Our Northeast Bronx Vicariate 35th Annual Marian Day Celebration is:

Sunday, May 7th at 4:30pm

at St. Lucy’s Scala Santa Bronxwood & Mace Avenues, The Bronx

Celebrant: Very Rev. Brendan A. Fitzgerald

Dean of the Northeast Bronx

Theme: Celebrating Mary as…. Our Lady of Fatima

Light refreshments will be provided afterward in St. Lucy’s school hall.

Bus Sign-up available in the vestibule of Main Church (Bus will leave at 3:30pm)

Tithing & Stewardship

Weekly Goal - $18,000

April 23rd $14,744.65 St. Vincent de Paul $ 3,945.00

Thank you for your contributions

Do you know about e-giving to the parish? E-giving is short hand for electronic giving.

It is a method of sending your weekly donation to the parish via electronics rather than the traditional weekly offertory

envelope. (If you use E-Z Pass you know what it is).

You can register online or the parish can give you a form to authorize the parish to withdraw donations directly from

your bank account or credit card which in turn gets deposited directly into the church account.

Advantages are many. Two easy ways to register 1. You simply go to www.parishpay.com and follow the prompts to register yourself. 2. You can pick up a registration form at the rectory office and we can do it for you.

2017 Cardinals Annual Appeal

WE ARE NEARLY THERE….Please help us reach our goal. If you would like to make your gift, please fill out a pledge card located in the vestibule and either mail it to the Appeal office or submit it to the parish. You can also pledge online at www.cardinalsappeal.org. Thank you for your support of the Appeal and please pray for its success at our parish.

Thank you for the continued sacrifice!

MARK YOUR CALENDAR

PARISH MAY CROWNING

Sunday May 14th, (Mother’s Day)

following the 10:30am Mass.

Our First Holy Communion families are especially asked to reserve this time. We will process from Mass to Grotto Plaza for the

ceremony. All are invited!

THIRD SUNDAY OF EASTER April 30, 2017

Annual Marian Day Celebration

The Woodlawn Heights Taxpayers & Community Association will have their next monthly meeting on Monday, May 8th in the Elementary School Cafeteria at 7:30pm. Dr. Melissa Iammatteo, MD- Allergy and Immunology Fellow from Montefiore Einstein Medical Center will speak on an important health issue: asthma. Come and learn the facts about developments in our neighborhood and meet your elected representatives. Bring a friend, meet a neighbor, make a new friend.

Bread and Wine Memorials All 60 daily Masses in one month $100.00 All 8 Sabbath weekend Masses in one week $ 75.00 Four Sabbath weekend Masses in one month $ 50.00 All 15 daily Masses in one week $ 25.00 One Sabbath Weekend Mass in one week $ 15.00 Sanctuary Lamp Memorial Weekly $10.00

Gifts Of Bread and Wine & Sanctuary Lamp MAY 60 Daily Masses - In Memory of Patrick Moran

Requested by: The Welcome Table of St. Barnabas

Sanctuary Lamp - For the Intentions of Kathleen McCannon and James McCannon and Family

Saint Barnabas parish will be celebrating

Deacon Vincent Laurato 40th Anniversary of his ordination to the Diaconate

on Sunday, May 21st

at the 11:45am Mass in the Main Church.

The Mass will be followed by a light reception in the High School Cafeteria.

Please join us!

BAPTISM INSTRUCTION CLASSES Parents wishing to have their child baptized at Saint Barnabas must attend one of the classes that are held normally on the second and fourth Monday of each month prior to arranging the child’s baptism. The classes are at 8:00 pm the Considine Center (Room 1-6)

Registration for the class is required. The next class will be held on Monday, May 8th.

To register, please call the rectory office at (718) 324-1478 ext 0 The Friends of Troop 102 send A BIG THANK YOU to all who attended and donated to help make our Wine Tasting and Craft Beer Event a great success. Your generosity helps our Scouts climb higher mountains, camp in amazing places, adventure to new venues, and they appreciate your continued support. Thank you once again for helping make our fundraiser a rousing success!

The Altar Rosary will attend the 9:00am Mass on Sunday, May 7th, in the Main Church followed by recitation of the scriptural rosary and then a meeting in the high school cafeteria. Any questions, please call MaryDee McMahon at 914-237-7709.

YOUNG ADULT MASS We invite all young adults in their 20's and 30's (little ones welcome!) to join us for our Young Adult Mass which takes place normally on the First Sunday of the month at the 5:00pm in the Main Church. The Mass is followed by a social at The Heritage Restaurant on McLean Avenue. Check out our Facebook Page for more info: facebook.com/groups/yonkersbronxyoungadults/.

The food collection is this weekend (April 29th & 30th). Please drop off all donations at the High School cafeteria. The food will be collected after the 1:00pm Mass. Many thanks again for your generosity. Girl Scout Troop #1794 will be selling cookies after all the masses this weekend, Saturday April 29th and Sunday, April 30th. Your support is kindly appreciated.

The Liturgical Year – The Seasons and Colors of the Liturgy – Part 2

Advent (1st Sunday of Advent (late November)-December 24th) The history and meaning of Advent comes from the 6th-7th centuries in the formulation of the liturgies of Rome. The popes of the time saw

the season first as a preparation for the solemnity of the Coming of the Lord. Second as Christmas began to develop more significance in the life of the Church, especially during the Middle Ages, the notion of the second coming (eschaton) of the Lord also began to take shape. This is how Advent has developed its two-fold character and has become a season of joyful, yet penitential expectation – this is why the Church wears purple during this time. The color Rose, generally used during the 3rd Sunday of Advent (Gaudete Sunday), is seen as a halfway mark in the season and blends the bright joy of white/gold used at Christmas with the penitential purple to create the color rose (or commonly known as pink).

Christmas Season (December 25th – Baptism of the Lord) The development of the season of Christmas comes out of the readings that precede the season itself – namely the prophecy of Isaiah and

the unfolding of the Infancy Narratives (found in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke). The Solemnity of the Nativity (Christmas) has four Masses with readings assigned to it (Christmas Eve, Mass at Midnight, Mass at Dawn, and Mass during the Day). The splendor of the Solemnity and the season call for the priest to wear white or gold with many beautiful feasts that fall during this season calling for these colors as well. Some include St. Stephen’s Day (December 26th), St. John the Evangelist (December 27th), Holy Innocents (December 28th), Feast of the Holy Family (Sunday after Christmas), Solemnity of Mary Mother of God (January 1), Solemnity of the Epiphany (January 6th or Sunday after Jan 1st) and the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord (usually the Sunday after January 6th).

Ordinary Time (Cycle I – Week 1 of OT – Tuesday before Ash Wednesday; Cycle II – Monday after Pentecost to Saturday before 1st Sunday of Advent) The season of Ordinary Time calls the Church to be reflective and contemplate the teachings and fabric of the faith – thus we wear green primarily throughout. The readings follow a three year cycle based on the Synoptic Gospels (Matthew – Year A, Mark – Year B, and Luke - Year C). Seven major feasts of Our Lord fall during the two cycles of Ordinary Time: The Feast of the Presentation of the Lord (February 2), The Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity (Sunday after Pentecost), The Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ (Corpus Christi – commonly celebrated on the 2nd Thursday after Pentecost but moved to Sundays in the US), the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (2nd Friday after Pentecost), The Feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord (August 6th), the Feast of the Exultation or Triumph of the Cross (September 14th), and the Solemnity of Christ the King (34th or Final Sunday of Ordinary Time). The Church’s Liturgical Year is RICH and diverse – and it is in this diversity that we are called to embrace its richness and the beauty of the prism that is the life and mission of Our Lord. We are called to allow ourselves to enter more deeply into the mysteries each time we step into the Church and engage the readings, offer our prayers to the Father and receive Our Lord in the Eucharist.

Next Week – The vestments (clothing) of the Priest at Mass: What he wears and why

Fr. JP

MASSES FOR THE WEEK

MONDAY, May 1 6:30 Mother’s Day Novena 8:30 Teresa Walsh and Dalila Guadalupe

TUESDAY, May 2 6:30 Chester Daddario 8:30 Ellen O’Rourke (8th ANN) and Stephen and Antoinetta Elhardt 7:00 Peter and Lida Carricato

WEDNESDAY, May 3 6:30 Owen and Mary Ann Hagarty 8:30 Ellen and Peter Smith and John Reilly (10th ANN) 7:00 John McAndrew, Sarah & Warren Johnson

THURSDAY, May 4 6:30 D/M of Kelleher, Keating & Cleary Families 8:30 Mother’s Day Novena 7:00 John Thomas Cullen

FRIDAY, May 5 6:30 Aidan Halloran 8:30 Allan Vitello and Nicholas Goff

SATURDAY, May 6 8:30 Ellen & Michael Kelly, Tim Lawlor & Mathai T. Ulahannan 12noon Mary Cronin

5:00 D/M of the Goldrick & Gorman Families 7:00 Patrick J. Flanagan & Michael Durkin

RESPECT LIFE COMMITTEE: meet on the 2nd Saturday of the month in the Considine Center at 10:00am. You may contact them at: st.barnabasrespectlife@gmail.com

Lectio Divina Reflection: Today’s Gospel is Luke 24:13-35. Under what circumstances do you find truth burning in your heart? Lectio Divina is a tool in your faith toolbox to help you tackle the problems in your life. Contact Helen McCullagh 914-237-1595 for more information. Join them on Sunday morning from 9-10:15am in the Considine Center.

Weekend of May 6th & 7th TIMES: 5pm-8pm-Saturday 9am-2pm -Sunday

PLACE: H S Cafeteria We are collecting Babies and Toddlers clothing, wipes, baby blankets, burp cloths, books, shampoo, soap and small toys, also Dollar for Diapers. All contributions will be given to the Pregnancy Care Center in Yonkers, also there will be a sale of brand new baby blankets. Your support will be greatly appreciated.

Monday, May 1 8:00am – 10:00am EMS (CC 2-6) 9:00am – 12noon Gaelic Classes (CC 1-6) 12noon – 2:00pm Playgroup (PC 1-4) 1:00pm – 3:00pm Leisure Club (CC 1-6) 3:00pm – 6:30pm HS Drama Club (Chapel) 3:00pm – 9:00pm Cub Scouts (CC 3-4) 3:00pm – 9:30pm BAC (ES Gym) 6:30pm – 8:00pm A.A. (CC 2-6) Tuesday, May 2 8:00am – 10:00am EMS (CC 2-6) 9:00am – 11:00am Playgroup (CC 1-4) 12noon – 2:00pm Playgroup (CC 1-4) 3:00pm – 6:30pm SBHS Drama Club (Chapel) 3:00pm – 9:00pm Cub Scouts (CC 3-6) 3:00pm – 9:30pm BAC (ES Gym) 5:00pm -- 9:00pm New Horizons (HSC) 6:30pm – 8:30pm Girl Scouts #1604 (CC 3-6) 7:00pm – 9:00pm 12 Steps (CC 2-6) 7:00pm – 9:30pm Salerno Club (CC 1-6) 7:30pm – 10:00pm SBHS (HS Gym) 7:30pm – 9:30pm St. Joseph’s Choir (CC 2-4) Wednesday, May 3

8:00am – 10:00am EMS (CC 2-6) 9:00am – 11:00am Playgroup (CC 1-4) 12noon – 2:00pm Playgroup (CC 1-4) 1:30pm – 4:00pm Golden Age (CC 1-6) 2:00pm – 3:45pm CCD (ES ) 3:00pm – 6:00pm BAC (ES Gym) 3:00pm – 6:00pm Greenan Music (CC 2-4) 4:30pm – 6:15pm CCD (ES ) 6:00pm – 8:00pm Girl Scouts #1794 (CC 3-6) 6:30pm – 9:30pm Boy Scouts (ES Gym) 7:00pm – 9:30pm A.A (CC 2-6) 9:30pm – 11:00pm Gaelic Football (ES Gym) Thursday, May 4

8:00am – 10:00am EMS (CC 2-6) 9:00am – 11:30am Playgroup (CC 1-4) 12:30pm – 2:00pm Playgroup (CC 1-4) 2:00pm – 4:00pm AARP (ES Caf.) 3:00pm – 3:45pm Cherub Choir (CC 2-4) 3:00pm – 6:30pm SBHS Drama Club (Chapel) 3:00pm – 6:30pm BAC (ES Gym) 3:00pm – 9:30pm Cub Scouts (CC 3-4) 3:45pm – 4:45pm Angel Choir (CC 2-6) 4:45pm – 5:45pm Teen Choir (CC 2-6) 6:30pm – 8:00pm SBHS (All HS Facilities) 7:00pm – 8:00pm Woman 2 Woman AA (CC 2-6) 7:30pm – 9:00pm Adult Choir (CC 2-4) Friday, May 5

8:00am – 10:00am EMS (CC 2-6) 10:00am – 12noon Crafty Ladies (CC 1-6) 3:00pm – 4:30pm Kids Guitar (CC 2-4) 3:00pm – 8:30pm BAC (ES Gym) 3:00pm – 8:30pm Cub Scouts (CC 3-4) 5:00pm – 11:30pm SBHS Spring Drama (HS Facilities) 7:00pm –9:30pm A.A (CC 2-6) 7:30pm – 10:00pm SBHS (HS Gym) Saturday, May 6 8:00am – 10:00am EMS (CC 2-6) 9:00am – 10:00am Men’s Group (CC 3-6) 9:00am – 5:00pm Woodlean (ES Caf.) 9:00am – 8:00pm Cub Scouts (CC 3-4) 9:00am – 9:00pm Woodlean (ES Gym) 11:00am – 4:00pm Piano Class (CC 2-4) 12 Noon -- 7:30pm Baby Shower (HS Caf.) 6:00pm – 8:30pm AA – Last Call (CC 2-6)

Sunday, May 7 8:00am – 8:30am Altar Rosary

8:30am - 10:30am CCD (ES Aud.) 9:00am – 10:15am Lectio Divina (CC Library) 9:00am - 5:30pm Baby Shower (HS Caf.)

Beyond Books Join the Book Club on Monday, May 1st at Patrizia’s Restaurant on Katonah Avenue at 1:15pm for a discussion about this month’s book: THE TESTAMENT by John Grisham. Hope to see you. Any inquiries please e-mail rdargoetz@aol.com

The Barnabite Giving Tree!

The Giving Tree provides our community the opportunity to honor a Barnabas alumnae, beloved family member or friend - living or deceased, and even yourself. Giving opportunities start from $150 to $500 for either a silver, bronze or gold leaf or $1,000 and up for different sized stones. Proceeds benefit the Saint Barnabas High School Annual Fund. For more information visit www.stbarnabashigh.com, email jgeideman@stbarnabashigh.com or call 718-325-8800 ext. 11.

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Calling All Visitation School Alumni After 85 years of academic excellence, Visitation School will close this June. An Alumni Reunion is scheduled for Saturday, May 13 from 1:00pm to 5:00pm at Visitation School. Tickets are available for purchase on evenbrite.com. Please send an email to visialumniday@gmail.com or call 718-796-0463.

THE SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM We welcome into the Roman Catholic Church and our parish community the following children who were recently baptized here at St. Barnabas:

Gavin McGrath, child of John & Colleen Maxwell Sean Murtagh, child of Barry & Naschele

Christopher Michael Penzo, child of Michael & Angela

Prayer Requests For The Sick & Endangered Please submit names of all those who are in need of prayer, cut this box out and return to the rectory office. Name:_______________________________________

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Martin M. McNulty Jeffrey Krokus Carol Solierli REST IN PEACE: Let us pray for our deceased parishioners, benefactors, relatives, members of the Armed Forces, for those who are most forgotten and for those who recently died especially: Nora O’Neill, Mary Ann Crystal, Mildred Bonadonna and Kathleen Marie O’Connor.

EASTER FLOWER OFFERING

In Memory Of:

Annie & Eugene McPhail Mary Friel

Ann McCormilla Louise & Ralph LaVecchia

Rae & Don Bendinelli Mary, Edward, Edward Jr., &

Michael Giordano Joseph & Josie Immordiano

Gloria Azzari Connie Watkins

Benedict & Christine Ciccarelli Anne & Robert Kascheres Louise & Peter Ameduri

Robert & Emma Coleman Francis Coleman

Ted O’Brien Annie O’Brien

Terence O’Brien Catherine O’Brien

Mary O’Brien McIntyre Ricuito & McGovern Families

Graziosa & Byrne Families Grace & Pat Nardone

Cutaia Family Pasquale & Maria Tagliapietra

Louis Tagliapietra Emilio & Emilia Muccin

Angelo Muccin Mr. & Mrs. William Graziosa

McGovern & O’Sullivan Families Jack Coen

Brian Callahan Mike Gilligan

The Sheehan Family Bob Famularo J. P. Corrigan

Mary & Leo Sharkey Eileen Moynihan

Tommy, Margaret & Christy Smith

Patrick, Ellie, Tony & Barney Reilly

Ellen Meaney Ann Moore

Owen, Eileen, & Patrick Fitzsimons

Walter Franklin Evelyn Fife

Hoebermann & Laurato Families Patrick P. Moran

Helen Atkins Grace M. Rossello

D/M of Cuomo Family Jack & Doris Nicholas Matthew Iuzzolino, Sr.

Rosa & Joseph Iuzzolino Elizabeth & John Caldwell

John Caldwell, Jr. Philip & Mary Theresa Reilly

Anthony Ferrara Mr. & Mrs. Charles McGlade

Emma Massafra Cutrone & Gargano Families

Howard & Catherine Kauffmann

Carmine, Marianne & Richard Fischetti

Stephen Monaco Gertrude, Joseph & Louise

Frankel Rose & Louis Toteda

Sebastian & Antoinette Bimonte John Lawlor

Beatrice Carey Mary McEvay

Bridie & Tom Moran Ruth O’Leary

Matthew Blake Wallace Andrew Nallen

Jack R. Thompson John & Mary Garry Michael V. Garry James Fitzgerald Gaffney Family Bolte Family

Catherine Gaffney Val Santavicca

McGrath & Foley Families Peter & Jennie O’Rourke

Joseph Trinka Sister Patricia Frances

Joseph Bondi Florence Simpson

Malachy & Mary Harte Anna Galetta

Patrick Dunleavy Margaret Barrett Clune

Filomena Petriella Giuseppe Cardo

Amalia Borgheresi Vito Ciccarelli

George Petriella Carmela Sasser

Edith & John Triunfo Cloherty Family

O’Connell Family Gallagher Family Twomey Family

Teresa & John Pauls Catherine Grimes

Bill, Greta & Catherine Grimes Jack Coen

Crowe & O’Sullivan Families Margaret Krehir Marian Grillo Margie Moore

Aidan G. Halloran Armstrong & Halloran Families

Edith & Constantin Toteanu Linda Mangiaracina

O’Kane & Forde Families Carol Anne Nyman

John & Ann Leonard Kathleen Parmenter

Patrick Tallon Sean Tallon

Francesco Flocco John Monteleone

Sausto & Arace Families Mark Sausto

Eugene & Paul Riordan Maria Angela Piche Brigid Monaghan

Donohue & Pace Families Cassidy & Scanlon Families

Lillian Fitzpatrick Mary Hoare

William Fitzpatrick Rosemary McDermott Matthew McDermott

Pjeter Shllaku Theresa O’Neill Pashka Shllaku Ernest Shllaku Ndrek Shllaku

Barney McGrath Filomena Egan

Francis McIntyre Maria Gregorio Filomena Stanza

O’Shea & Coulter Families William Palmer Thomas King

Michael Sheehy Martin Sheehy John Sheehy

Patrick Murray Richard O’Connor

Bridge Keohare Noreen Considine

D/M of Reino Family Louis Scavone

D/M of Fusco Family D/M of Scavone Family Angelo Montemarano

Antonio Pico Delores Pico

Francis Robles Euphemia & John A. McMahon

Mary boyd Marie Cohn Joey Heid

Victoria Hughes Harry Quattrocchi

Mauro & Zavadil Families Warren Witters

The Flannery Family Timothy Sullivan

Robert Parker Frances & William Adler

Sheridan & McKee Families Frank Campanaro

John & Dorothy Masselli Rita Noonan Gerard Travis Marie Porcaro

John & Rita Hegmann James & Mary McNamara

John G. Hegmann Eileen & Mikie Wynne

Hugh & Mary McGovern Patrick & Nora Maguire

The Maguire Family The McGovern Family

Alfred Gonzalez, Sr.

Helen & Francis Walls Mary Hoare Kevin Hoare

Theresa & Rudy Faluotico Al Martin

Edward Jarzembowski Helen & Robert Hogan

Henry Parmenter Moreen & Joseph Byrne Stella & Odus Parmenter Patricia & John Miraglia

Joan Meehan John Finn

Mary Carrucane Tom & Bridie Dunleavy

Patrick Dineen Joseph & Dorothy Monteferante

The Levin Family Catherine & Andrew Houlihan

Nora & Hugh McMorrow Jean Giovanvillo

Larry Levin Joseph & Louis Gianazza

Egenton & Hanglow Families Thomas Casey

Mary Alice Grant O’Grady Family Devane Family

McCarthy Family John T. & Doreen L. Gallagher

Joe & Lucille Santillo Breda Devane

Florence Gadde Noelle Duffy Ellen Sullivan

Frank Magliulo & Parents Chris & Brian Quinlivan

Gallagher & McBride Families Brannelly & Feldmann Families Ludwig, Buck & Spero Families

Kelly & Lucchini Families John A. Hegmann

Margaret & John Heenan Kathryn & James White Muriel Whelan Family

Lillian I. Best William & Helen Burke

Frances Albero Salvatore & Josephine Del Vino

Edward Geoghegan Alice Geoghegan

Nora Madden Peter Madden

Liam O’Driscoll Joe McBride

Grimes & McLaughlin Families Anne Montgomery James & Rita White

Rita & Andrew Landi Blasetti, Cicio & Golino Families

Jay & Mary Parmenter Lucy & Silverio Iodice

Continued in next week’s bulletin……..