June 27, 2004 - Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Masses for the Week of June 28 - July 4
Monday, June 28 (St. Irenaeus)
6:30 AM Anthony Richichi
9:00 AM Neil Brosnan
Tuesday, June 29 (St. Peter and St. Paul)
6:30 AM Nina DiProspo
9:00 AM For the Intentions of Fr. Peter on his 10th Anniversary as Pastor
Wednesday, June 30
6:30 AM Daniel Carey
9:00 AM Elena Continelli
Thursday, July 1
6:30 AM Nick Grant
9:00 AM Catherine Teresa Donovan Iannielli
3:30 PM Wedding: Brian Coyle & Christina Silver
Friday, July 2
6:30 AM Angelo Ranieri
9:00 AM Lucille T. Kelleher
5:00 PM Wedding: Andrew Voll & Christine Baviello
Saturday, July 3
8:00 AM Fr. Joseph O’Shea
3:00 PM Wedding: Robert Paige & Christine Conlon
5:00 PM Margaret Miller, Bert Hirten, Madeline Kaiser, Carlie Brucia,
Peter DeStefano, Thomas Cassiato
7:30 PM George Onufrey
Sunday, July 4 (Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time)
7:00 AM Elizabeth Teal
9:00 AM Nadine Young
10:15 AM Anne Kearney
10:30 AM Margaret & Alfred Hans
12:00 PM Gregory Gervasi
Bread and Wine
The Eucharistic bread and wine for this week is for the occasion of the 50th Wedding Anniversary of Madeline and Dominick Mellone from Jean and Alan Satz.
Second Collection
The second collection this week is for Peter’s Pence for the support of the Holy Father and the Vatican.
There will be a second collection next week for the Church in Latin America.
Volunteer Registration Meetings
Over the next few months we will be implementing the program now mandated by the Diocese for all parish employees and volunteers. Details were in the parish bulletin two weeks ago. Your parish staff is sponsoring meetings for their activities but volunteers can really attend any of these meetings. In order to provide you with multiple opportunities, the currently scheduled meetings are listed below.
Monday, June 28 at 7:00 PM - REP Room in the School Building
Tuesday, June 29 at 7:30 PM - REP Room in the School Building
Wednesday, June 30 at 7:00 PM - REP Room in the School Building
Wednesday, July 7 at 10:00 AM - Holy Family Chapel
Monday, July 12 at 7:30 PM - North Cafeteria
Thursday, July 15 at 7:30 PM - North Cafeteria
Volunteers are required to attend one of these meetings and complete the forms now required. Thank you for your patience with this procedure.
Altar Flowers
The flowers on the Main Altar for this week are in memory of Oxana & Anatoli Hrusitzky and Olga Katla & Meinrad Reiger on the occasion of the wedding of their grandchildren, Joseph & Michelle.
Office of Christian Formation
Summer Hours
Please note the Office of Christian Formation will close at 1:00 PM on Fridays for the months of July and August.
Bellmore/No. Bellmore Mercy League
As a fund raiser for Mercy Hospital, we will be sponsoring a bus trip to Atlantic City on Monday, July 26th, to Showboat Casino. For further information, please call Alice at 781-2788 or Emily at 781-7330.
Mass on the 4th of July
The 5:00 PM Mass on Sunday, July 4th is cancelled.
Sanctuary Lamp
The Sanctuary Lamp Candle will be lit this week in loving memory of Helen Asselta from her son John and family.
Please Pray for the Repose of the Souls of the Recently Deceased
Walter Israel
Mario Menelly
Edward Mistretta
Joan P. Pesce
Val J. Brooks
Banns of Marriage
Jeffrey Maier & Laura White
Dominic Cornella & Kristy Nallan
Monsignor Charles Guarino
Father Charles in celebrating the noon mass on Sunday will be concluding his ministry here at St. Barnabas. As was mentioned in earlier bulletins, he will be moving to Rome to assist as a canon lawyer in working on the cases that have arisen due to the many cases of sexual abuse that have surfaced throughout the world. Father Charles has been working in our diocese for many months now on the local cases and brings his experience and understanding to his ministry in Rome. Today we thank him for his service among us. During the past three years many of you have come to enjoy his homiletic style and will certainly miss him. His daily work included his role as the Promoter of Justice for the diocese and also his involvement with couples seeking marriage annulments. The diocese will certainly miss his service. As we wish him bon voyage, we hope that he will always consider St. Barnabas his home and feel welcome to share in the life of the parish on his visits from the Holy City. His Roman address is:
Casa Santa Maria
Via dell’Umilta, 30
00187 Rome, Italy
If mail comes to St. Barnabas we will certainly see to it that he gets it.
Food Pantry Weekend
July 10th & 11th
Important Notice - Because of the July 4th holiday, our July Food Pantry Collection will take place on the 2nd weekend of the month - July 10th & 11th. Please wait until then, as our volunteer haulers and shelvers will be away for the holiday weekend, so there will be no one to transport the food.
We have more than enough pasta and sauce, but this month, we are in need of juices, tea, evaporated milk, cereals, cookies & crackers, rice-a-roni, cooking oil, dish & laundry detergents, personal care items (toothpaste & shampoo) & paper goods (paper towel & napkins). Please leave your pantry donations on the lobby benches in church. We are also happy to accept them at the rectory during the week. Kindly do not leave outdated or perishable foods, clothing items and other non-pantry goods, as we really can’t distribute or store them. The Ten-Minute Club also meets on Pantry Sunday. If you signed up for either the 9:00 AM, 10:15 AM, 10:30 AM or 12:00 PM Masses, we’ll need you to take this month’s food donations over to the rectory basement. Please meet our Saint Vincent de Paul Society members in the church lobby after Mass. Your generous support of our Pantry, as always, is deeply appreciated. Thank you so much.
Golf Outing
Mark you calendars now for our Annual Golf Outing at Lido Beach Golf Club on Thursday, October 7th. Details to follow in future bulletins.
Congratulations to the Class of 2004
Congratulations to the 56 eighth grade graduates of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Regional School. Next to the name of each graduate is the name of the high school they will be attending. God bless them and bring peace and success in all future endeavors.
* = St. Barnabas Parishioners
Kevin Allen* Chaminade
Lauren Bagnasco* Holy Trinity
Michael Bantegui Holy Trinity
Charlotte Bellear* Kellenberg
Theodore Bellear* Kellenberg
Bianca Bello* St. Anthony
Kyle Brengel Holy Trinity
Ashley Broems St. Dominic
Anthony Cassino Holy Trinity
Prince Clifford Freeport
Jamela Cox Holy Trinity
Patrick Creegan* Kellenberg
Sharna Daniel* St. Dominic
Thomas Day* Kellenberg
Andrea Deignan St. Mary’s
Elizabeth Donohoe* Our Lady of Mercy
Daniel Doodnauth Kellenberg
Alejandro Echeverri* Wantagh
Juliana Falbo East Meadow
Hector Ferrari Kellenberg
Michelle Fine* Holy Trinity
Jacqueline Giovinco Our Lady of Mercy
Ivanna Guerrero St. Dominic
Matthew Hassett* Chaminade
Edward Hecht* St. John the Baptist
Daniel Hoffman* Holy Trinity
Derry Hutter* Holy Trinity
Michael Kampfer Wantagh
Jamie Karp Holy Trinity
Paul Kassebaum* Holy Trinity
Douglas Kropp* Kellenberg
Colleen Lange* Holy Trinity
Matthew Laurino Chaminade
Daryl Lefevre* Holy Trinity
Elisa LiBretto St. Dominic
Christopher Link Mepham
Erin Lue-Hing Kellenberg
Sean Meade Holy Trinity
Courtney Melrose Holy Trinity
Erin Merz* Holy Trinity
Courtney Meyer Our Lady of Mercy
Brian Nelson Holy Trinity
Robert O’Hara Kellenberg
Cristina O’Neill Kellenberg
Carlos Pandullo* St. Anthony
Dario Pena Holy Trinity
Jaime Pizella Our Lady of Mercy
Steven Rama Holy Trinity
Ileana Rodriguez Holy Trinity
Patrick Shanley St. Anthony
Michael Sullivan* Kellenberg
William Trigg Holy Trinity
Camille Velasco Our Lady of Mercy
Michele Visone Holy Trinity
Lauren Wensley Holy Trinity
Rebecca Zubrovich Sacred Heart
Knights of Columbus
The Bellmore Knights of Columbus is seeking new members for their Softball and Bowling Leagues. Men over the age of 18 years of age are invited to join. For information please call 679-5834.
Knight Under the Stars
Saturday, July 10th - 7:00 PM - 11:00 PM
Bellmore Council - 2333 Bellmore Avenue
BBQ, Open Bar, Coffee, Tea and Desert
Live Music - $20.00 per person
For reservations and information call Jack Falci at 785-2502 or Joe Camillery at 785-5894.
In Your Prayers Remember the Sick
Patricia Birbiglia
Evelyn O’Brien,
Teresa Coleman
Kevin Keegan
Frances Walsh,
Catherine Webber
Peter Lang
Maureen Hopkins,
Marcia Toole
Patti Fischer
William Patrick Quinn,
Arlene Perez Matera
Richard Mistretta
Nicole Link,
Victor Mingovits
Florence Johanson
Benjamin Honor
and all the sick of the parish.
Help Wanted
The Office of Parish Social Ministry at St. James Church, Seaford is seeking someone to assist the coordinator with clerical duties, part-time on Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 9:30 AM to 2:30 PM. Must be computer literate and have good telephone and interpersonal skills. Seeking someone who is compassionate and people friendly. If interested, please call Vilma Nuzio at 735-8690.
Thursday Night Bible Sharing Group
Beginning July 15th, in the Rectory Meeting Room at 7:00 PM, a study guide program will commence based on the bestseller, The Purpose Driven Life by Rick Warren. A study guide booklet will be used each week for 40 weeks, a new booklet for each month. The program is open to the parish. We are able to order The Purpose Driven Life book for $9 and the study guides are $5; we will order both for anyone interested. For further information call Ann at 631-924-5169 or Linda at 826-8832.
What Up, Up There?
Masonry work continues around the Church. You can especially notice this in the rear of the Church. Thankfully the replacement bricks are very similar to the current color of the Church bricks and with time these patches will blend well with the existing structure. Thank you for your continued support of our “roof fund,” every penny is helpful.
A Letter from the Pastor - June 27, 2004
My dear friends,
Tuesday the 29th of June is a special day in my life; it marks the 10th Anniversary of my arrival at St. Barnabas Parish to serve as the ninth pastor. The years have certainly flown by, at least for me. Like so many anniversaries, I cannot help but look back at the years and reflect on the blessings and the trials that have shaped those years. While many might find the trials more interesting, I find that putting down the burdens and leaving them behind healthier than always reviewing them and digging into them over and over again.
The blessings however have been many. My chief blessing is the wonderful parishioners who share their lives with me and the other members of the staff day in and day out. You are wonderful people. Your support, your care, your love and your goodness make the work of being a pastor much easier. And today I thank you.
Working with wonderful people on the parish staff has also been a blessing. First of all my days here have been deeply touched by the presence of my two predecessors, Msgr. Daniel Potterton and Fr. Edward Muhs. These fine gentlemen both cared for and guided me through the early days of my pastoring. One continues to guide me from heaven, the other humors me through each day and assuring me that I work too hard for twenty-six cents an hour. The priests with whom I have shared life in the rectory and the staff members who have worked so diligently and caringly alongside me have graced my days and made the difficult much more accessible. And today I thank them.
One great gift we possess as a parish is the number of people who share their life with others by volunteering their time and talent in the service of God’s people. I could never accomplish the work of shepherding this parish without the wonderful people whose love is poured out in service. And today I thank you.
Milestones lead us to thank God and others but they also call us to ask the Lord’s blessing on the days to come. It is my hope that in sharing your faith life, I have brought you closer to God. I can assure you that you have brought me closer to the Lord of Love whom I encounter each time we are together. As I ask God’s continued blessing on my ministry, I ask him to bless you with a sense of his presence and the assurance of his love. In these difficult days in the Church, we need the support of one another. Please keep me in your prayers as I do you.
For all that has been, I give thanks!
For all that will be, I ask God’s Blessing!
God Love You,
-Father Peter
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