St. Mary Star of the Sea and St. Gertrude Roman Catholic Church

St. Mary Star of the Sea and St. Gertrude

Roman Catholic Church

Phone: (718) 327-1133

Fax: (718) 327-3276

e-mail: [email protected]

Website:

www.saintsmaryandgertrude.org

Rev. Francis Shannon, Ext. 22 PARISH PASTORAL STAFF: Deacon Michael C. Moss

Deacon Adalberto Eddie Montero Deacon Rene Hernandez

PARISH ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF: Ms. Joanne Murray, Ext. 16

Ms. Carmen Macfie, Ext. 10 IN RESIDENCE:

Rev. Charles H. White, Ext. 18 Rev. David Bertolotti, Ext. 27 TRUSTEES:

Miguel Jimenez

Lillian Virginia Rountree

PASTORAL COUNCIL, CHAIR: Yvonne Hall

OFFICE OF FAITH FORMATION AND RELIGIOUS EDUCATION—Ext. 25

Deacon Michael Moss, Director, (917) 769-4496 Ms. Carmen Macfie, CCD

Mrs. Susan Singh-Smith , CCD

All children in grades 1-8 should be registered every year for Religious Education classes.

MUSIC DIRECTOR:

Mr. Joseph R. Villadiego, Ext. 24 SATURDAY EVENING MASSES: 5:00 p.m., 7:30 p.m. (Spanish) SUNDAY MASSES:

St. Mary: 8:15 AM, 11:30 AM (Spanish), 1:15 PM St. Gertrude: 9:30 AM Spanish & 11:00 AM English WEEKDAY MASSES:

12:10—Monday thru Friday 7:30 PM (in Spanish) - Fridays CONFESSIONS:

Saturdays 3:30 to 4:30 PM or by appointment.

MIRACULOUS MEDAL NOVENA: Mondays after the 12:10 Mass

EXPOSITION OF THE MOST BLESSED

SACRAMENT: First Sundays 2:30 - 3:30 PM and Every Friday 1:00 PM to 7:00 PM.

Rosary Society:1st & 4th Sundayof month after 8:15 &

9:45 Mass

LEGION DE MARIA: (Tres grupos) Lunes 7:30-9:00 PM - McKenna; Sábados 9:30-11:00 AM—Sta. Gertrudis; Jueves 10:30-12:00 PM - Sótano de la Rectoría

BAPTISMS: Baptisms are

scheduled for the Third Saturday of each month in Spanish and the Fourth Saturday of each month in English. Parents should call for an appointment with a priest to arrange for the baptism of child. Birth Certificate should be presented at this time.

MARRIAGES: Call the rectory for an appointment with a priest at least 6 months prior to the wedding.

SICK CALLS: Emergencies - ANY TIME. Home bound - call the rectory

BECOMING A CATHOLIC: The normal way for being received into full communion with the Catholic Church is through the R.C.I.A. Adults interested in being baptized, confirmed or making first communion should speak with a member of the parish staff to enroll

SWEET 15/16 BLESSINGS: We are happy to share in this special day. However, we can only bless those young women who are in, or have completed, their confirmation classes. There are no exceptions. Call the rectory for an appointment with a deacon or priest.

QUINCEAÑERAS: Ofrecemos las misas de bendición con mucha alegría. Sin embargo, bendecimos solo a las muchachas quienes están en las clases o quienes han recibido su confirmación. No hay excepciones. Favor de llamar a uno de los diáconos o sacerdotes para una cita.

CORO HISPANO: MIERCOLES 7:30 PM

CIRCULO DE ORACION CARISMATICO: J UEVES7:30 PM CURSILLO DE CRISTIANDAD: VIERNES 7:30 PM

CENÁCULO SACERDOTAL MARIANO: Rosario el 4to Domingo—11:00 A.M. en Santa Gertrudis

Youth Group: Saturdays 11:45 A.M.

St. Vincent De Paul Society: Contact the Rectory

Charismatic Prayer Group in English Mondays at 5:00 P.M.– 6:30 PM at St. Gertrude Church

Vocations Committee: please call the rectory

Sacred Heart Adoration in English: 2nd _{Sunday after the 8:15} A.M. Mass

Haitian Committee: 4th Sunday after the 1:15 P.M. Mass Nigerian Committee: 4th _{Sunday after the 8:15 A.M. Mass}

AA English: Thursdays 8:00 P.M. & Sundays 6:30 P.M. AA Spanish: Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays & Saturdays 8:00 P.M.

1920 New Haven Ave.

Seventh Sunday of Easter May 13, 2018 2 MASS INTENTIONS

The Sick: Mary McCabe Battles, Angel

Rodriguez, Frank Tassy, Derrick Herron, Kiara Velazquez, Julia Waldron and the homebound.

And the faithfully departed especially Edward Montero. Weekday Readings

Sun* Acts 1:15-17,20a,20c-26 * Ps 103:1-2 * Jn 17:11b-19

Mon * Acts 1:15-17,20-26 * Ps 113:1-8 * Jn 15:9-17

Tues * Acts 20:17-27 * Ps 68:10-11,20-21 * Jn 17:1-11a

Wed* Acts 20:28-38 * Ps 68:29-30,33-36b * Jn 17:11b-19

Thurs * Acts 22:30;23:6-11 * Ps 16:1-2a,5,7-11 * Jn 17:20-26

Fri * Acts 25:13b-21 * Ps 103:1-2,11-12,19-20b * Jn 21:15-19

Sat * Acts 28:16-20,30-31 * Ps 11:4-5,7 * Jn 21:20-25

Saturday, May 12, 2018 - St. Nereus & Achilleus

St. Pancras

5:00 pm - Silvia Mena (dec)

Magdalena Layson (dec)

Mother’s Day Novena

7:30 pm - Novena del Día de las Madres

Por los Sacerdotes

Rev. Juan Miguel Contreras (dec)

Pedro Claudio (dec)

Juan Francisco Melendez (dec)

Martha Beatriz Martinez (dec)

Carmen Cataño (dec)

Rafael Osiris Hernandez (dec)

Sulma Yadira Maldonado (sanación)

Alexia Santos Rivas (sanación)

Iris Colon (salud)

Sunday, May 13, 2018 – Seventh Sunday of Easter

8:15 am - Mother’s Day Novena

9:30 am - (St. Gertrude) Novena del Día de las Madres

11:00 am -

Mother’s Day Novena

11:30 am - Novena del Día de las Madres

1:15 pm - Mother’s Day Novena

Monday, May 14, 2018 - St. Matthias

12:10 pm - Mother’s Day Novena

Kathleen Kelly (dec)

7:00 pm - Pedro Claudio (dec)

Juan Francisco Melendez (dec)

Tuesday, May 15, 2018 - St. Isidore

12:10 pm - Thanksgiving to St. Anthony

Mother’s Day Novena

Juan Francisco Melendez (dec)

7:00 pm - Juan Francisco Melendez (dec)

Wednesday, May 16, 2018

12:10 pm - Kimberly Galluzzo (dec)

Francis Xavier Perissi (dec)

Mother’s Day Novena

7:00 pm - Dan Browne (salud)

Thursday, May 17, 2018

12:10 pm - Mary Murphy (dec)

Mother’s Day Novena

7:00 pm - Edward R. Montero (dec)

Friday, May 18, 2018

12:10 pm - Mother’s Day Novena

7:30 pm - Agustin Ixcotoyac (cumpleaños)

We Are A Tithing Community Following

God’s Plan for Giving

In return for the Lord’s generosity, our people

returned to His Church the following:

Offertory Collection

1st Collection last weekend - $5,661.00

Second Collection - $1,797.00

1st Collection 2017 - $4,530.00

“Our Weekly Offering is One Way of Saying: WE BELONG to

the Lord… And One Another. What Does YOUR Weekly Offering Say? Pray for His Guidance! THEN Make or Renew

Your Commitment to Tithing.

Altar Server Assignments for May 19 & 20, 2018

Sat. 5:00 PM - Christian Rodriguez, Isaiah Rodriguez,

Diana Rodriguez

Sun. 7:30 PM - Abigail Campo, Melissa Zarate, Aaliyah

Mayorga-Miranda

Sun. 8:15 AM - Adaora Madubuko, Tiffany Carcamo,

Genesis Carcamo

Sun. 9:30 AM - Patrice Benson Sun. 11:00AM - Joseph Santizo

Sun.11:30AM– Elsa Martinez, Michael Carcamo, Nataly Blanco, Ashely Rodriguez

Sun. 1:15 PM – Brandon Camo, Bryan Camo

Seventh Sunday of Easter

“Whoever drinks the water I shall give will never be

thirsty.” If you think the Lord may be inviting you to carry

on His mission as a priest, deacon or in the consecrated

life, contact the Vocation Office at (718) 827-2454 or

email: [email protected].

Seventh Sunday of Easter May 13, 2018 3

FROM THE PASTOR’S DESK

As I mentioned last week in our bulletin, Bishop DiMarzio really wants us to extend our church to accommodate more faithful in the pews. I have been investigating this possibility since I arrived. Fathers Fulgencio and Jim also had looked into this. It’s a daunting task. If you’re interested, here’s just a little (and I do mean a LITTLE) of what we’ve been told.

If we knock out the windows next to the children’s crying room – extending the church into the garden where the statue of St. Francis currently ‘resides’, this would cost about $250,000 – very rough estimate of course. And if we did this, we would only wind up adding about 46 extra seats. (Sorry, my opinion is that this is a terrible waste of money for basically NOTHING).

Another opinion from the architect is to take the benches and pews that we now have and ‘tighten them up’. In other words, we would push them even closer together...giving us another hundred or so seats. (My opinion is that I really dislike this suggestion. When I kneel in the bench, I have trouble be-cause my legs are long. And I’m not a very small person. However, let’s be honest, a great many of our kids are bigger than we were at their age. We’re talking about sardines in a can. ( I would rather stand!)

The last suggestion, at this point, comes from the Bishop himself. According to his calculations, since we have a school building that brings in some substantial rent (we clear about $250 thousand each year) then we could take out a loan and slowly pay it off. The idea would then be to knock down the entire brick wall and extend the church towards 20street. Or, if I’m not understanding perfectly, we would knock down the wall and extend the church out towards New Haven Avenue. Fa-ther Fulgencio and I estimate this at between three and five million dollars. We would be paying off that debt for the rest of my time here at St. Mary.

I’ll add more next week. However, if we did this – and took on the 5 million dollar debt, then all the work that we need to do would be impossible. I see so much work that we need to do on St. Gertrude Church and gym, as well as new microphones and some nice renovations at St. Mary. The new phone sys-tem which we are looking at is costly. I’ll publish the wiring part of that contract next week. All these little improvements would be greatly curtailed if we had a debt of that amount.

So, amigos, thanks for sharing in these ‘musings’. I’ll cer-tainly ask for your opinions with a census, as well as conferring with the parish council and finance committee. But I leave these thoughts with you that you might begin to discuss what the ‘sensus fidelium’ would suggest which direction the parish take.

May our Risen Lord guide us, as He guided the early church so beautifully,

Father Frank

DESDE EL ESCRITORIO DEL PASTOR

Mis buenos amigos,

Como mencioné la semana pasada en el boletín, el Obispo DiMarzio realmente quiere que ampliemos nuestra iglesia para acomodar más feligreses en los bancos. He estado investigando esta posibilidad desde que llegué. El Padre Fulgencio y el Padre Jim también habían investigado pero esta tarea es desalentadora. Si estás interesado en saber, aquí les pongo un poco (y en verdad es poco) de lo que nos han dicho.

Si sacamos las ventanas del cuarto para los niños, exten-diendo la iglesia al jardín donde actualmente reside la estatua de San Francisco, esto nos costaría alrededor de $250,000, calculando aproximadamente, por supuesto. Y si lo hiciéra-mos, solo terminaríamos agregando unos 46 asientos más. (Lo siento, mi opinión es que esto es una terrible pérdida de dinero, básicamente, NADA).

Otra opinión del arquitecto es juntar un poco más los bancos y reforzarlos'. En otras palabras, los acercaríamos aún más ... Y así tendríamos por lo menos cien asientos más . (Mi opinión es que realmente no me gusta esta sugerencia. Cuando me arrodillo en los bancos, tengo problemas porque mis piernas son largas. Y no soy una persona muy pequeña. Sin embargo, seamos honestos, muchos de nuestros niños son más grandes que nosotros a su edad. Estamos hablando de sardinas en lata. (¡Preferiría pararme!)

La última sugerencia, en este punto, proviene del propio Obispo. De acuerdo con sus cálculos, dado que tenemos un edificio escolar que genera una renta sustancial

(aproximadamente $250 mil al año), entonces podríamos sa-car un préstamo y pagarlo poco a poco. La idea sería derribar toda la pared de ladrillos y extender la iglesia hacia la Calle 20. O, si no estoy entendiendo perfectamente, derribaríamos la pared y extenderíamos la iglesia hacia New Haven Avenue. El Padre Fulgencio y yo estimamos este trabajo entre tres y cinco millones de dólares. Estaríamos pagando esa deuda por el resto de mi tiempo aquí en Sta. María. Pondré más la próxima semana. Sin embargo, si hiciéramos esto, y asumiéramos la deuda de 5 millones de dólares, entonces todo el trabajo que necesitamos hacer sería imposible. Hay mucho trabajo que hacer en el gimnasio y en la Iglesia de Sta. Gertrudis, así co-mo nuevos micrófonos y algunas renovaciones en Sta. María. El nuevo sistema telefónico que estamos viendo es costoso. Publicaré el contrato de la instalación de nuevos cables la próxima semana. Si adquirimos esta gran deuda, todas las otras pequeñas reparaciones serían imposibles.

Entonces, amigos, gracias por compartir estas 'reflexiones'. Ciertamente pediré sus opiniones con un censo, así como tam-bién vamos a consultarlo con el consejo parroquial y el comité de finanzas. Pero dejo estos pensamientos con ustedes para que comiencen a discutir qué es lo que el "censo" sugiere qué debamos hacer.

Que nuestro Señor Resucitado nos guíe, así como guio a la iglesia primitiva tan bien, Padre Frank

Seventh Sunday of Easter May 13, 2018 4

Mother’s Day Prayer

Loving God,

we thank you for the love of the

mothers you have given us,

whose love is so precious that it can never be

meas-ured, whose patience seems to have no end.

May we see your loving hand behind them and

guid-ing them.

We pray for those mothers who fear they will run out

of love or time, or patience.

We ask you to bless them with your own special love.

We ask this in the name of Jesus, our Lord.

Amen.

My good friends,

Once again, let me thank everyone who

made the Bishop’s visit to our parish such a

nice event. I think it might have been even

nicer if Bishop DiMarzio could have said the

last mass and made it bi-lingual. But we

had to work with his schedule. But clearly,

all the different groups during the mass and

at meeting in McKenna Hall made us ‘look

good’!

And as life goes, so does our church.

We have our highs and our lows. The day

after the Bishop’s visit – such a joyful day

for St. Mary-St. Gertrude – our Deacon Eddie and his wife

Carmen found their son in their home. Only God knows

the days and years allotted to us here on earth. Here is a

picture that I loved of Eddie when he was just a kid. As I

mentioned at this funeral mass, Eddie was always a

play-ful kid – and it seems that he never changed! Eddie was

always fun loving, generous, and in love with his family

(especially his children). So we pray that Eddie be

forev-er young in heaven. And may God bless our Deacon

Ed-die, Carmen and the entire Montero family in this difficult

hour.

Peace,

Father Frank

Mis queridos amigos,

Una vez más, quiero agradecer a todos los que

hicieron de la visita del Obispo a nuestra

parroquia un evento tan agradable. Creo que

podría haber sido aún mejor si el Obispo

DiMarzio hubiera podido decir la última misa y

hacerla bilingüe. Pero tuvimos que trabajar con

su horario. ¡Pero claramente, durante la misa y

en la reunión en McKenna Hall Santa María y

Santa Gertrudis brillaron como una estrella!

Mientras que la vida sigue, también lo hace

nuestra iglesia. Tenemos nuestros puntos

altos y nuestros puntos bajos. El día después

de la visita del Obispo, un día tan alegre para

Santa María y Santa Gertrudis: nuestro diácono Eddie y

su esposa Carmen encontraron a su hijo en su casa. Solo

Dios conoce los días y años que nos han sido asignados

aquí en la tierra. Aquí hay una foto que me encantó de

Eddie cuando era solo un niño. Como mencioné en su

misa funeraria, Eddie siempre fue un niño juguetón, ¡y

parece que nunca cambió! Eddie siempre fue divertido,

generoso y amó a su familia (especialmente a sus hijos).

Entonces oramos para que Eddie sea joven por siempre

en el paraíso. Que Dios bendiga a nuestro Diácono

Eddie, Carmen y toda la familia Montero en estos

momentos tan difícil.

La Paz,

Padre Frank

Oración por el Día de las

Madres

Dios Amando,

Te damos gracias por el amor de las madres que nos

has dado, cuyo hermoso amor no se puede medir,

cuya paciencia parece no tener fin.

Te pedimos que Tu mano amorosa este con ellas

para guiarlas siempre. Oremos por aquellas madres

que temen que se les acabará el amor o el tiempo, o

la paciencia.

Te pedimos que las bendigas con Tu amor especial.

Lo pedimos en el nombre de Jesús, nuestro Señor.

Seventh Sunday of Easter May 13, 2018 5

2018 Annual Catholic Appeal Prayer

God and Father of all gifts, we praise you,

the source of all we are. Teach us to

acknowledge always with generous

gratitude the many good things your infinite love

has given us, as we support the work

of our Diocese in Brooklyn and Queens.

Open our hearts that we may answer your call to follow

the message of the Gospel as disciples

in love and service, so that all may come to know you.

We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ,

your Son, who lives and reigns with you

and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.

Amen

Parish Goal: $47,883.00

ACA official numbers as of May 6, 2018 Total No. of commitments: 50 Total Amount Pledged: $23,987.00 ACA In-Pew Results at weekend masses

Total No. of new commitments: 47 Total No. of New Pledges: $7,705.00

Generations of Faith Update

There is no monthly update for the GOF Diocesan Goal: $445,000.00

Total number of Pledges: (Total de promesas) 180 Total amount Pledged: $636,498.00

Total Paid to Date: $150,927.12

REMEMBER: we have 5 years to complete our contributions.

The Generations of Faith campaign officially ends in 2022.

Oración de la Campaña Anual Católica

Dios y Padre de todos los dones, te

alabamos, fuente de todo lo que somos.

Enséñanos a reconocer siempre con generosa gratitud,

las muchas cosas buenas que nos ha dado tu amor

infinito, mientras apoyamos el trabajo de nuestra Diócesis

en Brooklyn y Queens.

Abre nuestros corazones para que podamos responder a

tu llamado para seguir el mensaje del Evangelio como

discípulos en amor y servicio, para que

todos puedan conocerte.

Te lo pedimos por nuestro Señor Jesucristo, tu Hijo,

quien vive y reina contigo y el Espíritu Santo,

un Dios, por los siglos de los siglos. Amen

TALLER PARA MINISTROS LAICOS DE LITURGIA, MÙSICOS Y TODOS LOS INTERESADOS – Se ofrecerá en

el Instituto Nacional de Liturgia el viernes, 1 de junio en St. Nicholas of Tolentine, (Unión Tpke. Y Parsons Blvd., Jamaica de 7 a 9 P.M. El padre Juan Sosa, presidente del Instituto y María Pérez de Miami serán los presentadores. Llame al Diacono Jorge Castillo al 718-281-9677 o [email protected] para registrarse. ¡La entrada es gratuita!

Me gustaría agradecer a todas las personas que genero-samente hicieron su compromiso con la Campaña Anual

Católica del 2018 en nuestra parroquia. Durante nuestra solicitud desde los bancos en el fin de

semana del 5 y 6 de mayo del 2018, 51 de nuestros feligreses se comprometieron generosamente

por un total de $8,150.00.

Si todavía está considerando dar una donación, por favor llene con su información el sobre de donación localizado a la entrada de la iglesia y entregar antes del 28 de Mayo para lograr nuestra meta de $47,883.00 antes del verano.

I would like to thank all those generous individuals who

have made a pledge to the 2018 Annual Catholic

Appeal at our parish.

During our In Pew weekend of May 5-6, 2018, 51

parishioners generously made commitments for a total

of $8,150.00.

If you are still considering your donation, please

com-plete a donation envelop at the entrance of the church

and hand it in by May 28

_{so that we can reach our goal}

of $47,883.00 before the Summer begins!

Meta Parroquial: $47,883.00 No. Oficial de ACA hasta Mayo 6, 2018

No. Total de promesas: 50 Cantidad Total de promesas: $23,987.00 Desde los bancos en las misas del fin de semana

No. Total de nuevas promesas: 47 Cantidad Total de nuevas promesas: $7,705.00