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Transfiguration Parish Transfiguration Parish
17 South Main Street
Schaghticoke, NY 12154
Office Hours: Monday and Thursday, 9:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Phone: 518-753-4554 Fax: 518-753-0456
50 Hillview Drive
Speigletown, Troy, NY 12182 Administrative Offices
Office Hours: Monday thru Friday - 9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Phone: 518-235-0337 Fax: 518-235-8726
LITURGICAL SCHEDULE Schaghticoke Speigletown Saturday: 4:30 p.m. Sunday: 8:30 a.m. 10:15 a.m. Tuesday Thursday Communion Service: 9:00 a.m. 9:00 a.m.
SACRAMENTAL CELEBRATIONS
Sacrament of Reconciliation: By Appointment
Sacrament of Baptism: Please call the church office to
make arrangements.
Sacrament of Marriage: Couples should call the church
office at least 6 months in advance of the wedding date. A
marriage preparation program is required for all couples. Please
call the church office to make arrangements.
EMAIL CONTACTS
General Office Inquiries:
Office Support:
Mary Clemente
Bonnie Coraldi
Bulletin:
Baptismal Preparation:
Call the church offices for more information.
Director of Religious Education:
Parish Nursing and Pastoral Care:
Special Activities and Fundraising:
Deacon Chris Keough - Parish Life Director
Fr. Dominic Ingemie - Sacramental Minister
Deacon Charles Valenti - Parish Deacon
MISSION STATEMENT
We are a Catholic community united by love, illumi-
nated by the Transfiguration of our Lord Jesus Christ.
We gather as a People of God seeking unity through
the Holy Spirit to Worship through the Sacred Liturgy,
Prayer and Sacraments, and to proclaim the Christian
message which promotes Justice, Reconciliation and
Service through Evangelization, Faith Formation and
Discipleship.
Mass Schedule & Intentions
Saturday April 30
4:30 p.m. Sch Ann Connor The Family
Ray Cloutier Dave and Rita
Duncan
Sunday May 1
8:30 a.m. Sch J. Michael Harrison The Gregoire Family
John & Marilyn Wallace The Family
Henry & Doris Jones The Anderson,
Burke, Jones and Tulloch Families
10:15 a.m. Spe Raymond A Cloutier Robert and Joan
Ryan Elaine Beamish Bob & Meg Jones
Robert Schatzle Beth Thayer
The Deceased Members Pat Powers
of the Powers Family
Tues. May 3
9:00 a.m. Sch Communion Service
Wed. May 4
7:00 p.m. Spe Feast of the Ascention - Vigil Mass
Thurs. May 5
9:00 a.m. Sch No Communion Service Today
10:00 a.m. Sch Feast of the Ascention
Saturday May 7
4:30 p.m. Spe Dorothea Garneau Phil and Mary Clemente
Mr. & Mrs. Harold Cone Bob and Elinor
Gardner Sam Spano Paul & Jean Hebert
Robert L. Jones The Family
Edward Sullivan Mary Agnes
Arnold
Sunday May 8
8:30 a.m. Sch Leona Gregoire Eric, Tina and
Brian Gregoire J. Michael Harrison Patti Bagnoli
Aaron Desrosiers Mom, family and
Loved ones William and Ann Conor The Family
10:15 a.m. Spe Marianne Martin Jack and Kathleen
Sanvidge Rev. Peter Nabozny Dave and Rita
Duncan
Anne Hebert Walt and Paula Moran
Helen Moran Walt and Paula
6th Sunday of Easter May 1, 2016
From the Desk of Deacon Chris….
LOVE IS PATIENT, LOVE IS KIND
Father Ingemie referred to these words from chapter 13 of St. Paul’s First Letter to the Corin-
thians as Father talked about Jesus’ New Command-
ment from the Gospel of John; the commandment to love one another as Jesus has loved us. Practically
anyone who has attended a marriage has heard St.
Paul’s beautiful description about the qualities and virtues of love, and I particularly want to focus on
the truth that love is patient, love is kind.
At our recent Evangelization meeting, we briefly
discussed the weekend we asked everyone to “Bring a Friend to Mass.” The discussion began with the
question of whether the weekend was successful or
not. I’d like to share my thoughts on that question, and they center on love being patient and kind.
We are not always very patient in our society.
We want what we want, and we want it now! At our
“Bring a Friend of Mass” weekend I would have been thrilled to see 100 new faces at the Masses, or
to see our churches filled to the brim. We all would
like that, but I think we have to be happy that we did see some new faces that weekend. It means some
people accepted the invitation to join their friend at
Mass! What a wonderful success that is! We need to rejoice in what we have, rather than despair in
what we do not have. And we need to have the trust
and patience in God that the seeds we have planted
will eventually, by the grace of God, bear fruit. Most likely, the “friends” we invited to Mass are
people we love. Maybe they are a child, or a sibling,
or a dear friend, who have stopped going to Mass for one reason or another. Maybe they joined you at
Mass, and maybe they did not. What matters is that
we love them, and we invited them. We have to stay patient with them, and let the Holy Spirit lead them
back to Jesus. We know God has a plan for each of
us, and we know God’s ways are not our ways.
While we want things to happen immediately, God’s love is eternally patient. God loves our “friends”
just like he loves us, and we hope and pray that our
friends will eventually join us again at Mass, and our churches will once again be full.
So what do we do in the meantime? We stay
kind, we stay loving, and we stay patient. We con-
tinue to lovingly invite our friends to join us for Mass, and we keep praying for them while the Holy
Spirit works in them. We all have different journeys
in life, but we all hope that our journey will ulti-mately lead us into the loving embrace of our Lord
Jesus! God bless.
Deacon Chris
6th Sunday of Easter May 1, 2016
Thank you for your service next weekend May 7 and 8.
Schaghticoke Site: ALTAR SERVERS 8:30 a.m. Thomas and Megan Rice
LECTORS 8:30 a.m. Jen Mahoney
EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS 8:30 a.m. Barbara Perry Pat Rigney MONEY COUNTERS: (5/8) WHITE TEAM - K. Madigan, P. Hayes, D. Carlo, J. Rowe
Speigletown Site: ALTAR SERVERS 4:30 p.m. No Servers 10:15 a.m. Maddie and Gracie Shover
LECTORS 4:30 p.m. Jerry Steele 10:15 a.m. Sandy Barrett
EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS 4:30 p.m. Maureen Filarecki 10:15 a..m. Claudia Mahoney Paula Garneau Jack Mahoney Jane Heslin Mary Grace Purcell
MONEY COUNTERS: (5/8) Paula Garneau Mary Hurley
ALTAR LINENS: (5/8) Martha Cioffi
This Week’s Parish Announcements
TRANSFIGURATION PARISH NURSE PROGRAM Pat Hebert, RN, MA, Faith Community Nurse
(518) 753-4554, ext. 13 [email protected] Our mission is to model the healing ministry of Jesus Christ.
Our Goal is to promote health & wellness within the values, beliefs, practices of our faith community.
Nurses’ Note: Health tips: Waiting to exhale? Ease your asthma symptoms with exer-
cise. Good news: If you’ve been afraid that exercise will aggravate your
asthma symptoms, it’s time to breathe a little easier. New research sug-
gests that regular aerobic exercise may, in fact, improve symptoms. In
this study, patients with asthma were divided into two groups. One group
practiced yoga breathing exercises for 30 minutes twice a week, while the other engaged in a 35-minute treadmill session twice a week, along with
the breathing exercises. The results were striking: those whose regimens
included aerobic exercise became more resistant to their usual asthma
triggers and had lower inflammation markers in comparison with the
group that practiced only the breathing exercises. What’s more, most of
the people in the exercise group reported improvements in their quality of
life. Longer, larger studies are needed to confirm the results, but it’s not
too soon to talk to your doc about exercise as part of your asthma treat-
ment plan. http://www.clevelandclinicwellness.com
Transfiguration Parish NEW YORK YANKEES BUS TRIP
New York Yankees vs. Baltimore Orioles
July 21, 2016
Price $85.00 (Includes bus transportation and game ticket)
Reservations call—235-0337
Bus departs from Transfiguration Parish - South
Departure Time - TBA
Seating - Sections 109, 110 and 111 (field level seats)
Tickets are on sale.
Sign up sheets at the entrances of the churches or call the offices.
Please join us at…..
The Regional Food Bank Tuesday, May 31st
From 6:00 - 8:00 pm We are approved to bring a group of approximately 25 people to to vol-
unteer at the Regional Food Bank in Latham. Please consider spending
time working at this worthwhile organization.
BIRTHRIGHT of Ballston Spa will be offering fresh carnations for a $1 donation
after all masses on May 7 & 8 in celebration of Mother’s Day. Proceeds from this sale will benefit
women who need support through a crisis preg-
nancy. Your continued support of this fundraiser is truly appreciated.
SPRING ENRICHMENT 2016
Do you know that each year between 800 and 1000 men
and women from across our diocese gather to learn more
about their faith, take part in training sessions for different
church ministries, and come together to give praise and
glory to God? Where do they do all this? At Spring En-
richment. This year Spring Enrichment will be at the
College of Saint Rose (in Albany) on Wednesday – Fri-
day, May 18-20 and on Saturday, May 21 classes will be
held in Albany, Averill Park, Herkimer, Oneonta, and
Queensbury. Don’t miss out on this once-a-year opportu-
nity. For further information, view or download the pro-
gram’s schedule and brochure from www.rcda.org or con-tact the Albany Diocese’s Catholic School Office at 518-
453-6602. Registrations will be accepted through Friday,
May 13.
Canadian Shrines 2016 Annual Pilgrimage
July 28, 29,30 and 31 - 4 days 3 nights We will visit Ste. Anne DeBeaupre', Our Lady of the Cape, St Joseph's
Oratory, Notre' Dame of Quebec Church (we will pass through the Holy
Door this Jubilee year) and more.
Includes: breakfast, 2 diners, transportation and hotel
Double Occupancy - $385.00 per person
(single and triple occupancy available
with special pricing for children and priests)
Call Donna at 518 573-3584 for further information.
Transfiguration Parish
UPCOMING EVENTS
Please mark your calendars
7/17 Steak and Chicken Barbeque TBA
The BOOK NOOK NEWS Are you ready to celebrate The Book Nook's 8th
Anniversary? We have been busy during the win-ter getting ready for another Blow Out-$5 a bag
sale! Hard covers, paperbacks, CD's, children and young adult books, cookbooks, religious, self-help, history and many miscellane-
ous topics are included in the sale. Beginning on Saturday, May 7 and every Saturday morning in May, the Nook and the Annex (triple
classroom) will be open from 9:00 am until noon, and will also be open before and after Masses every weekend in May. Please take
this opportunity to stop by the Book Nook and see what we've been doing. In recent weeks, we have been fortunate enough to have
some wonderful new books donated. The Book Nook has books by the best-named authors, so it's a great place to find a title by your
favorite, or to try a new one. Donations are always welcome but please remember no encyclopedias, text books, magazines or VHS
tapes. Thanks for your continued support and see you at The Book Nook!
CONFIRMATION The youth of our parish will be confirmed by
Bishop Scharfenberger on May 12 at 5:30 PM at
the Speigletown site. A reception will follow in the
hall. The parish is invited to come and join us in
these celebrations. Please keep our children and their parents in
your prayers during this special time .
CHILDREN’S LITURGY OF THE WORD Children’s liturgy of the word is the dismissal during Mass for
the children to hear the word of God proclaimed with age appro-
priate activities to enhance their understanding of the Bible read-
ings.
We are hoping to have enough volunteers so that each volun-teer would be responsible for just one weekend a month. Volun-
teers will be trained, and receive guide books to help them pre-
pare their sessions.
Please prayerfully consider if you are being called to this
most important ministry in our parish. Sharing the Word of God
with our children, and teaching them to love Jesus is one of the
most rewarding ministries we have. Please contact Beth Thayer
at the Parish Office to volunteer.
CAN AND BOTTLE DRIVE
CONTINUES Thank you for your continued support of our Bottle and Can
Drive. Please consider asking neighbors and family members to
collect for our youth ministry. Bags and notices will be available
at all church entrances.
Thank you for your support.
Offertory: Due to the office vacation schedule there will
not be an offertory report. Look for the informa-
tion in next week’s bulletin.
Thank you for your on-going generosity and continued commitment to your parish. Please consider increasing your weekly donation.
Annual Super Raffle is HERE!!!!
Feel free to call the church offices to reserve your favorite num-
ber chance during the week. Chances will be available after the masses each weekend at our North and South sites at $100 per
ticket. The drawing will take place after dinner at our Chicken
and Steak Barbeque on July 17, 2016. As always the Grand Prize
is $10,000. There will also be 4 - $1,000 and 2 - $500 prizes.
Call 235-0337 for more information.
Tickets for the 2016-2017 Season
PROCTOR’S THEATER IN
SCHENECTADY Please join us for:
An American in Paris October 16, 2016 - $62.00 per ticket
The Sound of Music April 9, 2017 - $70.00 per ticket
Beautiful - The Carol King Musical April 14, 2017 - $75.00 per ticket
Contact Ellie DeBonis at the church office 235-0337 or
[email protected] for information. Please be prepared to make a 50% deposit on your ticket
purchase at the time of your request for tickets.
PENTECOST CELEBRATION MAY 15 TH
AFTER 10:15 MASS
PARISH HALL - SOUTH SITE
Transfiguration Parish welcomes Landyn Mi-
chael Barton, son of Corey and Stephanie Barton, into the Christian Community. Landyn was baptized on April 24th
in the Northern Site. May the Holy Spirit guide Landyn on
his spiritual journey as a disciple of Jesus Christ.
THE HOLY ROSARY Did you know that the Church dedicates the month of May to
our Holy Mother, Mary? The blessed virgin is honored through-
out the month as the mother of our Lord Jesus who, from the
cross, gave his mother to us to be the mother of all, and the
mother of His Church. A great way to honor Mary is to pray the
Holy Rosary. The rosary can be prayed alone, or in a group, as
we remember the Sacred Mysteries from the lives of Jesus and
Mary.
Do you own a set of rosary beads? If you do not, we have free
rosary beads available at the entrances of the churches. We also
have instructions on how to recite the Holy Rosary. Please give honor to our Blessed Mother during the month of May by praying
the rosary with her, and our Lord Jesus.
CHURCH NAME: Transfiguration Parish CHURCH CITY: Troy, NY ROUTING CODE: RUN NUMBER:
FILENAME: 04-0527
PHONE NUMBER:518-235-0337 FAX NUMBER: EDITOR/ CONTACT: Mary Hurley—518/235-6479 or 518/441-0094
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