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SACRED HEARTS & ST. STEPHEN R.C.CHURCH
WWW.SacredHearts-StStephen.com
Rectory: 108 Carroll Street
Brooklyn, N.Y 11231
718-596-7750 tel
718-260-9233 fax
REV. MSGR. GUY A. MASSIE
Pastor
SR. ROSALIND PICCIANO, CSJ
718-596-0880
Director of Religious Education
JOHN HEYER, II
Pastoral Associate
JAMES LAKE
Parish Organist
EVELYN TROESTER
Choir Director
ROSE MARIE FOGLIA
Administrator
ANDREW DI MANSO
Sacristan
MICHAEL J. ENG
DONALD J. GLOCKNER, JR.
Parish Trustees and Advisors
St. Stephen’s – Founded 1866
Sacred Hearts of Jesus & Mary
Founded 1882
MASSES ON SUNDAYS:
8:00 AM (Summer Only) 10:00 AM & 11:45 AM
5:30 PM on Saturday
MASSES ON WEEKDAYS:
Monday 12:00 Noon
Tuesday thru Saturday 8:30 AM
CONFESSIONS:
Saturdays 4:45 P.M. as well as By Appointment.
For Holiday and Special Mass Schedules, please call
the Rectory and press extension number 4 for specific
details.
BAPTISMS:
Every third Sunday at 1:30 PM.
Please call a month before to make arrangements.
SICK CALLS:
Please call and arrange for the sacrament of anointing whenever anyone is seriously ill.
MARRIAGES:
Please call the rectory at least 6 months ahead for
an appointment with a Priest.
WELCOME:
Adults who are interested in learning more about
or joining the Catholic Faith please call the rectory. Adults who have not completed the sacraments of initiation (Eucharist and/or Confirmation)
please call the rectory.
ON LINE & CREDIT CARD GIVING: WWW.DONATIONPATH.COM
RECTORY OFFICE HOURS
Monday thru Thursday 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Office closed on Saturday & Sunday
No evening hours at the present time.
IF YOU WISH TO SEE A PRIEST, PLEASE TELEPHONE FOR AN APPOINTMENT
PLEASE REMEMBER SACRED HEART & ST. STEPHEN’S CHURCH IN YOUR WILL.
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DATES TO REMEMBER THIS WEEK
Monday
MON.
12:00
TUE.
8:30
WED.
8:30
JANUARY 20, 2014
Vincent Villanella
BY: The Reca Family
JANUARY 21, 2014
In Thanksgiving for
Blessings Received through the
Intercession of O L of Mt. Carmel
BY: Angie
Tuesday
January 21st Mass at 8:30 AM
January 21st Staff Meeting
4:00 PM Parish House
Wednesday
January 22nd Mass at 8:30 AM
January 22nd 3:30 PM CCD/RCIA
RH
January 22nd Choir Practice
Children @ 5:30 PM Church
January 22nd Choir Practice
Adults @ 6:45 PM Church
JANUARY 22, 2014
Anthony & Rose Comi
BY: M/M Joseph Ringston
THURS. JANUARY 23, 2014
8:30 Frank Agosta
BY: Wife & Family
FRI.
8:30
BY:
January 20th Mass at Noon
January 20th Finance Meeting
@ 7:00 PM Parish House
January 20th Rosarian Meeting
@ 7:30 PM Rectory Hall
JANUARY 24, 2014
Caterina Deserio
Her Sister Anna
JANUARY 25, 2014
Karen Pabon
BY: Her First Grade Teacher
Gertrude
5:30 PM Anthony Comi
BY: M/M Andrew Schiano-Moriello
Thursday
January 23rd Mass at 8:30 AM
January 23rd K of C Council
@ 8:00 PM Rectory Hall
Friday
Saturday
January 25th Mass at 8:30 AM
January 25th Virtus Preparation
for all Volunteers of Parish
@ 9:30 AM Rectory Hall
January 25th Confessions
@ 4:45 PM Church
January 25th Mass at 5:30 PM
January 25th K of C
Nite at the Races @ 7:00 PM RH
SAT.
8:30
SUN.
8:00
10:00
11:45
JANUARY 26, 2014
Joseph F. Sgro
BY: Children, Grandchildren &
Great Grandchildren
Joseph Sellitto
BY: Grandchildren
Dr. Maria Musarella
BY: A Friend
January 24th Mass at 8:30 AM
Sunday
January 26th Mass at 8:00 AM
January 26th Mass at 10:00 AM
January 26th CCD, etc. 11:00 AM
CH, RH, RRR, Parish House
January 26th Mass at 11:45 AM
K OF C NITE AT THE RACES
On Saturday, 1/25 the Knights are holding a Nite at
the Races in Cabrini Hall. Admission is free. There
will be 7 races and the 1st race is at 7:15 PM. All
are welcome. This is a fund raiser for both the
Knights and our Parish. Please come and support
this event. Thank you.
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Please remember in your prayers the members
of our parish and community who are ill,
hospitalized or in nursing home care, most
especially:
Jonelle Bernardo, Vicky Puglise,
Kevin Sheehan,
Raj Sandu,
Michelle Laquercia. Antionette DiBuglione,
Dolly Vergona,
Philip Saraceno
Angelo Vergona
Maria Abdo
Joan Natale
Filomena Peruffo
Frances Forte
Altar Bread and Wine for the
week of 1/19/14 has been
donated
In Memory of
THOMAS “BRUNI” BRUNO
BY: WIFE DOLORES & FAMILY
ON LINE & CREDIT CARD GIVING
Our Parish is stepping into the 21st Century! All registered
Parishioners should have already received information regarding
on-line and credit card giving. This is a wonderful way to make
weekly offerings and also to give to special campaigns. We ask
that you take a look at this information and seriously consider
joining this wonderful program. It will benefit both you as the
Parishioner and the Parish as well. For anyone who is not
registered with the Parish (and we encourage you to do so)
information regarding this new program may be found in the
back of our church or by calling the Rectory Office To date we
are happy to report that thirteen parishioners have already signed
up for this program. It’s fast, simple and beneficial. Please
check out the site www.donationpath.com.
TAX STATEMENTS FOR 2014
Please be advised that we are working very diligently to
make available the 2014 tax statements for your most kind
contributions to our Church. We have a new software
program we are still navigating and expect to have these
statements ready as soon as possible. Please bear with us
and look in future bulletins as to when they will be
available.
Also, kindly note, statements are not
automatically mailed to all parishioners. Should you
require a statement of contributions, you may call the
Rectory and speak with Rose Marie Foglia. Kindly have
your envelope number available. While the statements are
not yet ready, we will take your name and parish number
and mail the statement to you before January 31st. Thank
you for your understanding and cooperation as we work to
accomplish this.
POTLUCK
catholicism
Please be advised that our Pot Luck
Catholicism sessions have concluded
for the Advent Season. Keep reading the bulletin for
details regarding upcoming events.
DECEMBER FINANCIALS
Sat/Sun Collections: $16,733.00
$31,119.08
Expenses
Deficit:
$14,386.08
On line contributions for month
totaled $1,935.00. This figure is not just for Sunday.
It includes all categories:i.e. flowers, fuel, maintenance
etc.
TRIP TO SEE MOSES AT SIGHT & SOUND
THEATRE IN LANCASTER, PA.
We are very excited to announce our Parish will
be going to see the brand new show Moses at the
Sight & Sound Theatre in Lancaster, PA on
Wednesday, April 23, 2014. This all new
production is truly an experience in both
spectacle and story. Witness the golden splendor
of ancient Egypt and the oppression of the
Hebrew slaves. Meet the humble, broken man
whom God raises to become their deliverer.
Travel with Moses on his quest for personal
identity that changes the course of history.
Experience God’s awe-inspiring power in the
center of the Red Sea. Feel the celebration of the
Israelites as they brush past you on their path to
freedom. Ticket prices for adults are $130.00
and for children $105.00. We have the same
seats we had for the Miracle of Christmas. Our
first stop on this trip will be Bird in Hand
Farmers Market, then to the show which begins at
2:45 PM. Our day ends with supper at the Good
& Plenty Restaurant we have all become so fond
of. As you know, tickets for these shows go
quickly and are limited. Make your reservations
early and join in the fun. Any questions may be
directed to Rose Marie Foglia at the Rectory.
Dear Parish Family:
“Behold the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world.”
“You are my servant... I will make a light to the nations....”
Today’s first reading and Gospel are illustrated in our church. If you look at the
base of our altar, you will see a mosaic of a lamb holding a cross on which is displayed a white
banner with a red cross. If you look at our tabernacle when the solid door is open, usually
during communion time, you will see the inner door of the tabernacle. On this inner door you
will see a painting of the lamb seated on a book. The book, although closed, displays seven
ribbons. In chruch art, the lamb represents Christ. The book represents the Word of God and
the ribbons, the seven sacraments. The Cross drapped with white banner represents victory over
death. Lambs were sacrificed in the ancient world and there are no longer existing temples in
Jerusalem as sin offerings. In the story of Passover in the Book of Exodus, it was the blood of
the sacrificed lamb which saved the Israelites from death, as the Angel of Death passed over
their houses in ancient Egypt. Today’s readings from the Gospel and Isaiah outline the ministry
of Jesus. Jesus is both servant and lamb of God. Jesus takes upon himself the sins of the world
as he faithfully serves us and God. Being the light of the world, which the darkness has not
extinguished, Christ will be seen as the Servant of God who brings redemption.
Jesus is seen as the Servant of God par excellence. He is the archetype of all servants of God.
In the Book of the Prophet Isaiah from Chapter 49-52, we find the servant of God passages.
Scholars have held many interpretations as to the identiy of the Servant of God. The servant is
seen by some as the Isarelites collectively. Others see the servant as the prophet who stands
behind this Isaiah tradition. Still others see these passages as referring to the Messiah. It is
possible perhaps to see all three interpretations as operative in these servant passages. These
passages have been used since the beginning of Christianity to describe Jesus and his ministry.
Early Christianity saw these passages illustrated in the Life, Death and Resurrection of Jesus. In
the Gospel, Jesus will say of himself “that the Son of Man came to serve and be served.”\
We see Jesus as servant throughout his ministry but particularly in the Passion Narratives. The
servant empties himself for the sake of those being served. Jesus washes the feet of the disciples.
In this act he symbolically empties himself which he would graphically do in his death for the
redemption of the world. It will be his faithfulness to his mission that will cause his death and
heal our unfaithfulness.
If Jesus takes to himself the title of Servant and if Jesus is the Lamb of God who takes away the
sins of the world, what then should the ministry of the church be? If we the Body of Christ are
baptized into Christ, our role too is one of servant not of power. Clergy, religious and lay
Ministers are not in roles of honor or power, but of service. Imitating Christ the servant will save
us from thinking of ourselves as people of power.
Msgr. Guy A. Massie
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RIGHT TO LIFE
On Wednesday, January 22nd thousands of Catholics if not millions will go to Washington D C to oppose
abortion and speak out for the right of the unborn. We support these people and pray with them and for them.
All attacks on life are wrong and sinful. While abortion is the cornerstone or the kernel or the symbol to all life
issues, it will help connect this issue to other life issues which may not be so obvious. If we are against abortion,
we must also be against all violence which endangers life. Violence comes in many forms: domestic violence
which sends many woman and children to the hospital is not acceptable. No man or woman should strike each
other no matter what the stress level. No child should be exposed to seeing his/her parent as a victim of
violence. If we are against violence, we must be outraged by the lack of Gun control laws which seems to
prevade many states in our country. If we are for life, than all acts of terrorism, killing of children and teachers at
several schools in the recent past, the killing of people at shopping malls and acts of terrorism in our country or
any other place are to be seen as crimes against humanity. If we are for life, then we are called to defend life in
all of its stages: the unborn, the newly born, children, the young, the middle-aged, the elderly and the terminally
ill. If we reverence life than we are to see the value of life as found in the terminally ill. If we reverence life, than
we are to see the value of life as found in people of special needs in all levels. If life is valued, we also must stand
against the death penalty since this too violates not only the life of the convicted but our own life principle.
In the celebration of the Incarnation, God takes on our humanity. It is through our humanity that Christ acts in
the Body of Christ the Church. Attacks on Life shatter the Icon of Christ found in you and in me.
Cari Parrocchiani
“Ecco l’Agnello di Dio che toglie I peccati del mondo”
“Sei il mio servo….Sarai luce per le nazioni…”
La prima lettura di oggi e il Vangelo sono ambiamente illustrate nella nostra chiesa.Se guardate alla base dell’altare , potete notare il
mosaico di un agnello che sostiene una croce con una fascia rossa drappeggiata.Se guardate la porta interna del tabernacolo,
usualmente aperta durante la comunione, potete notare la pittura di un agnello posto sopra un libro.Il libro anche se chiuso racchiude
sette nastri. Nell’arte Sacra l’agnello rappresenta Cristo, il libro rappresenta la Parola di Dio , i sette nastri rappresentano i
Sacramenti, la Croce drappeggiata con il lino bianco rappresenta la vittoria di Cristo sulla morte. L’agnello veniva sacrificato come
pentimento dei peccati nell’antica Gerusalemme, questo rito non e’piu` in uso. Nel libro dell’Esodo, nella storia della Passover fu il
sangue dell’agnello sacrificato che salvo` gli Israeliti nel passaggio dell’angelo della morte nell’antico Egitto. Oggi tutte e due le
letture deliniano il ministero di Cristo. In tutte e due e` servo ed agnello di Dio. Gesu` si carica su` se stesso i peccati del mondo e
fedelmente ci presenta a Dio.Come luce del mondo , la cui oscurita`non puo` essere estinta, rappresenta il Servo fedele che redime
il mondo.
Gesu` rappresenta il Servo di Dio per eccellenza.Lui e` il prototipo di tutti i servi di Dio. Nel capitolo 49-50 dal libro del Profeta
Isaia troviamo il passaggio che descrive il Servo di Dio. Gli studiosi hanno dato differenti intepretazioni a questo passaggio . Alcuni
si riferiscono al popolo Israelita, altri condividono il concetto di Isaia, altri vedono in esso riferimento alla venuta del messia. Per noi
Cristiani racchiude in esso tutte e tre le interpretazioni nella persona di Cristo e la descrizione del suo ministero. I primi Cristiani
hanno visto questi passaggi illustrate nella Vita, Morte e Resurrezione di Gesu`.Nel Vangelo Cristo si definisce come “ il Figlio
dell’Uomo che e` venuto per servire ed essere servito.”
Notiamo Gesu` come servo attraverso il suo ministero, particolarmente nella storia della Passione. Il servo sacrifice se stesso per il
bene di coloro che serve.Cristo lava i piedi ai discepoli, in questo atto simpolico umilia se stesso che successivamente sacrifichera`
con la Sua morte come redenzione del mondo. Sara` fedele alla sua missione, che sara` causa della Sua morte ma nello stesso tempo
redenzione per la nostra infedelta`.
Se Gesu` si definisce il Servo di Dio e se Gesu` e` l’Agnello di Dio che toglie i peccati del mondo,quale dunque deve essere il
ministero della chiesa? Noi che siamo stati battezzati in Cristo e rappresentiamo il suo Corpo, il nostro ruolo deve essere di servizio
non di potere.Tutti coloro che sono ordinati sia religiosi o ministri laici, non debbono pensare di occupare un posto di potere e onore
ma di servizio. Emulando Cristo , il Servo per eccellenza , ci deve dissuadere a ritenerci persone di potere.
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