrament

The purpose of the Deanery is to have a cohesive organization of neighboring parishes which will share and communicate their spiritual activities and updates going on in their parishes. A webpage can be found at: www.queensdeanery5.org which will include a copy of all of our bulletins.

We also have a facebook page sharing many activities in our parishes.

You can view it at: facebook.com/Queens Deanery 5 Please “like” Us!

Mass Schedule & Intentions

MONDAY May 15 7:00 am Mother’s Day Novena 8:30 am Charles Volpe TUESDAY May 16 7:00 am Mother’s Day Novena 8:30 am Mercedes Santos

WEDNESDAY May 17 7:00 am Mother’s Day Novena 8:30 am Rafael Yu

THURSDAY May 18

7:00 am Dominick & Natalie LaRuffa

8:30 am Mother’s Day Novena

FRIDAY May 19 7:00 am Mother’s Day Novena 8:30 am Walter Artus SATURDAY May 20 8:30 am Mother’s Day Novena 5:00 pm Reverend Lou Aufiero

SUNDAY May 21 7:30 am People of the Parish 9:00 am William F. Kelly Jr. 10:30 am Walter Artus 20th Anniversary 12:00 pm Mother’s Day Novena 5:00 pm Fausta Bacani

SAINTS AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCES May 15 ~ May 21, 2017

Sunday: Fifth Sunday of Easter; Mother’s Day Monday: St. Isidore the Farmer Thursday: Pope St. John I Saturday: St. Bernardine of Siena;

Readings for the Week of May 15th thru May21th 2017

Monday: Acts 14:5-18; Ps 115:1-4, 15-16; Jn 14:21-26 Tuesday: Acts 14:19-28; Ps 145:10-13ab, 21; Jn 14:27-31a Wednesday: Acts 15:1-6; Ps 122:1-5; Jn 15:1-8 Thursday: Acts 15:7-21; Ps 96:1-3, 10; Jn 15:9-11 Friday: Acts 15:22-31; Ps 57:8-10, 12; Jn 15:12-17 Saturday: Acts 16:1-10; Ps 100:1b-3, 5; Jn 15:18-21 Sunday: Acts 8:5-8, 14-17; Ps 66:1-7, 16, 20; 1 Pt 3:15-18 or 1 Pt 4:13-16; Jn 14:15-21 or Jn 17:1-11a

We kindly invite you to register as a member of Holy Family.

It is important because then we are able to issue you official

letters if and when you need to become a

sponsor for Baptism or Confirmation.

If you do not register we do not have a permanent record of

you being a Parishioner.

If you decide you want donation envelopes we can then also

issue you a tax statement of your contributions that you have

offered during the year.

Please look for sign up cards at the doors of the Church and

drop them in the collection basket or come by the Rectory.

We offer Communion for the

Homebound

Anyone who cannot attend Mass due to illness or age may

receive Communion at home. Please call the Parish Pastoral

Care office, (718) 969-7198, to make arrangements.

We celebrate First Friday

with Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament.

“Will you not spend one hour with me” is the plea

of Jesus. Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament will usually

follow the 8:30 AM Mass

and conclude with Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament

at 2:00 pm.

A Heartfelt Welcome to Holy Family Parish

TODAY’S READINGS Sunday, May 14, 2017

First Reading — To meet their growing needs, the community chooses seven reputable men to serve the new Greek believers (Acts 6:1-7). Psalm — Lord, let your mercy be on us, as we place our trust in you (Psalm 33). Second Reading — We, like living stones, let ourselves be built into a spiritual house (1 Peter 2:4-9). Gospel — “Show us the Father,” Philip asks Jesus. To which Jesus replies: “Whoever sees me, sees the Father” (John 14:1-12).

We would like to Thank our

Altar Servers for their faithful service on the weekend of May 7th, 2017

Samantha Cajas Keara Malazarte Jeremy Cajas Mary Masangkay Gabriel DeLa Serna Benson Magpantay Guillermo Duany Kaitlin Masse Julian Kim Tatiana Sze Destinee Louis-Jacques Gabriela Sze Gabriela Tesi

Happy Mothers Day!

Weekly Offering

May 7, 2017 -Attendance: 1223 Parish Offering: $ 9012.50

2nd Collection: American Bishops Overseas Appeal $ 1899.00

Thank you for your generosity and kind support.

Please join us for our Celebration of Santo Nino.

The fiesta celebration of Santo Nino will take place here at Holy Family on Saturday, June 3, 2017.

It will begin with: Sinulog at 10:30 AM ,

Mass at 11:00 AM Solemn Procession

through the neighborhood right after Mass. Fellowship with Food and Entertainment

will follow in the Holy Family Catholic Academy School Yard.

We will have a Nine Week Novena which will be

after the 5:00 PM Saturday Masses except on Holy Saturday.

Therefore the Novena Dates will be:5/6, 5/13,5/20,5/27 For

More Info: Angie: 917-362-3946 Nena:646-600-4943

Let us pray for the Sick

Stefano & Michelle Amodio, Tomi Anello, James Arampulikan,

Ralph & Josephine Ashton, Melissa Bersamin, Florence Castagliola, Cedric Cortes,

Giovanna Conte, Patrick Creegan, Luke Enriquez, Sr. Barbara Flossie, Josie Gana, Peter Guerrero, Tom Hennelly, Sergio Ingenito, Jose Jara, Josephine Joseph,

Kennith Kerwin, Lauren Kocher, Fanny Leon, Adoracion Luna, Archie Nieman, Kolbe Olzanski, Gregory Restrepo, Lily Rivera, Miguel Rivera, Christopher Rosato, Graysen Smith, Helen Schlenkermann, Cynthia Simpson,

Dan Sindo, Mark Tanner, Frank Thomas, Kim Vecchio, John Zaptin

Please contact the Rectory to add a name to our Sick List

Thank you to the Filipino Apostolate for

hosting the Hospitality Sunday last weekend.

Our Carnival is Back! Memorial Day Weekend May 25th thru

May 29th Please join us for great fun and food. Carnival Hours: Thursday - May 25th 6:00-11:00 pm Friday- May 26th, 6:00-11:00 pm Saturday - May 27th 2:00-11:00 pm Sunday- May 28th 2:00-11:00pm Monday- May 29th 2:00- 11:00pm

Single Ride Tickets for sale and Super P-O-P :Every Day! Ride all rides~~ One Low Price.

Bridge to Life Baby Bottle Campaign

Please be so kind as to support the Bridge to Life by picking up an empty Baby Bottle at the doors of the Church on this weekend of May 13 & 14th and filling it with loose change or a donation. Please return it to the doors of the Church on the weekend of June 3rd & 4th. Thank You for your support! Please do not take a bottle unless you are able to return it.

The Holy Family/Bishop Catanello Knights of Columbus Council

Will be hosting their Annual Pasta Dinner

Saturday, June 17, 2017 6-11PM in the School Hall.

Come join the Knights to celebrate the 40th Anniversary of the movie “Saturday Night Fever,

and the classic disco era of the 70’s! Dress 70’s! Live DJ music and dancing.

Dinner will include pasta, meatballs, sausage, bread, salad and dessert, wine beer and soft drinks.

All are welcome! Adults: $30.,Seniors: $25.,

Teens: $20., Kids under 13 free. Tickets at the door $5.00 more

For more info contact:

Peter Petrino 347-267-7614 Please RSVP by June 13th.

Pray for our Deceased.

E. Joseph Salveti Kenneth T. Gallagher

Eternal rest grant unto them O’Lord and let perpetual light shine upon them. May they rest in peace. May their souls and the souls of the faithful departed,

through the mercy of God, Rest in Peace, Amen.

Holy Family Catholic Academy

The “300 Club” is here!

Only 300 Raffle Tickets will be sold.

The Raffle is open to friends, family and Parish.

Each Ticket is $100. OR

Tickets can be shared i.e. 4 people /$25.each

10 people/$10.each

Grand Prize $10,000.

2nd Prize $3,000.00

3rd Prize $2,000.00

One ticket = 3 chances to win!

Drawing on June 4, 2017 To purchase tickets please go to the

School or Rectory Office

or see a Representative outside the Church. Checks to be written out to Holy Family Catholic Academy.

We fully anticipate selling 300 tickets however,

if the goal of 300 tickets is not attained by the drawing time, pay out will be:

1st Prize 25%, 2nd Prize 15%, 3rd Prize 10%

There is a Sellers Incentive: Highest Ticket Seller wins $250. and Seller of 1st prize wins $250.

Proceeds go directly to Holy Family Catholic Academy.

Date:

Monday May 15

Tuesday May 16

Wednesday May 17

Thursday May 18

Friday May 19

Saturday May 20

Sunday May 21

Location:

SFH RCIA 7:30 PM

Bereavement 7:30 PM Faith Sharing 7:30 PM

Faith Sharing (Arise) 9:30 Am

Secular Franciscan 7:15 PM

MMH Tai Chi 11:30-1:00 PM

Faith Sharing 10:30 AM

Knights Of Columbus 7:30 PM

Faith Sharing 10:00 AM Tai Chi 12:30-2:00 PM

Girl Scouts 6:30

Line Dancing 2:00—4:00 PM

MMH Knitting Club 7:30 PM

Brownies 3:00-6:00 PM

HFH AA 7:00PM

AA 7:00 PM

Al Anon 7:00PM

AA 7:00 PM

School Hall Cub & Boy Scouts 7:30 PM

Church

Locations: SFH – Saint Francis Hall ~ CH – Church ~ SH– School Hall

MMH – Msgr. Mahoney Hall ~ HFH – Holy Family Hall

PARISH CALENDAR

Registration for Holy Family Catholic Academy!

Pre-K through GRADE 8 REGISTRATION FOR SEPTEMBER 2017

Registration for new students for the 2017-2018 school year. To register, the following items are needed:

1 Child’s Baptism Certificate (If Catholic) 2. Child’s Birth Certificate 3. Copy of child’s Immunization 4.The prospective student must accompany parent/guardian 5.Copy of last TWO years report cards (for students for grades 1-8) AND either NYS testing scores or Standardize test scores 6.Check for registration fee. 7. Child must be present at registration. Children for Pre-K 3 must turn THREE years old by 12/31/17. Children for Pre-K 4 must turn FOUR years old by 12/31/17. Children for Kindergarten must turn FIVE years old by 12/31/17.) PLEASE NOTE we offer BOTH ½ Day & Full Day PK.

For information please visit our website: www.holyfamilyca-freshmeadows.org. Please call for an appointment.

BAPTISM

Baptism takes place usually on the FOURTH Sunday of the month at 2:00 p.m.

To register, please bring the child’s Birth Certificate, and a $10.00 non-

refundable registration fee to the Rectory.

There are two preparatory events:

1. INITIAL INTERVIEW 2. BAPTISM CATECHESIS and THE BLESSING OF THE INFANT

Registration is ongoing, please contact the Rectory Office. _______________________________________________________

Marriage

Please contact the rectory to make an appointment to see a Priest at least

Six Months prior to your desired date.