Shrine Church of Our Lady of Solace

WELCOME TO THE
Shrine Church of Our Lady of Solace
Over 115 years of service to the people of God in Coney Island
website: www.olsbrooklyn.com
e-mail: rectoryoffice@olsbrooklyn.com
SECOND SUNDAY OF EASTER
(SUNDAY OF THE DIVINE MERCY)
April 3, 2016
A PARISH SERVED BY THE VOCATIONIST FATHERS
Phone:
(718) 266-1612
2866 WEST 17TH STREET
BROOKLYN, NY 11224
Fax:
(718) 301-2281
MASS SCHEDULE
PARISH OFFICE HOURS
Sunday: 9:30 AM (English), 11:00 AM (Spanish), 12:30 PM (English)
Weekday: 8:00 AM in Our Lady of Divine Vocations Chapel
Saturday: 9:00 AM in Our Lady of Divine Vocations Chapel
Tuesday & Friday evenings: 6:30 PM (Spanish) in Church
Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday:
Tuesday: 9:30 AM to 8:00 PM
(or call anytime to make an appointment)
Saturday, Sunday, National Holidays: Closed
NOVENA TO OUR LADY OF SOLACE
PARISH STAFF
Saturday: 8:30 AM in Our Lady of Divine Vocations Chapel
EUCHARISTIC ADORATION
AND BENEDICTION
Tuesdays: 6:00 PM (Spanish) in Church
First Fridays: 5:30-6:30 PM (bilingual) in Church
DAILY EUCHARISTIC ADORATION
Parishioners have been assigned every hour
as a worshipper to Jesus in the Eucharist.
All are welcome! The Eucharistic Adoration takes
place in the Our Lady of Divine Vocations Chapel
located in the former convent building.
BAPTISM (in English):
Parents wishing to have their child baptized are asked to make
an appointment with the Parish Administrator. Please bring
the child’s birth certificate. Baptisms in English are on
Saturdays at 11:00 AM.
CONFESSIONS:
Confessions are heard before each of the Masses on Sunday:
9:00 to 9:25 AM, 10:30 to 10:55 AM (in Spanish),
and 12:00 noon to 12:25 PM, or by appointment in the
rectory.
MARRIAGE:
Please make arrangements with a priest at least six months
before the wedding date. Log on to www.pre-cana.org for
diocesan guidelines on marriage preparation.
.................................... Pastor
e-mail: olsshiju@olsbrooklyn.com
.................................. Parochial Vicar
e-mail: frjavier@olsbrooklyn.com
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Ms. Epifania Tolama ........................................ Parish Secretary
e-mail: etolama@olsbrooklyn.com
Mrs. Maria Garces............. Religious Education Coordinator
e-mail: mgarces@olsbrooklyn.com
Mr. Robert Weigel ........................Director of Music/Organist
e-mail: olsmusicman@earthlink.net
Mr. Esteban Rodriguez...........................................Maintenance
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BAUTISMO (en español):
Los padres que deseen el sacramento del Bautismo para sus
hijos deben hacer una cita con uno de los sacerdotes. Por
favor traigan el certificado de nacimiento del niño que va a ser
bautizado. Los Bautismos en español son los Sábados a
las 12:00 mediodía.
CONFESIONES:
Se escuchan confesiones antes de cada Misa el domingo:
9:00 a 9:25 AM, 10:30 a 10:55 AM (en español) y 12:00
mediodía a 12:25 PM o por cita en la rectoría.
MATRIMONIO:
Por favor, hagan una cita con el sacerdote mínimo seis
meses antes de la boda. Visite www.pre-cana.org y lea las
directrices diocesanas sobre la preparación al matrimonio.
Second Sunday of Easter (Sunday of the Divine Mercy) ‐ April 3, 2016
MASS INTENTIONS FOR THE WEEK
Sunday, April 3, 2016 (Sunday of the Divine Mercy)
9:30 AM
Rosalina and Luis Hernandez-Mayas:
Happy Birthday in Heaven r/b Awilda Mayas
11:00 AM Rafael Ramirez r/b su esposa, Ines Sanchez
12:30 PM
Jerryetta and Augie Pagano: Happy Birthday
r/b Loving Family
Monday, April 4, 2016 (Annunciation of the Lord)
8:00 AM Danielle Carpenter r/b the Lefebvre Family
Tuesday, April 5, 2016
THIS WEEK AT A GLANCE
Sun.
Confessions: 9AM-9:25AM/10:30AM-10:55AM/12PM-12:25PM
04/03 10:45AM: CCD Classes
11:30AM: OLS Baseball League Registration in auditorium
2:30PM: Bilingual Chaplet of Divine Mercy and Mass
Mon. 8AM: SOLEMN MASS OF THE ANNUNCIATION OF THE LORD
04/04 9AM-5PM:
9:30AM-1:30PM: Catholic Charities Food Pantry
Tue.
7PM: Cursillista Group
04/05
Wed. 6PM: Ensayo del Coro Español (iglesia)
04/06 7:30PM: Adult Choir rehearsal (church)
8:00 AM For the health of James Carchiolo
r/b The Cirillo Family
6:30 PM
Wednesday, April 6, 2016
Thu.
6PM: Youth Choir Rehearsal (church)
04/07 7PM: French Creole Prayer Group (Parish Center 2)
8:00 AM
Thursday, April 7, 2016
8:00 AM Henry Romani r/b Loving Family
Friday, April 8, 2016
Sat.
11:30AM: OLS Baseball Registration in auditorium
04/09 7PM: Divine Mercy Chaplet (in chapel)
8:00 AM Gillian Bristow r/b The Bedeau Family
6:30 PM Francisco Villafañe r/b His Loving Children
Saturday, April 9, 2016
9:00 AM Walter Welsh r/b Family
Sunday, April 10, 2016
9:30 AM Gillian Bristow r/b The Bedeau Family
Por el Eterno Descanso de Epifania Cardoso
11:00 AM r/b Familia Cuautli Cardoso
Gloria Romero r/b Su hijo, Carmelo Ahuatl
Thelma Meade,
12:30 PM
with love by Carmen Saez and Family
Fri.
8PM: Grupo de Oracion Carismatica (en el auditorio)
04/08
HOLY WEEK DONATIONS
Holy Thursday, March 24, 2016
Collection: $362
Good Friday. March 25, 2016:
Holy Land Collection :$1,415
Easter Sunday, March 27, 2016
Total attendance: 1,622
1st collection: $4,330
2nd Collection Retired Priests: $1,169
Thank you for your generosity!
APRIL MEMORIALS
FLOWERS TO THE BLESSED MOTHER
In Memory of Hazel Jaffier r/b her mother
Mr. Ezequiel Carillo and
Mrs. Emilia Rosales
for their generosity in donating
this year’s paschal candle.
Thank you so much!
SACRAMENTAL CARE
Pray for our sick: Deacon Dan Marley, Pat Marley,
Jan Dunn, Sasha Joseph, Mary Sesso,
Paula McDonough, Theresa Lane, Hector Rios,
Maria Engrasia Sandoval, Doug Gonzalez,
John James Osorio, José Arroyo, Joseph Moliere,
Charlene Knight, Ana de Santiago, James Sweeney,
Sylvia Fiorentino, Francisco Carrasquillo,
Orville Willams, Patricia Bernal, Eric Price,
Dolores Deloch, Caridad Nazario, JaRon McBride,
Samuel Miller, Cheryl Humphrey, Ty Flood,
Damaris Casado
Holy Communion is brought every Wednesday,
Thursday, and Sunday to the homebound
at the Sea Crest and Shorefront nursing homes
Pray for Vocations
SANCTUARY LAMP
In thanksgiving to Almighty God
for His many blessings r/b Rebecca Yamson
BREAD AND WINE
In Memory of Ralph Frigenti r/b P.L.
ALTAR CANDLES
For Cynthia Philbert
NYU Lutheran Hospital
will be here again TODAY from 10:00 AM to
1:00 PM in the Auditorium
to provide free blood pressure
screenings
health-related questions.
We encourage everyone to take advantage
of this opportunity.
Hospital NYU Luterana
Estará aquí nuevamente HOY de 10:00 AM a
1:00 PM en el Auditorio
Para hacer exámenes de presión arterial gratis y
responder a sus preguntas acerca de su salud.
Animamos a todos a tomar ventaja de esta
oportunidad.
Second Sunday of Easter
Segundo Domingo de Pascua
Bilingual Divine Mercy Chaplet,
Veneration of the Relic of St. Faustina and
Mass in Honor of the Divine Mercy
There will be a feast and refreshments will be served
after the Chaplet in honor of the Divine Mercy in the auditorium.
All are welcome to participate!
Coronilla en Bilingüe a la Divina Misericordia,
Veneración de la Reliquia de la Santa Faustina
y Misa en Honor a la Divina Misericordia
Habra fiesta y comida en honor a la Divina Misericordia
despues de la Coronilla en el auditorio.
¡Todos son bienvenidos a participar!
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION REGISTRATION
is now
underway. Your child must be enrolled even if he or she
was a student this year. You may register your child at
the rectory from Monday thru Friday
from 9:30 AM to 5:30 PM. For m s ar e
also available through our parish website’s
and may
home page
be filled out online and printed out.
The registration fee is $40 per child.
Ignatian Retreat
Starting this Thursday, April 7, 2016,
those who desire to deepen their awareness
of God’s loving and abiding presence in
their lives are invited to make a thirteenweek Ignatian retreat. For information
regarding these weekly sessions,
please call Sister Marion at (718) 372-2718.
Millennium Theatre in Lancaster, PA
Saturday, September 10, 2016
Buses will leave from church at 6:00 AM
1) BY OFFERING A DAILY PRAYER FOR THOSE
CALLED BY GOD TO HIS SERVICE;
2) BY OFFERING A DAILY SACRIFICE FOR THIS INTENTION;
3) BY GIVING A DONATION WHEN ASKED.
INSCRIPCION DE EDUCACIÓN RELIGIOSA
Retiro Ignaciano
los que
.
Teatro Milenio en Lancaster, PA
el sábado, 10 de septiembre del 2016
Los buses se irán de la iglesia a las 6:00 AM
1) OFRECIENDO UNA ORACI˖N DIARIA PARA
AQUELLOS QUE DIOS LLAMA A SU SERVICIO;
2) OFRECIENDO AL SE˕OR UN SACRIFICIO DIARIO;
3) DONANDO UNA OFRENDA CUANDO PUEDAN.
Second Sunday of Easter (Sunday of the Divine Mercy) ‐ April 3, 2016
April 2016
How will you fill your God-shaped hole?
St. Madeleine Sophie Barat
Born in Burgundy, France, St.
Madeleine Sophie
received a
rigorous
education from
her older brother
Louis. She loved
to learn and grew
up to be an
excellent teacher. With the help of
Father Varin, she founded the
Society of the Sacred Heart, which
was dedicated to educating young
women. She took her final vows in
1802. In 1826, her society received
formal papal approval. She spent
the rest of her life founding
schools to teach children.
Seeing with new eyes
Sometimes we can do the right
It’s easy to be nice to people who
are nice to you or who are
considered “respectable”
company. Don’t be fooled by
outward appearances, though.
Everything done to our brothers
and sisters Jesus counts as done to
him. When you see someone you
want to avoid, remember he or she
is Christ in disguise and act
accordingly .
“Do not neglect hospitality, for
through it some
have unknowingly
entertained
angels” (Hebrews
13:2).
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St. Augustine wrote, “You have
made us for yourself and our
hearts are restless until they find
their rest in Thee,” (Confessions,
Saint Augustine).
Humans are
created with a
longing for
something
infinitely good,
true, and beautiful
- God. If we try to
fill that longing
with things that
are not God, we
are unsatisfied.
Make room. We
pursue money,
friends, power, or
possessions, thinking that we will
be happy if we accumulate
enough. The problem is that
earthly rewards don’t last and
distract us from what does. King
Solomon could have chosen all the
riches, esteem, and power in the
world but rejected them because
they would distract him from God.
Value what lasts. “For the mind
that is set on the flesh is hostile to
God” (Romans 8:7). Pleasure makes
us feel good in
the moment but
fades so we
need more to
feel good.
Worse, pursuit
of pleasure can
lead to sin.
Pleasure is not
happiness.
Happiness
results when
God shares
himself with us
and we draw
close to him.
Grow in love. Having received
the gift of divine life, we must give
it to others. "Beloved, if God so loved
us, we also ought to love one
another" (1 John 4:11). When we
share God's life and love, we grow
in that very life and love.
Why do Catholics bless
themselves with holy water?
The practice of blessing
oneself with holy water
harkens back to the
washing rituals of the Old
Testament Jews, who had
to bathe before entering
the temple.
Today, when we bless
ourselves with holy
water, it brings to mind
our own baptism. It was
at our baptism that our
souls were washed clean
of original sin and we
were officially made
members of the Church.
We also received the gift
of faith. In blessing
ourselves, we renew our
baptismal promise.
Segundo Domingo de Pascua (Domingo de la Misericordia Domingo) ‐ 3 de abril de 2016
Abril de 2016
Descubriendo esperanza y gozo en la fe católica.
¿Cómo llenará el hueco de Dios?
Nacida en Borgoña, Francia,
santa Magdalena
Sofía fue
rigurosamente
educada por su
hermano Luis.
Le encantaba
aprender y se
convirtió en una maestra
extraordinaria. Con la ayuda
del padre Varín fundó la
Congregación del Sagrado
Corazón que se dedicó a la
educación de las jóvenes. Tomó
los votos solemnes en 1802. En
1826 la congregación recibió el
visto bueno formal del papado.
Pasó el resto de su vida
fundando escuelas para educar
a los niños.
Ver con ojos nuevos
Es fácil ser amables con los
que son amables con nosotros o
con quienes creemos que son
compañía “respetable”. Pero no
se deje engañar por las
apariencias. Todo lo que
hacemos por nuestros
hermanos y hermanas Jesús lo
siente como algo que le
hacemos a él. Cuando vea a
alguien que quiere evitar,
recuerde que esa persona es
Cristo disfrazado y actúe en
consecuencia.
“No olviden la
hospitalidad; gracias
a ella, algunos, sin
saberlo, hospedaron a
angeles” (Hebreos
13:2).
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San Agustín escribió: “Nos has
creado para ti y nuestro corazón
andará siempre inquieto mientras no
descanse en ti” (San Agustín,
Confesiones). Los
seres humanos son
creados con una
querencia por algo
infinitamente bueno,
verdadero y bello:
Dios. Si intentamos
llenar esa querencia
con cosas que no son
Dios, nos sentimos
insatisfechos.
Hagan sitio.
Vamos tras el dinero,
amigos, poder o
posesiones, pensando
que seremos felices si
acumulamos lo suficiente. El problema
es que las recompensas terrenales no
duran y nos distraen de lo que dura. El
rey Salomón podría haber elegido
todas las riquezas, estima y poder del
mundo, pero rechazó todo porque
podían distraerlo de Dios.
Valoren lo que dura. “las tendencias
de la carne llevan al odio de Dios”
(Romanos 8:7). El placer hace que nos
sintamos bien en el momento, pero se
disipa así que
necesitamos más para
sentirnos bien. Peor
aún, la búsqueda del
placer puede
llevarnos al pecado. El
placer no es la
felicidad. La felicidad
llega cuando Dios se
comparte con
nosotros y nos
acercamos a él.
Crezcan en amor.
Debemos dar a los
demás el don de la
vida divina que hemos recibido.
“Queridos, si Dios nos ha amado de esta
manera, también nosotros debemos
amarnos unos a otros” (1 Juan 4:11).
Cuando compartimos la vida y el amor
de Dios, crecemos en esa misma vida
y en ese mismo amor.
¿Por qué se santiguan los
católicos con agua bendita?
La práctica de
santiguarse con agua
bendita data se remonta a
los rituales de ablución
del Antiguo Testamento,
en los que los judíos
tenían que lavarse antes
de entrar en el templo.
Hoy, cuando nos
santiguamos con agua
bendita, recordamos
nuestro bautismo. En
nuestro bautismo se nos
limpió el alma del pecado
original y nos convertimos
oficialmente en miembros
de la Iglesia. También
recibimos el don de la fe. Al
santiguarnos renovamos
las promesas del bautismo.