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SACRAMENT OF PENANCE Saturdays: Msgr. Ryan Hall - 4:00 p.m. to 4:45 p.m.

Also by appointment

SACRAMENT OF MATRIMONY The Church provides certain times and preparation

for weddings. Please contact the Rectory at least six

months in advance to begin the process.

REGISTRATION Every family and person within the parish is

encouraged to register with the Parish.

SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM Celebrated on the 2nd Sunday of the month at 1:30

p.m. In July and August Baptism will be celebrated

at 12:30 p.m. A required Baptism preparation

meeting for parents meets on the first Monday of the

month at 8:00 p.m. Godparents are welcome. Please

register in advance for the class and Baptism.

Godparent Pre-Requisites: Godparents must be

practicing Catholics in good standing, 16 years of

age or older, Baptized and Confirmed Catholic.

ON BECOMING A CATHOLIC Those seeking information about the Catholic Faith

are invited to contact Fr. Valentine at the Rectory at

621-2222.

CARE OF THE SICK Please notify the Rectory and Human Concerns

Ministries if there is anyone seriously ill so that we

can provide spiritual care.

THE MASS INTENTIONS FOR THE WEEK

Celebrants* Lectors

Sat

5:00 pm Fr. Johnny Mendonca Volunteer Needed

Sun 7:30 am

Fr. Johnny Mendonca Mary Doran

9:00 am Fr. Johnny Mendonca Rita Botensten

11:00 am Fr. Johnny Mendonca Cathy Vanatta

Celebrants for the Weekend of

July 24/25:

* Subject to last minute changes.

Sunday, July 18: SIXTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME 7:30 a.m. People of the Parish 9:00 a.m. Marcella Sullivan by John & Eileen Moran 11:00 a.m. Patrick Brea by Savoire Faire Salon Jeanette & Thomas P. DiNapoli by Thomas & James DiNapoli Marianne Langone by Kathleen Friend Richard & Maryann O’Hara by Dolores & Richard O’Hara

Monday, July 19: Weekday 9:00 a.m. Patti Moylan by Dolores & Richard O’Hara Tuesday, July 20: Weekday 9:00 a.m. John Ferrigno, 4th Anniversary by Ronnie, Maryann and Family

Wednesday, July 21: Weekday 9:00 a.m. Angelina & Henry Cerrito by Peter & Ellie Cerrito

Thursday, July 22: St. Mary Magdalene 9:00 a.m. Mass of Thanksgiving by Dolores & Richard O’Hara

Friday, July 23: Weekday 9:00 a.m. Catherine Wirtz by Mary Scorsese

Saturday, July 24: Weekday 5:00 p.m. Richard Gregorski by Dolores & Artie Stella & John Juliski by The Family Jeffrey Kalenka by Dina & Paul Ditrano & Family

Sunday, July 25: SEVENTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME 7:30 a.m. People of the Parish 9:00 a.m. Brian Abbondandelo, 5th Anniversary by Thomas & James DiNapoli 11:00 a.m. Lorraine Buckland by Dolores & Richard O’Hara Anthony Grau by Joan Grau Jennifer & Jason Ferreira on the Occasion of their 13th Wedding Anniversary Nicanor Papa, Jr. by Linda Ednalino

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2021 CATHOLIC MINISTRIES APPEAL

St. Mary’s Parish Assessed Goal

65,200.00

Amount Raised to Date 30,595.00

Numbers of Gifts and/or Pledges 84

Percentage of Goal

46.92%

John Andresen Bob Boeshore

Lillian Boeshore Kathleen Capuano

Leo Cempa Pat Cempa

Mary Ann Cifarelli Barbara Coe

Rebekah Cole Virginia Connors

Emma Cook Kevin Cronin Paul Cronin

John Damiano Linda De Stio

John Paul DiNonno James Dougherty

Eric DuBois Elizabeth Fenamore

Natalie Finamore Noel Glen

Stephen Grabher Kamlesh Gupta

Ida Kelly Christine Kenney

Maria Kim Douglas Knehr

Anne Krukowski Frank Krukowski

Richard Malon Jonathan Mannina Stuey Manzione

Tom McCormack Freida Navarro Victoria Oxer

Justin Paradine Marion Prendergast

Jenna Reggio Roy Rodrigues Elizabeth Stein

Charles Strecker Clotida Vecchione Jacqueline Verde

Anne Wright Mary Wybaillie

PLEASE PRAY FOR THE SICK

READINGS FOR SUNDAY, JULY 18, 2021 Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

First Reading: Jeremiah 23:1-6 Second Reading: Ephesians 2:13-18

Gospel: Mark 6:30-34

FOCUS: Offer your gift, however inadequate, with

thanksgiving, trusting the power of God.

Today’s sign from John’s Gospel, the feeding of the five

thousand, shows the power of God. The boy gave five

loaves and two fish. It was a small amount, but it was all

he had. Jesus took the loaves and gave thanks, and God

provided food for many. We, too, can benefit from these

three steps: Offer what we have. Give thanks. Expect

God to act.

LITURGY OF THE WORD: In today’s first reading,

Elisha the prophet directs his protesting servant to give

his barley loaves to the people to eat. The Lord

multiplies this offering and feeds a hundred people, with

some left over. Paul urges the Ephesians to live in

humility, working to preserve unity. In the Gospel,

Jesus feeds five thousand people with five barley loaves

and two fish.

Readings for next week, July 25: Seventeenth Sunday in

Ordinary Time: 2 Kgs 4:42-44; Ephesians 4:1-6; John 6:1-

15; From Liturgical Commission Publishing, Lansing, MI

FOSTERING STEWARDSHIP AS A WAY OF LIFE

...AND FOR THOSE WHO HAVE DIED

Susan A. Hancock & Leslie Anthony Abbondandelo

Fr. Lauder’s Catholic Novel

Fr. Lauder’s Series of 50 lectures on the Catholic Novel, each 15 minutes long,

are available on YouTube

PARISH SACRIFICIAL GIVING

As Christians, we know the joy and love of being

followers of Jesus Christ. Share that joy with others

this week. Reach out to an old friend to check in on

them or do something extra special for a loved one.

Parish Sacrificial Giving Summary

Thank you for your continued sacrificial gifts to St.

Mary’s.

Sunday Offertory July 10/11 $4,935.00*

Same Week Last Year 7,426.00**

Mass Attendance for July 10/11, 2021 375

Same Week Last Year 236***

*Does not include Faith Direct

** Includes mail-in contributions

***Mass Attendance at 50% capacity under Covid

19 guidelines

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THE PASTOR’S PAGE

Dear Friends:

This week the Church celebrates the Feast of St. Mary Magdalene who, for all the confusion

surrounding her identity, plays an essential role in the life of Our Lord. Depending upon whom one

chooses to believe, she is the sister of Martha and Lazarus from Bethany, the sinful woman caught in

adultery, a courtesan or, according to more sensational flights of fancy, the romantic interest of our

Lord. There is no basis in Scripture for any of this. What we do know is that Jesus cast out from her

seven devils, that she supplied him with material support, stood by him at the foot of the cross, was the

first to whom he appeared and, finally, acted as the “Apostle to the Apostles,” informing them of his

Resurrection. She embodies many aspects of Christian living: first-hand experience of God’s

redemptive grace, generous service, loyalty in the face of public scorn, love transcending death, and

witness to the real presence of the Lord.

There is so much food for reflection in the Scriptures for the Feast that it’s difficult to know where to

begin. The first reading from the Song of Songs was probably a love poem composed for the wedding of

a royal couple. Filled with beautiful imagery, this sacred book was variously interpreted as an allegory

for the love of God toward his people, Christ for his Church, and also Christ for the individual soul,

particularly a female religious. Divine love, of course, transcends romantic love, but is analogous to it;

both imply intense devotion; the Beloved even “thirsts” for Lover (the psalm). St. Paul adds that in light

of the Resurrection, our union with the Lord is not “according to the flesh,” that is, by way of the senses,

but through faith.

The details of Jesus’ appearance to Mary in the Gospel are noteworthy. In her grief, Mary wants things

to return to the way they were, with Jesus once again physically present. Curiously, she comes face to

face with him, but fails to recognize him, at least visually. But recall that the Lord, the Good Shepherd,

says of himself: “My sheep hear my voice, I know them, and they follow me (John 10:27).” St. John

Chrysostom remarks that beholding the full force of Jesus’ divinity “would have stupefied Mary. She

was not to be lifted suddenly, but gradually to high things.” And so, Jesus speaks her name, as only he

can, and she grasps his presence. I say “grasp,” because she literally attempts to take hold of him, and he

responds with the famous words: “Do not touch me.” (Noli me tangere.) Jesus is not giving her the

brush off. As Augustine tells us, “Touch is as it were the end of knowledge,” but there is more to come.

Jesus chooses to be present in a deeper way: through the experience of grace. (Today’s world, starved of

touch, should take note.) Finally, Jesus tells her that he is going “to my Father and your Father, to my

God and your God.” He uses the pronouns “my” and “your,” when he might have said “our.” Augustine

explains, God is Jesus’ Father “by nature, but ours by grace.”

This wonderful interplay between the human and the divine is obvious in today’s artwork, Antonio da

Correggio’s 1525 masterpiece Noli Me Tangere, based on today’s gospel. The artist’s biographer notes

that he never had the opportunity to study in Rome, and yet “no one ever handled colors better than he,

and no craftsman ever painted with greater delicacy, such was the softness of his flesh−painting, and

such the grace with which he finished his works.” As flesh yields to spirit, Mary progresses by divine

love, past the appearance of a gardener to the Risen Lord. May we who must make a similar passage

reap the same reward.

Faithfully,

Fr. Valentine

THE PASTOR’S PAGE

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Responsorial Psalm

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Offertory Hymn

Eye Has Not Seen

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Recessional Hymn: O God, Our Help in Ages Past

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CAPT Brendan Echausse

COL Daniel Friend

SGT Joseph M. Friend

LCdr Christian R. Foschi

CAPT Daniel Grabher

PFC Steven Hyyti

CAPT David Jacobs

SK1 John D. Klick

PFC Michael P. Lanciki

MAJOR Eric W. Lipp

Cpl Caitlin Lyons

LT. Dennis Mackin

Cpl Tommy Mozer

SGT Julio Ortiz II

LCpl Jonathan Peres

GSGT Jonathan Porto

LT James Raphael

PVT Michael Starczewski

SGT Luke Whitting

RCT Jordan J. Williams

Lord, hold these men and women in your loving hands and protect them as they protect

us and bless them for their self-forgetting acts. We pray for peace in our world and an

end to war. Amen.

REMEMBERING THOSE WHO SERVE

PARISH REGISTRATION REQUEST

I/we would like to register in the parish of St. Mary’s. Please send me a Parish Census to complete so I can become a parishioner of St. Mary’s. Please send my Census to: NAME:__________________________________ ADDRESS:_______________________________ ________________________________________ PHONE:_________________________________ E-MAIL: _________________________________

Please return to the Rectory Office or place in the collection basket.

SAVE THE DATE:

The Knights of Columbus will be

celebrating the 100th Anniversary of the

John Mackay Council at the 11:00 a.m.

Mass on Sunday, October 3, 2021. All

Knights and their families are welcome, as

well as all members of the parish.

Reception and further details to follow.

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED

ST. FRANCIS HOSPITAL

Anyone interested in joining our

team of volunteers please contact

Kimberley Arlotta,

Director of Volunteer Services

516 562-6106

Saint Mary’s

Religious Education Program

Attention Parents:

All children entering First Grade in

September and new families that have moved

into our parish are required to register for

Saint Mary’s Religious Education program for

the school year 2021-2022.

Registration form can be downloaded from

website –stmarysroslyn.com. Please call Nora

Toal at the Religious Education Office 516-

621-6798 for further information or email

stmarysreled440@gmail.com. A copy of your

child’s Baptismal Certificate is required with

the registration form.

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