August 1, 2004 - Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Masses for the Week of August 2 - August 8
Monday, August 2
6:30 AM Bert Hirten
9:00 AM Thomas Maher
Tuesday, August 3
6:30 AM Maria Parlavecchio
9:00 AM Frederick D. & Margaret F. Kreuder
Wednesday, August 4 (St. John Mary Vianney)
6:30 AM Michael J. & Mary McKenna
9:00 AM Gina A. Wilson
Thursday, August 5
6:30 AM Benjamina Suarez
9:00 AM Arthur Kerley
Friday, August 6 (Transfiguration of the Lord)
6:30 AM Christopher Roach
9:00 AM Tim Hickey
3:00 PM Wedding: Mark Gandioso & Melissa Smith
5:00 PM Wedding: Roger Vance & Deja Gomes
Saturday, August 7
8:00 AM Gina Wilson
3:00 PM Wedding: Jeffrey Carter & Anne McQuillan
5:00 PM Carlie Brucia, Robert Hirten, Josephine Moschetto
Ralph Pascarella, Christine Nardoza, Celia Fiorella
7:30 PM Frank, Mariana & Salvatore Natale
Sunday, August 8 (Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time)
7:00 AM Robert & Regina Daly
9:00 AM Grace Kowalek
10:30 AM Dominick Villani
12:00 PM For the People of the Parish
3:00 PM Wedding: Philip Franzese & Kristan Campanelli
5:00 PM Rosa Mangiaracina
Holy Family Chapel
The 10:15 AM Mass in the Holy Family Chapel is cancelled and will resume on September 19th.
Bread & Wine
The Eucharistic bread and wine for this week is in memory of George Hand from Kay & Bill Finnen.
Food Pantry Weekend
August 7th & 8th
This month we are most in need of coffee, tuna fish, jelly, spaghetti sauce, juices, dish and laundry detergent, and personal care items (soap & toothpaste). Please leave your pantry donations on the lobby benches in church next weekend. We are also happy to accept them in the rectory during the week. Will the Ten-Minute Club members please meet the members of our St. Vincent de Paul Society in the Church lobby after Mass so that we may transport the food donations to the rectory basement. Thank you so much for your generous support of our food pantry.
Sanctuary Lamp
The Sanctuary Lamp Candle will be lit this week in memory of George Hand from Mary Lou & Tom Finnen.
Altar Flowers
The flowers on the Main Altar for this week are in thanksgiving for those who assist the parishioners of St. Barnabas the Apostle from the Mundy and Toole families.
The flowers on the Blessed Mother’s Altar are in honor of our Blessed Mother on the occasion of the wedding of Jeanne Toole and Michael Mundy (St. Frances de Chantal) from Bob & Marcia Toole.
Friendly Seniors
Meeting Tuesday, August 3rd, 1:00 PM in the Holy Family Chapel. New members over 55 years are welcome.
Banns of Marriage
Reginald Hyppolite & Melissa Cayard
Nocturnal Adoration
First Tuesday, August 3rd, at 8:00 PM in the church
Second Collection Next Week
The second collection next week is for the church in Latin America.
Please Pray for the Repose of the Souls of the Recently Deceased
Veronica Markunas
Madeline M. Fischer
George Rebentisch
What’s Up, Up There?
There’s lots of banging of hammers going on as the slow process of placing slate tiles continues. Of course the rain has stopped the work day on several occasions and we do have several funerals each week when we have to ask the workers to take a break.
Volunteer Registration
Thank you to all our wonderful volunteers who have completed the necessary volunteer registration forms. To make it easier for those who still need to complete their forms, members of the parish staff will be available in the Holy Family Chapel on August 14th and 15th after the following Masses:
August 14th 5:00 PM & 7:30 PM
August 15th 7:00, 9:00, 10:30 AM & 12 Noon
Please take advantage of this opportunity to complete the mandated forms. Thank you.
Vocation Office
High School Vocation Retreat
Saturday, November 20th–Sunday, November 21st
The Vocation Office for the Diocese of Rockville Centre is sponsoring a High School Vocation Retreat Weekend. This retreat is for young men of High School age who might benefit from hearing more about the priesthood and use the experience in their future discernment of a vocation. For further information, please contact the Vocation Office at 631-424-9888 or e-mail Vocations@drvc.org
Discipleship
The call of the disciples is so familiar to us that we tend to miss the wonder of the disciples’ response, which was immediate and complete; they leave everything and follow Jesus. Can we do less if we feel that God is calling us to the priesthood or consecrated life? If you think God is calling you, contact the Vocations Office.
Youth Group Summer Trips!
There is still space available for two upcoming youth group trips:
August 9th
Watch the Yankees take on the Toronto Blue Jays at world famous Yankee Stadium. Tickets are $50 and include round-trip transportation via bus.
August 11th
Our 5th annual trip to Dorney Park and Wildwater Kingdom. Tickets are $53 and include ticket to both parks, lunch and round-trip transportation via luxury coach bus. Please call Cristina at 785-0130 for further details and reservations.
New Life - New Love
The parish rejoices with our young families who celebrate the baptism of a child. Please be assured of our prayers and support. We welcome our newest parishioners.
Samantha Jade Connelly
Ryan Thomas Curtin
Kelly Victoria Diebold
Nicholas Frederick Duany
Marianne Grace Fortunato
Alexa Christine Rago
Nicholas Joseph Sena
Antonio Giovanni Villani
Nicholas Jason DeTommaso
Bobby Matthew Noghrey
Thomas Allan Mauro |
Christina Marie McQuillan
Robert James Vitale
Jackson Douglas Walter
Annabela Rose Mandich
Joseph Dagnello
Victoria Marie Gibney
Aidan James Orr
Daniel Scott McArdle
Emily Elizabeth McArdle
Nicholas James Parma
Anthony Scotto, III |
Charismatic Renewal Center
The Diocesan Office of Charismatic Renewal will sponsor an evening of Prayer and Praise on Monday, August 9th, at 8:00 PM in the Holy Family Chapel. The Messianic Jewish Community, “Shaaret HaShamyim” will lead this evening of praise, worship, music and witness. Everyone is welcome. For further information, call 631-952-7400.
School Days...School Daze
They’re a way’s off, but they’re coming fast! Before you know it, those school bells will be ringing again (sorry, kids), and the need for start-up school supplies will once more rear its expensive head. For many years, the Back-To-School Collection has been a summer tradition at St. Barnabas and so we’ll be doing it again in just a few weeks. Because all schools and teachers have a dizzying array of requirements, $5 & $10 gift cards for any place that sells school supplies (CVS, Rite Aid, Walgreen, K-Mart, Wal*Mart, Staples, Office Max, etc.) are really the easiest and best, but the usual supplies are also welcome. Just leave your donations on the lobby benches in church on the weekend of August 14th & 15th, or drop them (especially the gift cards) at the rectory by August 17th. Thanks very much for your help with all this. It will be a big boost to many, needy families, and your generosity is deeply appreciated.
Help Wanted
Positions available for Queen of the Rosary Infirmary, Amityville: RN’s and LPN’s, full time, part time or per diem, all shifts. Contact Maryanne Charles or Debi Pfeifer at 631-842-6000, ext. 271, Monday through Friday, 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM.
Office of Christian Formation News
Attention: All parents/guardians of children attending public schools in grade levels
one through eight.
Registrations are still being accepted for our parish children’s Christian Formation program. If you have not already registered your child for religion classes for the upcoming school year, please call our office at 785-0130 as soon as possible for further information regarding registration, as classroom assignments are currently being given for the new school year.
Help Urgently Needed
We are currently assigning our students in our parish Christian formation program (religious education) into classes for the upcoming school year. It has come to our attention that we are in need of special needs catechists or teachers for some of the children in our program who might present some learning difficulties. We invite parishioners who have experience working with special needs children to consider teaching religious to some of these children whether on a one to one basis or in a small classroom setting. We are also in need of catechists and hall monitors for grades 2-8. If you can share an hour a week monitoring the hallways or teaching the faith to a small group of children, please call the OCF at 785-0130. Your assistance in this most important endeavor is very much needed and appreciated.
In Your Prayers Remember the Sick
Patricia Birbiglia, Evelyn O’Brien, Teresa Coleman, Peter Lang, Marcia Toole,
Richard Mistretta, Daniel Murphy, Victor Mingovits, Jane Deyette,
Florence Johanson, Catherine Antonucci, Josephine Rezny, Bill Althenn,
Joan Scheff, Patti Fischer, and all the sick of the parish.
Regina Maternity Services
Regina Maternity Services, a Catholic Charities Program in Merrick, is in need of women volunteers to reach out as Mentors to single pregnant and parenting young women. It takes as little as an hour a week to make a difference in a young woman’s life. For further information on becoming a Mentor, please call Margaret Hogan at 223-7888.
Small Christian Community Facilitators
The August and September issues of “Exploring” are available in the Outreach Office. Please stop at the rectory, and pick up enough for your group. Thanks very much.
A Letter from the Pastor - August 1, 2004
My dear friends,
During the past several weeks members of the staff have offered many meetings for volunteers in the parish to assist them in completing the volunteer registration forms and the release form for a criminal background check. So many of you have been more than ready to complete these forms and have attended the meetings so that we can process them.
The most repeated question concerns the sharing of your social security number with us. The only reason this number is requested is that we need it to process the criminal background check. Please be assured that we will keep this number confidential. Your social security number, along with your name and address are submitted to a firm that does this check. Only the pastor is informed if there is any information that arises through this background check. I will personally be in contact with you should something arise.
Some people have indicated that they are not willing to provide their social security number and thus making it impossible for us to complete the required background check. Sadly the diocese has mandated that those who fail to submit the required forms will not be permitted to volunteer for parish activities. Each of the staff members hopes that those finding it difficult to provide their social security number will do so and thus continue as a volunteer in the parish.
On the weekend of August 14th - 15th, meetings have been scheduled for after the masses. We encourage all volunteers who have not yet competed the new registration process to please attend one of these meetings.
Once again, I thank you for your understanding concerning this process. If you have any questions about this, please don’t hesitate to contact me or one of the members of the staff. We all hope that all our efforts will make our parish stronger and more committed to one another’s welfare.
God Love You,
-Father Peter
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