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THIS WEEK IN OUR PARISH
THIS WEEK IN OUR PARISH
Welcome To Our Parish Family
Not registered? Please stop by our rectory during office hours
and we will be most happy to include you in our parish
family.
Rectory
Office Hours are Monday thru Friday from 9AM - 4:00 PM.
Please call ahead for an appointment.
Telephone Numbers
Rectory:...............................................................593-5000
St. Raymond’s School.........................................593-9010
Religious Education Office .................................593-9075
Fax.......................................................................887-0554
Parish Social Ministry .........................................887-9197
Web Site www.saintraymonds.org
E-Mail StRayRcc@optonline.net
TUESDAY, August 11th
10:00am—Art Club
8:00pm—Prayer Group
WEDNESDAY, August 12th
7:30pm—Families Anonymous
THURSDAY, August 13th
9:30am—Bible Sharing
1:00pm—Adoration
5:00pm—Rosary—Prayer for Priests
FRIDAY, August 14th
12:00pm—Bereavement
7:30pm—Sodality Living Rosary
SATURDAY, August 15th
3:30pm—Confessions
SUNDAY, August 16th
1:00pm—Baptism class
2:00pm—Deanery Holy Hour
MWMR
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Café
Rec. Library
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Pastoral Care Of The Sick
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Holy Communion available to the homebound
Communal celebration of the Anointing of the Sicktwice yearly.
Sacrament of the Anointing- for those receiving serious
medical procedure, 3rd Saturday of the month at the 8:45
Mass
Devotions
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Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament - Thursday 1-4pm.
Nocturnal Adoration Society - First Fridays 8-9pm
Miraculous Medal Novena - Saturday following 8:45
Mass
Confessions
Saturdays 3:30 - 4:30 PM, Thursday before First Fridays 4-5
PM, or by appointment at the Rectory.
PASTORAL COUNCIL
Baptisms
Baptisms are celebrated the 2nd and 4th Sundays of the
month. Please call the Rectory for an appointment.
Marriages
Engaged couples are encouraged to call the Rectory a year in
advance of their wedding date to assure adequate time to
participate in preparation programs for the Sacrament of
Marriage.
Prayer Group
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Charismatic Prayer Group: Every Tuesday at 8pm in
the Rectory meeting room
Men’s Prayer Group: 3rd Friday at 8PM in Mary’s
Chapel.
Youth Group
- Fiddler—Under Construction
Rite Of Christian Initiation Of Adults (RCIA)
Interested in becoming a Catholic or an adult Catholic
seeking Eucharist or Confirmation? For information call the
Rectory.
August 8th is the feast day of St. Dominic, a
contemporary of our patron saint, St. Raymond
of Penyafort, and the founder of the Dominican
Order that St. Raymond joined in 1222. St.
Dominic was born in what is now Spain in 1170
and died in 1221. He founded the Dominican
Order in 1215 and held its first general council
in Bologna, Italy in 1220, where St. Raymond
was chair of canon law at the University of
Bologna.
Pastoral Council Members
Bernard Kilkelly (Pres.), Carol O’Reilly (Vice
Pres.),
Karen Gerrity (Secretary), Marion
O’Hara, Maria Papini, Barbara Gribbon, Ray
Solga, Frank Stallone & Diane Page.
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19th SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
A church door in Cologne, Germany, contains four decorated panels.
The first panel shows six stone jars to recall Jesus’ changing of water into
wine. The second shows five loaves and two fish to recall Jesus’ feeding the
5,000. The third shows the Last Supper, when Jesus fulfilled His promise.
The fourth shows the Emmaus event, when the two disciples encountered
Jesus in the ‘breaking of the bread’.
Few works of art give a better summary of the Eucharist, recalling how it
was prefigured at Cana, promised at Capernaum, instituted at Jerusalem,
and celebrated at Emmaus.
In this weekend’s Gospel reading Jesus says, “I am the bread that came
down from heaven”.
When He talks to us of Himself as bread, He is surely not talking of physical bread that we consume to
kill our hunger. He is definitely talking of a bread that is beyond physical. He is talking of the spiritual bread
that satisfies the spiritual hunger. Jesus came down to us, took our form, became one with us to feed us
that bread, to transform us into heavenly beings. He could not be with us physically just as He was present
during His time on earth and so He is present to us today in the Eucharist.
Eucharist is not just a ritual, it is not just a re-enactment of the last supper. It is the very presence of
Christ as spiritual bread and food to sustain us and not only sustain us but to energize us to become His
disciples that will embody Christ in our world - to be Christians in the true sense - being Christ-like.
It is a huge task at the same time a sublime calling! Are we ready to carry Christ? -Fr. Agnelo Gomes, SFX
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PARISH BULLETIN BOARD
MISSION NEWS
This is a continuation
from last week on Pat’s return
visit to our Sister Parish.
I attempt to articulate the
emotion of reliving this
mission trip. It was great to be back; great to
see those friends that left such a huge
impression on me two years ago.
The
kindness of our host family, the Cochoys, the
delicious Guatemalan comfort food, the
general excitement that we seem to cause
wherever we visited, the sheer vastness of the
landscape of Lake Atitlan, the rainforest, the
volcanic hot springs, the endless cornfields,
Antigua, Santiago, and the innocent open
faces of all of those omnipresent beautiful kids.
Make no mistake, there are big problems
there too: government corruption, alcoholism,
Aids, malnutrition and heartbreaking poverty.
Conor Boyle, a friend and schoolmate of
my son James, now sponsors a boy whose
living conditions would, by our standards, be
unfit for our pet dogs. The floors are cold dirt,
there are one inch cracks between the boards
that make up the siding of the house, no heat,
no electricity, no plumbing. A mother and six
children are barely sustained by a few corn
tortillas and whatever they can forage from the
nearby woods, squirrels, etc., I wanted to cry.
I wanted to give them all of the money that I
had, but of course you can’t do that, because
there’s another family just like them down the
road, and another, and another. What we can
do, like so many of the kind people who
support Projecto Don Bosco, is to help out bit
by bit. One kid gets to go to school, another
gets needed food or medicine, and so on, and
so on.
There are now close to two hundred
sponsored children in the project. There are
many, many, more in dire need. Any donation
is graciously appreciated, twenty dollars a
month can change a life forever. We’ve seen
it firsthand, kids going on to college, becoming
teachers, priests, engineers, lawyers, etc.
There aren’t too many investments that you
can make with that kind of returns.
-Patricio Arnao
YOUth Ministry
Upcoming events:
Folk Group/YOUth Group trip to Six Flags,
Wednesday, August 19th
Altar Server trip to Splish Splash, Monday,
August 24th.
Permission slips are available from Deacon Rich
in the Rectory.
Fiddler of the Roof—those who have their
scripts should be spending some time working
on them. Rehearsals start in September.
The winner of the Parish Picks Special Bonus
Drawing of $1,909.00 is:
Ticket # 24—Neil & Teresa Schloth
The next drawing will be held on Sunday,
August 16th, 2009
Congratulations Neil & Teresa on your win!!!
Are you in it yet for the next segment of Parish
Picks? The deadline is getting close. The first
drawing will be held on Sunday, August 16th,
so time is of the essence!!!
You gotta be in it—to win it!
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DIOCESAN BULLETIN BOARD
2009 CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL
ENTRANCE EXAM PREP COURSE
STEWARDSHIP THOUGHT
FOR THE WEEK
The gifts of God that the angel brought to Elijahfood, water, rest and encouragement—were
given, not for his own good alone, but to
strengthen him for service. How am I using my
gifts to serve others?
For the October 31st Exam
Courses will be held on the following Saturdays:
September 19, 26 & October 3, 10, 24
9—11:30am in Marian Hall
Course Fee: $275 (includes textbook)
Contact Ms Grasso 922-4888 Ext. 5101
THIS WEEK’S TIME & TALENT SALUTE:
St. Dominic High School
110 Anstice Street
Oyster Bay
In gratitude for God’s gift of time and talent to
us, we gratefully acknowledge and salute: our
Parish Social Ministry and St. Vincent de Paul
Society who become the hands of Jesus for
parishioners who are looking for a hand out from
Jesus for those who have heard that Jesus
promises the Bread of Life.
LIVING STEWARDSHIP
Please consider remembering St. Raymond’s
Parish in your will, Catholics of generations to
come will thank you for your thoughtfulness and
remember you in their prayers.
RELIGION AND ROCK
Tune into “Religion and Rock” with Msgr. Jim
Vlaun on Sunday from 7am to 8am on WBAB
102.3FM or 95.3FM on Long Island’s East End.
Listen on Saturdays at 11pm on Sirius Radio,
channel 159, the Catholic Channel and at 11pm on
XM Satellite, Channel 117. Next Sunday’s theme is
Uncertainty, don’t miss it! To listen online or
receive more information regarding Religion and
Rock go to www.ReligionandRock.com or at
“Religion & Rock on ITUNES.
Sacrificial Giving____________________________
GOD’S PLAN FOR GIVING
Last Week
Last Year
$15,820
$17,752
Monthly Sharing with Parish Outreach of
QMHR in Roosevelt and OLL in Hempstead
Thanks for Keeping—in—Step!
UPCOMING CONFERENCE
Dr. Scott Hahn at Kellenberg H.S.
September 12, 2009, one day Conference “Reasons to
Believe”, 9am to 4pm at Kellenberg High School
Auditorium, 1400 Glenn Curtiss Blvd., Uniondale, NY
11553. Admission Price: $10. *To register or inquiries
call Toti Conforti (516) 385-8963 or toticon@aol.com
*After August 15, $15.
YOU’RE INVITED WEDNESDAY
AUGUST 19TH TO A
HOT SUMMER NIGHT EVENT
ST. CATHERINE OF SIENNA
YOUTH COMMUNITY
Save Innocent Life
Join PRAYER Crusade
Just Pray
Dear God, we pray to preserve the life of the Nearborn
(“partial birth” babies) and to save the life of the Newborn
(“throwaway” babies)
Be a Crusader—PRAY
Become a messenger
Tell others to PRAY
All teens grades 8-12, is throwing a party in your
honor. From 5-10pm. Meet us on the School
Yard or just follow the smells of BBQ. The
address is 990 Holzhelmer St., Franklin Square.
Please RSVP to Fellcia at the Faith Formation
Office 354-4554 Ext. 6 so that we have enough
for seconds.
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Religious Education
Q. What do they mean when people refer to the
PRECEPTS OF THE CHURCH?
When we hear the word luxury, we think of something,
which is used for enjoyment, that may be expensive and which
is not a necessity. Yet, there are those among us who would
consider paying bills on time or being able to buy basics a
luxury. I can remember watching some consumers obsessing
over a Macy’s gadget bar, trying to decide between an electric
apple peeler and some other equally superfluous whatnot. I
thought how lucky they were to have such a simple dilemma,
when so many would be lucky to have apples.
A. Among the main specific duties of Catholics
today are the following:
1. Celebrate Christ’s resurrection every Sunday
(or Saturday evening) and on holy days of
obligation by taking part in the Mass and
avoiding unnecessary work.
2. Lead a Sacramental Life—Receive Holy
Communion regularly and the Sacrament of
Reconciliation regularly. We must receive Holy
Communion at least once a year at LentEaster, if we have committed serious or mortal
sin. Go to Reconciliation before doing so.
6. To practice penance, including not eating meat
and fasting from food on certain days.
We have so many things that we take for granted and don’t
think twice about how we indulge ourselves. How lucky we
are! There is no shame in being comfortable or in being able
to treat ourselves to luxury, but there is a problem when we
exclude the needy from our thoughts and help. Here in our
parish, we are blessed with parishioners who are always
willing to help those less fortunate, even when it means
sacrifice on their part. We have witnessed even our children
depriving themselves of goodies to help others.
Once again, we are asking for your help. School will be in
session before we know it, and we are in need for certain
school supplies for our clients. The following are some of the
items we need:
Loose-leaf binders 1” and 2” rings
Loose-leaf paper
Two pocket folders
School supplies will be distributed the week of August 31st.
If we find that there are other items needed, we will list them in
the bulletin.
7. To share in the missionary spirit of the church
and share the good news in whatever ways we
can.
Pantry Needs: Mayonnaise, Cooking Oil,
Canned Pasta, Canned Meats, Dry Milk,
Pancake Syrup, Sugar, Toothbrushes,
Deodorant, and Razors.
3. To provide proper religious education for
oneself and one’s children, especially by one of
the Catholic schools and other educational
programs.
4. Observe the marriage laws of the Catholic
Church.
5. Strengthen and support the Church; one’s own
parish and clergy and the worldwide church.
Faith Formation
GOING ON VACATION?
Courage is a support group for men
women who are struggling with same
attractions and want to be faithful to
teaching of the Church. Info: 623-1400
190 or go to www.courageRC.net
and
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ext.
Wherever you are in the U.S. you can always find
the closest Catholic Church by simply dialing: (1) 800
MASS TIME. All you will need is the area code and
the prefix of the phone you are using or the zip code
of your location. The computerized phone system
will provide the name, telephone number, address,
Mass times and distance from your present location.
Or you can go to their website, http://
www.masstimes.org
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FEAST OF THE ASSUMPTION
OF OUR LADY
Saturday, August 15th
Friday, August 14th 7:30pm—Living Rosary
SODALITY OF OUR LADY
MASS SCHEDULE
Vigil Mass—Friday,
August 14th
8pm
Saturday, August 15th
8:45am, 10:30am,
12:15pm
When the Emperor Marcian summoned the Patriarch of Jerusalem to the
Council of Chalcedon in 451, he asked the bishop to bring the relics of
Mary to be enshrined in Constantinople. The patriarch said he would not
comply because there were no relics of Mary in Jerusalem. “Mary had
died in the presence of the apostles”, he said, “but her tomb, when
opened later...was found empty and so the apostles concluded that the
body was taken up into heaven.”
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Masses For The Week
Monday, August 10th
2 Cor 9: 6-10; Jn 12: 26-26
7:15
Agnes Graebe
8:45
Howell L. Jones
Lawrence
Tuesday, August 11th
Clare
Dt 31: 1-8; Mt 18: 1-13
7:15
Barbara Broughal Lines
8:45
Isabella & Vincent Mastrodomenico
Wednesday, August 12th
Dt 34: 1-12; Mt 18: 15-20
7:15
Thomas DeRosa
8:45
Anthony Parlato Jr.
Jane Frances
de Chantal
Thursday, August 13th Pontian & Hippolytus
Jos 3: 7-17; Mt 18:21-1
7:15
Robert Roman
8:45
Helen Keon Fisher
Friday, August 14th Maximilian Mary Kolbe
1 Chr 15: 3-2;Cor 15: 15-57; Lk 11: 27-28
7:15
Edythe Graziano (18th Anniversary)
8:45
Michael Emililo
8:00
Frank Panobianco
Saturday, August 15th Assumption of Mary
Rv 11:19-10; 1 Cor 15: 20-27; Lk 1: 39-56
8:45
Mass of Multiple Intentions:
For Our Parishioners, Frank Vukov,
Marian & Francis Deller, Robert Keon,
Dec. Mem. of the Cassese Family
10:30
Margaret Ganley
12:15
Dec. Mem. of the Daley Family
Please Pray
For Our Sick…. Steven Miller, Janet Kelly,
Kevin McGreevy, Gilda Raia,
Baby Kayleigh
Lindholm, Baby Michael Angel Castillo, Sammy
Campano,
Baby Aidan Pearsall, Baby Brady
James Hicks, Baby Nicholas Anthony Savino,
Gaspare Minervini, Lisa Romano, Noreen
Helmstadt, Pasquale Vaglio,
Bill Saar Jr.,
Aniello Anzulone, Paul Pisani, Beatrice Maloney, Andrew
Donnellan, Jacqueline Curiale, Charles Schweigert, Brian
Darby,
Barbara Stephens,
Ralph Bilotta, Domenica
Cuscino, Bill Brosnan, Domenick Savino, Patricia Vito,
Arthur Conforti, Catherine Miller, Harry Ehrahardt, Raymond
Mayle, Gertrude Flood, Gertrude Gypalo (names are printed
for three consecutive weeks unless the rectory is notified
otherwise.)
REST IN PEACE
8/22—Natuzza Artusa ( 83)
ROSE FOR LIFE this week is in memory of Michael
O’Donnell. Donated by Mary Healy. For more information
call Mary Healy at 887-4062.
MARRIAGE BANNS
SECOND TIME:
Nicole Anastasio, St. Raymond and
Charles Vito, St. Raymond
Lauren Egerter, Our Lady of Lourdes and
Dominik Pankratz, Germany
Deirdre McShane, St. Raymond and
Timothy Carl, St. Christopher
FIRST TIME:
Christine Valente, St. Raymond and
Ryan Monahan, St. Raymond
CELEBRANTS
FOR NEXT WEEKEND
5:00
Edward Maloney
Sunday, August 16th 20th Sunday in
Ordinary Time
Prv 9: 1-6; Eph 5: 15-20; Jn 6: 51-58
7:30
Dec. Mem. of the Carrano & Biello Family
9:00
Joseph Nicolich
10:30
John Snee
12:00
Mass of Multiple Intentions:
Anne Goebels, Anna LoPinto,
George Himberg, Angela Wagner,
Frank Siciliano
4:30
For Our Parishioners
Saturday, 8/15
5:00pm—Fr. Agnelo Gomes
Sunday, 8/16
7:30am—Fr. Agnelo Gomes
9:00am—Fr. Agnelo Gomes
10:30am—Fr. Frank Eisele
12:00pm—Fr. Frank Eisele
4:30pm—Fr. Frank Eisele
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SODALITY OF
. OUR LADY
Our Lady Queen of Peace, Pray for Us
The Sodality of Our Lady’s Living Rosary in
celebration of the feast of the Assumption of
the Blessed Virgin Mary will take place this
Friday, August 14th, the eve of the
Assumption, in the church at 7:30pm, followed
by Mass at 8:00pm.
The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
commemorates the death of Mary and her
bodily assumption into Heaven, before her
body could begin to decay—a foretaste of our
own bodily resurrection at the end of time.
Because it signifies the Blessed Virgin's
passing into eternal life, it is the most
important of all Marian feasts.
All parishioners are welcome and
encouraged to join us! If you would like to
participate in the rosary procession, please
come to the church at 7:15pm and sit in one of
the pews in front of the Blessed Mother statue.
To Jesus, Through Mary
SPIRITUAL READING
The July-August issue of “Journey to Our
Lady” is now available in the entranceway
pamphlet rack.
ST. RAYMOND’S HUMAN LIFE
COMMITTEE
SPIRITUAL ADOPTION
PROGRAM
TWO MONTH OLD DEVELOPING BABY
Your spiritually adopted baby is making progress
developing all of his or her internal & external
organs. At just 35 days after conception, the baby
has all his or her fingers. Brain waves can be
detected at 40 days & the brain is controlling 40
sets of muscles as well as the organs. His or her
mother can hear her baby’s heartbeat now on an
ultrasonic stethoscope. The jaw forms including
teeth buds in the gums. And it has been reported
that as early as two months the baby can suck his
or her thumb! The eyelids seal during this time to
protect the baby’s light sensitive eyes that will reopen in the seventh month. The stomach produces
digestive juices & the kidneys have begun to
function. This tiny human being responds to touch.
By 8 weeks, the developing baby is now referred to
as the “fetus”, a Latin word meaning “young one” or
“offspring”.
From this moment onward, your
spiritually adopted baby grows & refines his or her
body. But everything the baby needs to survive
once he is born is already present by the end of the
8th week. Please continue to pray daily for your
little one as most surgical abortions are done
between the 8th & 12th of the unborn baby’s life.
Thank you.
DEANERY VI PRO-LIFE HOLY HOUR
DATE:
Sunday, August 16th
TIME:
2-3PM
Place:
St. Raymond’s Church
“...then if My people will humble themselves and
pray, and search for ME, and turn from their wicked
ways, I will hear them from heaven and forgive their
sins and heal their land. I will listen, wide awake, to
every prayer made in this place.” (2 Chronicles 7:
14-15)