ST. RAPHAEL’S
PARISH
35-20 Greenpoint Avenue, L.I.C., NY 11101
Telephone: 718-729-8957 Fax: 729-5238
E-Mail: [email protected]
Website: www.straphael-queens.org
MISSION STATEMENT:
St. Raphael’s is a parish rooted in
tradition yet responding to an evolving community by
evangeliza-tion in acevangeliza-tion. We seek to inspire the larger Catholic community
to a more committed faith life and to heed Christ’s call of sharing
time, talent and treasure for the needs of others.
DECLARACION DE MISION: San Rafael es una parroquia
enraizada en la tradición y a la vez responde a una comunidad
que evoluciona con una acción evangelizadora. Buscamos
inspirar a la comunidad católica global a que vivan una fe más
comprometida y a prestar atención a la llamada de Cristo a
compartir tiempo, talento y bienes con los necesitados.
EUCHARIST SCHEDULE
Saturday/Sábado 5:00pm - English Sunday/Domingo 8:00am - English 9:45am - Korean 11:00 am—English
12:30 pm—Spanish/Español
WEEKDAY SCHEDULE
Monday - Friday 9:00am Lunes - Viernes 9:00am OFFICE HOURS/HORARIO Monday - Friday/Lunes - Viernes
9:00-1:00pm & 2:00-4:00pm Saturday/Sábado By appointment / Mediante cita
BAPTISM/BAUTISMO
Please contact the rectory to make arrangements. You will need the child’s birth certificate. favor de llamar la rectoria. Necesitará el certificado de nacimiento del niño.
MARRIAGE/MATRIMONIO
Any couple wishing to marry should contact the rectory at least six (6) months before the wedding.
Una pareja que está pensando en el matrimonio debe de llamar la rectoría seis (6) meses antes de la boda.
RECONCILIATION/RECONCILIACION
Saturday/Sábado 4:00-4:45pm and by appointment/y por cita.
MINISTRY TO THE SICK/
CUIDADO DE LOS ENFERMOS
Please call the rectory at 729-8957 to make arrange-ments for the sick person to receive Holy Communion or the Anointing of the sick at home. favor de llamar la rectoría al 729-8957 para que la persona enferma reciba la Comunión o Unción de los Enfermos en la casa.
PARISH STAFF/
EQUIPO PARROQUIAL
Rev. Jerry Jecewiz, Pastor
Sister Christine Scherer, D.W., Religious Educ.
Mr. Jan Wnek, Music Minister
PARISH STEWARDSHIP
$4,833
$6,185.00
July 30th: Seventeenth Sunday In Ordinary Time
Last week’s church offering
Average weekly expenses
FROM THE PASTOR…
Dear Parishioners,
Today our parish hosts its annual Summer Mission Appeal, which benefits the Piarist Fathers.
We welcome Father Andrew Berinyuy, who will speak at our parish Masses in behalf of the
Central African Province of his religious order.
We had included information about the Piarists in last week’s bulletin. If you missed it, we
re-print it elsewhere in this issue. Please familiarize yourself with the wonderful evangelization outreach
they do in the name of Jesus.
This weekend’s second collection (the collection after Communion) is for our missionary
group. There is no corresponding envelope in the parish-support packet.
If you came unprepared for this, we’ll hold off sending out the collection until the end of the
week. You could drop off a donation at the rectory until then, in an envelope marked MISSIONARY
or PIARIST FATHERS. Checks should have the same notation on them, but be made out to St.
Raphael’s Church, so that one exchange check can be drafted and forwarded.
Thank you for your generosity to the missions.
-Father Jerry Jecewiz
THIS AFTERNOON, AT ST. RAPHAEL’S…
Annual Celebration in Honor of the Lord of Pardon, the Blessed Virgin Mary & Holy Infant Jesus
2:00 pm—Rosary and prayers
3:00 pm—Mass celebrated by Msgr. Jonas Achacoso
Reception to follow, downstairs in Michael Brennan Hall.
July 30th: Seventeenth Sunday In Ordinary Time
THIS WEEK’S EVENTS
Sunday, July 30th:
8:00— Bernardo Valdez (Delia and Joe Dela Cruz) 9:45— KOREAN MASS
11:00—Teresita Alcantara (Food Pantry Volunteers) AND
John Anthony Hickey (Elizabeth Ciro) 12:30—Juanita Leon (Estate)
AND
Alicia Restrepo (Maria Marilla) 3:00—Lord of Pardon Mass
Monday, July 31st:
9:00— John Hickey (Gavin Nichols) Tuesday August 1st:
9:00— Roberto Chumbes (Nora Chumbes) Wednesday, August 2nd:
9:00— Souls in Purgatory (Lesley Mahon) Thursday, August 3rd:
9:00—Elizabeth Devlin (Elizabeth Ciro) Friday, August 4th:
9:00— Wladyslaw Mirecki (Birthday Remembrance) (Mirecki Family)
Saturday, August 5th:
5:00— Stanley Dzikowski Sr. (23rd Anniversary) (Alex and Robert Boehler)
AND
Brandie Spinner (Glenn Kern) Sunday, August 6th:
8:00— Dr. Henry Bolante and Mina Torres Liamas (Delia and Joe Dela Cruz)
9:45— KOREAN MASS
11:00—Teresita Alcantara (Food Pantry Volunteers) AND
Arthur Fourcand and Yvonee Clara Samedi Fourcand (Yanick Fourcand)
12:30—Pedro y Carola (Aniversario de Muerte)
Mass Intentions for the Week
of July 30th
(Fumio Tanai photo)
UPCOMING BAPTISM DATES:
In English:
Sat., Sept. 23, 2:00 pm. Prep class is Sat., Sept. 16, 11:00 AM.
In Spanish:
Sat., Sept. 30, 2:00 pm. Prep class is Mon., Aug. 14, 7:30 pm.
Sat., Oct. 14, 2:00 pm. Prep class is Mon., Oct. 9, 7:30 pm
FOOD PANTRY
is usually open Thursdays from 10:30 am to 12:00 noon, and
Saturdays from 1:30 to 3:00 pm. New volunteers are always
welcome, as are donations of canned, packaged foods (non-perishable).
Sun., July 30:
17th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Summer Mission Appeal at Masses
Lord of Pardon celebration (2 pm: Rosary &
Prayers; 3 pm: Mass)
Mon., July 31:
Feast of St. Ignatius of Loyola
Tues., Aug. 1:
Feast of St. Alphonsus Liguori
Wed., Aug. 2:
Feast of Sts. Eusebius Vercelli & Peter
Julian Eymard
7 pm—Spanish Rosary + Praise
Thurs., Aug. 3:
Food Pantry CLOSED today
Fri., Aug 4:
Feast of St. John Vianney
First Friday
7 pm—Spanish Faith Formation for Chil-
dren
Sat., Aug. 5:
Feast of Dedication of St. Mary Major’s
Food Pantry CLOSED today
Rosario y
Alabanza:
Cada miércoles a las 7:00 pm en
el sótano de la
rectoría.
FORMACION EN LA FE
Un programa espiritual (en español) para los niños y las
niñas empezando con la edad de 4 años.
Viernes de las 7 pm a las 8 pm en el sótano de la rectoría.
Todos están invitados a participar.
Con la colaboración del apostolado Vino Nuevo.
EL RINCON HISPANO
QUE ES LA ORDEN DE LAS ESCOLAPIOS?….
Los Escolapios han venido trabajando continuamente en los Estados Unidos desde 1948 y
en Puerto Rico desde 1956. Hemos sido bendecidos a través del servicio en escuelas, parroquias y
otros ministerios religiosos. Damos gracias a numerosos obispos, sacerdotes, religiosos y laicos,
que han caminado a nuestro lado, en el ministerio según el carisma de San José Calasanz. Damos
gracias a muchos padres, que nos han confiado el cuidado de sus hijos e hijas en las aulas.
Agradecemos la gran cantidad de personas que ha buscado renovación espiritual a través nuestro.
Todos ustedes nos han brindado la oportunidad de cumplir con nuestro especial cuarto voto de
edu-car a los jóvenes.
HOY:
APELACION MISIONERO DEL VERANO: la segunda
colecta será para la sociedad misionero (La Orden de
las Escolapios) que nos visitará para explicar su
mis-sion y sus ministerios. Sean generosos por favor.
Oración por las Misiones
Padre de bondad, Tu que eres rico en amor y misericordia, que nos enviaste a tu Hijo Jesús para
nuestra salvación, escucha a tu iglesia misionera. Que todos los bautizados sepamos responder al
llamado de Jesús: "Vayan y hagan que todos los pueblos sean mis discípulos". Fortalece con el
fuego de tu Espíritu a todos los misioneros, que en tu nombre anuncian la Buena Nueva del Reino.
María, Madre de la Iglesia y estrella de la evangelización, acompáñanos y concédenos el don de la
perseverancia en nuestro compromiso misionero. Amén.
THIS ‘N THAT
1. Our Food Pantry will take its annual Summer Break and be closed on Thursdays and Saturdays
for the first three weeks of August. The Pantry will re-open Thursday, Aug. 24th, 10:30 am.
2. The Pantry acknowledges, with gratitude, the kind donation of Judy and Joe Becker in memory
of the late Jimmy Walker.
3. NEXT FLEA MARKET:
Sun., August 6,
9 am to 3 pm
Browse...Buy...Brunch!
SUMMER MISSION APPEAL (SECOND COLLECTION) THIS WEKEND: WHO ARE THE PIARIST FATHERS?
The Order of the Pious Schools commonly known as the Piarist Fathers are a Religious Order founded in Rome on March 6, 1617 by Saint Joseph Calasanz (1557-1648)- a priest of Spanish origin. We completely dedicate ourselves to the education of children and youth especially the poor in schools, parishes and youth non-formal education centers.
The Piarist Province of Central Africa covers four countries in the central African region namely: Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Democratic Republic of Congo. In these countries, we run a total number of 11 Elementary Schools, 5 High Schools, 2 Technical and vocational Schools. The total enrollment in these schools ranges between 6000 to 7000 students. To strengthen our collaboration with the local church, we also run 6 parishes. To each parish we have attached a Socio-educative and Cultural center to drill children and youths in non-formal educative activities. Our province has a total number of 125 Religious (58 Finally professed/Priests; 67 seminarians; 19 novices; 27 prenovices).
The context in which we are working is a very challenging one: the socio- political instability and poor govern-ance in the above named countries have rendered many youths hopeless. Youth underemployment is a great challenge and it is pushing many youths to despair. Some of these youths engage in a search for “greener pastures” abroad thus leading to migration and brain drain. For those other youths who are not daring enough, the end result is usually high crime waves among other ills. The situation is very pathetic and something needs to be done and urgently. The Piarist Fathers think that the way out of this situation is through an education that seeks to empower the youths by helping them to discover and develop their talents.
We are therefore requesting for help in this mission appeal to do the following:
· We would like to build more classrooms to be able to accommodate and offer Christian education to as many chil-dren as possible
· The available school buildings are dilapidating and are in great need of repairs. In addition to this, these schools do not have the basic or essential facilities in a school. There are schools without electricity, potable water or even toilets. · Offer scholarships and school material to students from very poor backgrounds
· Equip the few technical and vocational centers that we are running and build more in other areas
· Support the “Caravane of Education” program. In this program we intend to educate the rural population on some issues that concern them directly such as health care, social welfare, conflict resolution, micro-projects etc.
· Train young people and help them start self-reliant projects
· Formation of teachers in our schools and catechists and other pastoral leaders in our parishes.
We are deeply grateful for the opportunity given to us to share our missionary experience with you. On behalf of those we serve, we want to express our immense gratitude for your spiritual and material support.
