March 8, 2015 - Basilica of Regina Pacis

St. Rosalia - Regina Pacis Parish
Brooklyn, New York
March 8, 2015 - THIRD SUNDAY OF LENT
St. Rosalia Church
6301 14th Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11219
Pastor
Monsignor Ronald T. Marino, E.V.
PARISH MISSION STATEMENT
We are a Catholic faith community
who believes in God
– Father, Son, and Holy Spirit –
and who follows Christ’s teaching
of love and service.
As a parish founded by immigrants,
we recognize that we continue to be
a multi-ethnic parish.
We welcome everyone
by ministering to their various needs
and provide all with the opportunity
to grow intellectually in Christ.
Through our sacramental life,
we are empowered to build up
the Body of Christ
and to become a more vibrant
and faith-filled community.
Email: [email protected]
Mass Schedule
St. Rosalia Church
Parochial Vicars
Father Juan Ruiz
Basilica of Regina Pacis
Email: [email protected]
Father Sijo M. George, C.M.I.
Email: [email protected]
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Sunday:
Monday - Friday:
Saturday:
Monsignor Joseph Grimaldi, E.V.
Email: [email protected]
In Residence
9:00 am (Italian)
10:30 am (Chinese)
Sunday:
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Deacon
Mr. John Dolan
7:30 am
8:30 am
8:30 am
5:00 pm
7:30 pm (Spanish)
8:00 am
9:15 am (Spanish)
10:30 am
12:00 pm
7:00 pm
Holy Days
Faith Formation Directors
Mrs. Jackie Tepedino
Email: [email protected]
Mr. Valentin Canales
Email: [email protected]
Music Director
Mr. Jonathan Fields
Email: [email protected]
Facility Manager
Mr. Walter Astudillo
Phone: 347-645-5750
Please consult the bulletin.
Regina Gift Shop
Inside the Basilica
Conference Center
(enter through the Church lobby)
Phone: 718-234-0140
Fax: 347-492-0217
Website: www.reginagiftshop.net
Business Hours:
Monday: Closed
Tuesday - Saturday:
10:00 am to 4:00 pm
Sunday:
10:00 am to 2:00 pm
Basilica of Regina Pacis
1230 65th Street
Brooklyn, NY 11219
Regina Pacis Rectory
1230 65th Street
Brooklyn, NY 11219
Phone: 718-236-0909
Fax: 718-236-5357
Email: [email protected]
Administrative Office Hours:
Monday Friday: 9:00 am to 12 noon
1:00 pm to 5:00 pm
For an appointment with a priest,
call the Rectory at any time.
Saturday:
Sunday:
Closed
Closed
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Are You New to the Parish? WELCOME!
SACRAMENTAL CELEBRATIONS
AND OTHER INFORMATION
MARCH 8, 2015
Please stop into the rectory office and register!
DEVOTIONS, PRAYER GROUPS & MEETINGS
Confessions: Every weekday morning after Mass in the
Basilica. Saturdays from 4-4:45 p.m. in the Basilica.
Novena in honor of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal:
Mondays after the 8:30 a.m. Mass.
Marriage: Couples must arrange their wedding ceremony at
least 6 months beforehand. Every couple must attend a
Pre-Cana meeting. Log on to: www.pre-cana.org for dates
and registration.
Novena in honor of St. Anthony: Tuesdays after the 8:30 a.m.
Mass.
Sacrament of the Sick: If you know you are going to be
hospitalized, consider receiving the Sacrament of Anointing
beforehand at any weekday Mass. Ask the priest before Mass
in the sacristy.
Communion to the Homebound: Our Eucharistic Ministers
are happy to bring Holy Communion to the homebound. To
arrange this, please call the Rectory.
Baptism: Baptisms are celebrated in English on the third
Saturday of the month and in Spanish on the second
Saturday of the month at noon in the Basilica of Regina Pacis.
Parents are required to attend a pre-Baptism instruction session
before the Baptism of their child. These sessions are held in
English in the Conference Hall next to the Church on the second
Sunday of each month following the 10:30 A.M. Mass. The
Spanish instruction sessions are held on the Friday before the
Baptism. To register for Baptism please call or visit the rectory.
You may call the rectory for Chinese or Italian Baptisms.
Giornata di Preghiera in Italiano per la Quaresimale
14 marzo 2015 (arrivo alle 9:30) al Centro Immacolata
Concezione, Douglaston
$20
Via Crucis, Santo Rosario,
S. Messa col il nostro Vescovo, S.E. Nicholas DiMarzio
Pranzo incluso
Per registrazione per favore email
[email protected] o chimare al 718-649-0324
In Jesus Name Prayer Group: Tuesdays at 1:00 p.m. in the
Basilica of Regina Pacis.
Divine Mercy Devotions: every Wednesday at 8:00 a.m. in the
Basilica of Regina Pacis.
Prayers for Peace to Our Lady Queen of Peace: Wednesdays
after the 8:30 a.m. Mass.
The Legion of Mary: Wednesdays at 7:30 p.m. in the
Basilica Conference Center / Room 1.
Prayers for Vocations: Thursdays after the 8:30 a.m. Mass.
Prayers to St. Peregrine-Patron Saint of Cancer Patients:
Fridays after the 8:30 a.m. Mass.
Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament in honor of the
Sacred Heart: First Fridays after the 8:30 a.m. Mass.
St. Padre Pio Prayer Group: First Saturdays 8:30 a.m. for
Mass and Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament.
LENT IS FOR LISTENING
Will you be inviting
a priest to your home?
Call the Rectory
718-236-0909
to give us a date and time.
E’obbligatorio registrar prima della giornata perchè
dobbiamo sapere il numero di gente
per il pranzo.
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Day of Prayer for Lent in Italian
March 14, 2015 (arrival at 9:30) at the Immaculate
Conception Center in Douglaston
$20
Way of the Cross, Rosary,
Mass celebrated by our Bishop, Nicholas DiMarzio
Lunch included
To register please email [email protected]
or call 718-649-0324
Registration is essential so we have proper count for lunch.
ANNUAL CATHOLIC APPEAL
The Bishop asks all the parishes to participate in the Annual
Catholic Appeal (ACA). We do this by making pledges which
are paid off each month during the year until December. As you
know, once we pay the goal of the Diocese everything pledged
and paid over the goal comes back to the parish for our needs.
No money needs to be paid at that time, we just have to fill out
the pledge form in Church. The diocese will mail you monthly
reminder bills to collect the payments. Many of you already
received the pledge forms in the mail and have begun to send
them in. Thank you for this. Pledge forms are in the Church and
in the Rectory. We hope every family will try to make at least
some pledge to help the Bishop and help our parish to take care
of our needs.
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MARCH 8, 2015
FROM THE PASTOR’S DESK….
I am now ready to speak with you in detail about a project which will begin this Spring. It is the Restoration of the Lower
Basilica to be useable again for prayer and worship, as it was meant to be when it was originally built.
Fortunately, it will not need any excavation, except for the addition of an elevator, since the original layout of the Church is
still there. It will be called “St. Joseph’s Chapel.” It is scheduled to be completed by December. With Mary upstairs and Joseph
below, it will become again a true home for Jesus and for us.
As with the building of any new church, it will involve a new sanctuary area, new pulpits, new furnishings, restored stained
glass windows (which are still there), new flooring, new lighting, new sound system, heating and air conditioning and everything
needed to make the Lower Basilica as dignified and prayerful as the Basilica itself.
Needless to say, it will involve money which we don’t have. However, everything we have done in these past few years-from the handicap ramp, new boilers, upgraded air conditioning, restoration of the main organ, special Basilica appointments,
new vestments, new outdoor lighting, the memorial garden outside, some new furnishings inside, to the new Basilica
Conference Center and Gift Shop, and many other things, have all been done without the money beforehand.
Through the generosity of our people, good money management and the offering of items in memory of loved ones, we
have been able to accomplish all these projects. I hope that the same will be true for St. Joseph’s Chapel. Everything will be
available to be donated in memory of loved ones, especially those who have been parishioners here in their lifetime.
The second part of this project will be the creation of a Columbarium in St. Joseph’s Chapel to house the cremated remains
of those who are deceased and cremated and who wish to be buried in our Church. The ability to house the ashes of those
who have died, indoors, in a real Church, where Masses and prayers will be said each day, is a much more attractive way of
respecting the dead than keeping the urns in the garage or basement of a home, or worse, scattering ashes in the air or the
sea. This is the part of cremation that is prohibited by the Catholic Church. In fact, cremation is allowed only if the remains are
buried in a cemetery or in a Columbarium.
Having a columbarium inside the Basilica enables people to visit these graves of their loved ones anytime they wish without
having to travel long distances. It is also far less costly than purchasing a grave, opening, maintaining and travelling to a
gravesite in a far away cemetery. Since the niches containing the urns will have marble or glass front which will be engraved,
even the cost of a tombstone is eliminated. The cost varies according to location, type of niche (glass or stone) and other
options; but should begin at around $5000. Larger niches will be available to accommodate couples and whole families.
Compare this to the cost of traditional burials.
We will also have a section of the Chapel dedicated to remembering people who are buried elsewhere or who already own
graves in a cemetery but wish to have their names placed in our parish church to be remembered in prayer.
Some people have already spoken to me about the possibility of selling already purchased graves back to the cemeteries in
order to be interred here at Regina when the time comes. Also, because Regina is a Papal Basilica, it cannot be closed or
merged with any other Church in the future. The remains will be safe here.
People have already heard about this project, and calls have come from former parishioners who now live in Florida, North
Carolina, Staten Island, New Jersey and other places, who wish to have their cremated remains buried in Regina. There is
already great interest in the project.
I am sure you will have many questions about these two projects –St. Joseph’s Chapel and Columbarium--which will be
answered in due time. For now, my wish is to keep you informed of our plans and to begin to get you thinking about
memorializing and donating some part of the new St. Joseph’s Chapel.
A good way to begin to help us is to make a larger pledge in the Annual Catholic Appeal since all monies collected after we
reach our diocesan goal will come back to the parish for our use.
Within a short time you will be able to view renderings of this project and to reserve space in a pre-construction sale for
yourselves and your families. Each inurnment will be accompanied by a Mass for the deceased and a liturgical ceremony to
place the urns in the spot you have chosen.
No other parish in the Diocese will have this feature and our Basilica will again be considered unique. Our Bishop and his
advisors have given their full permission for us to begin.
I am hopeful that, with your help, we will soon have a beautiful Chapel in honor of St. Joseph and a bright and dignified
place to remember our loved ones.
Rev. Msgr. Ronald T. Marino
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MARCH 8, 2015
CELEBRACIONES SACRAMENTAL Y OTRA INFORMACION PARA LA COMUNIDAD HISPANA
Confessiones: Los Domingos después de la Misa de la 9:15 de la mañana en la Basilica de Regina Pacis o con cita contactando Padre Juan Ruiz.
Matrimonios: Favor de contactar la rectoría por lo menos 6 meses antes del Matrimonio.
Bautismos: Se celebran el Segundo Sábado de cada mes. Favor de contactar la rectoría.
Instrucción Religiosa para los Niños: Los padres que quieren inscribir sus niños a las clases de catecismo, llamen a Valentin Canales a
347-560-6876.
Rito de Iniciación Cristiana para Adultos: Los que necesitan recibir el Bautismo, Comunión y Confirmación por favor de contactar Valentin
Canales a 347-560-6876.
Hora Santa Lectio Divina: Todos los Martes a las 7:30 de la noche en la Iglesia de Santa Rosalía - 6301 14th Avenue.
Clases de Iniciación Cristiana: Todos los Miercoles a las 7:30 de la noche Centro de Basilica - 1201 65th Street.
Clases de Teologia Biblica: Todos los Jueves a las 7:30 de la noche Centro de Basilica - 1201 65th Street.
Grupo de Jóvenes -Jornada: Todos los Jueves a las 7:30 de la noche en Centro de Basilica - 1201 65th Street.
Centro Familiar: Todos los Viernes a las 7:30 de la noche en Centro de Basilica - 1201 65th Street.
En Sintonía
Destruid este templo, y en tres días lo levantaré".Palabras misteriosas e incomprensibles.
Jesús expulsa del templo a los vendedores y a los cambistas. El evangelista ofrece la clave de lectura de este significativo
episodio en el versículo de un salmo: "El celo por tu casa me devora". A Jesús lo "devora" este "celo" por la "casa de Dios",
Ante la petición de los responsables religiosos, que pretenden un signo de su autoridad, en medio de los presentes, afirma:
"Destruid este templo, y en tres días lo levantaré". Palabras misteriosas e incomprensibles. "Él hablaba del templo de su
cuerpo". Sus adversarios destruirán este "templo", pero él, al cabo de tres días, lo reconstruirá mediante la resurrección. En
ocasión de las fiestas de Pascua, Jerusalén se atestaba de peregrinos venidos de todas las partes del mundo conocido. La
ciudad santa contaba por entonces con unos 50 mil habitantes y se dice que para estas celebraciones llegaba a albergar
incluso hasta medio millón de visitantes. Durante esos días, la gente se dirigía al templo a orar, a ofrecer limosnas y
holocaustos, además de la inmolación solemne del cordero pascual. Pero todos estos animales debían ser ritualmente
"puros". Los que habían sido comprados fuera del templo eran considerados no aptos para el sacrificio. Por supuesto que
eran los sacerdotes quienes disponían de esos animales "idóneos", y los vendían a los peregrinos en el recinto del templo
tres o cuatro veces más caros del costo ordinario. Y, por si fuera poco, tenían que comprarlos con moneda local. Por eso
existían tantos puestos de cambiamonedas, y en cada cambio le robaban a la gente, los dueños de todo este comercio eran
los saduceos. Jesús al entrar ese día al templo, al escuchar un griterío, la algarabía de la gente y las discusiones por los
cambios de moneda, los pleitos por los abusos en la venta de animales, el ir y venir de todo el mundo, buscando cada uno
su interés particular: los mercaderes, los vendedores de animales, los guardias, los peregrinos. El templo de Dios,
literalmente, en un mercado, en una "cueva de ladrones". Es entonces cuando nuestro Señor, cogió unos cordeles con los
que formó un látigo, y comenzó a expulsar a los vendedores, a volcar las mesas de los cambistas con el dinero, a derribar las
sillas y a sacar a todos los animales del templo. "Quitad todo esto de aquí -les mandó con toda autoridad- y no convirtáis la
casa de mi Padre en una cueva de ladrones". El templo era la casa de su Padre y ellos, lo habían profanado con sus robos,
avaricia y el tráfico de sus injusticias.
Jesús, viene a purificar el templo. Y una vez más le preguntan a Jesus con qué autoridad hace Él esas cosas. "Destruid este
templo –les responde– y en tres días lo levantaré", ellos se burlan: "Cuarenta y seis años se han tardado para construirlo, ¿y
tú lo vas a levantar en tres días?" Ellos no entiendieron, "Pero Jesús –nos dice el evangelista– hablaba del templo de su
cuerpo". Jesús es el nuevo Templo. Con Él ha comenzado el nuevo Testamento, la nueva Alianza, el tiempo nuevo de la
Iglesia. Señor es el verdadero templo, el Cuerpo místico de Cristo compuesto por todos los bautizados. Hemos llegado, a la
tercera etapa de nuestro itinerario cuaresmal, que nos va preparando para celebrar la Pascua del Señor. Vivamos ya desde
ahora unidos a Jesucristo nuestro Señor con el corazón purificado por el amor a Él y a los hermanos. La autenticidad de
nuestro culto cristiano catolico y de nuestra devoción tiene que medirse por las obras y por la caridad hacia el prójimo.
Via crusis: todos los viernes de cuaresma
a las 7:00pm, en La Basilica Regina Pacis.
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BASILICA OF REGINA PACIS
Monday, March 9-St. Frances of Rome
7:30 am Stanislao LoMonaco,
Giuseppe & Maria LoMonaco
8:30 am Max Brown
Tuesday, March 10
7:30 am Angela Berni
8:30 am Concetta, Flora & Fina Bozzarelli
Wednesday, March 11
7:30 am Francesco Gervasi
8:30 am Members of Regina Pacis Perpetual Mass Assoc.
Thursday, March 12
7:30 am Rev. Vincent Monaco
8:30 am Liboria & Girolamo Galante
Friday, March 13
7:30 am Rosa Rizzo
8:30 am Antonio & Lucia Di Rocco
Saturday, March 14
8:30 am Giuseppe Bongiorno (Memorial Mass)
11:00 AM FIRST PENANCE CELEBRATION
5:00 pm Carmela Gramano
7:30 pm (Spanish)
Sunday, March 15-FOURTH SUNDAY OF LENT
8:00 am Intention Available
9:15 am (Spanish)
10:30 am Giuseppe Virzi
12:00 pm Joseph Lubrano
7:00 pm Intention Available
MARCH 8, 2015
We welcome the children who were
baptized into our Catholic faith during the
month of February, 2015:
Itzayana Meza-Garcia
Yaretzi Mesa-Garcia
Isabella Maria Cordero
Mary Teresa Panetta
Nicholas Alexander Weppler
Nathaniel Aleaxander Bolivar Turnauer
We congratulate the
following couples who
were married
in the Basilica
during the month of
February, 2015:
Carlos Alvarez & Luciana DiLemme
Nicholas A. Frangella & Joann Recchia
Salvatore Coniglio & Ashley N. Steigman
Please pray for the people
whose funerals we celebrated
during the month of February, 2015:
Felicia Pellegrino
Theresa Valentino
Carmelo Vitale
Pasquale Fuda
Gloria Cataldo
Mary Grossi
SAINT ROSALIA CHURCH
Sunday, March 15-FOURTH SUNDAY OF LENT
9:00 am Joseph Amico & Giuseppe Sanfilippo (Italian)
10:30 am (Chinese)
HEALING MASS FOR LENT
Fr. John Campoli
Wednesday, March 11, 2015
St. Athanasius Church
2154 61st St. Brooklyn, NY 11204
Rosary at 7:00 p.m. Mass at 7:30 p.m.
The Sick of the Parish
Amanda J.,Vincent A. Aurigemma,
Baby John Paul Munoz, Carmela Boccadifuoco,
Ann Bosco, Mary Cannuci, Frances Caridi, Regina Caridi,
Vincent Castaldo,Concetta Coda, Anna Codispoti,
Judy Cragnolin, Joe DeVito & Regina DePaolo & Family,
Daniel DiMartino, Angela Drossinos, James Essman,
Mary Essman, Rose Essman, Vera Fox, T. Guida,
Vincent Giordano, Phyllis Guadagno, A. Jencsik,
John Kafkalas, Li Min Kang, Mary Lamanna, Rose LoBello,
Jean Menna, Catherine Mary Moncello, James Carlos
Moncello, Vincent Moncello, Vito Moncello,
Baby Arthur William Norris, Ed Pisano, Albert Romano,
Jason Michael Rousell, Tom Vilardo and William Zang
Rachel’s Helpers
Post-abortion healing bible-study program for women.
Eight week program. Small group beginning Monday,
March 16 at 7:30 to 9:30 p.m.
Confidential. No fees. Call 718-939-6646 for information
PRAY FOR OUR SOLDIERS
ANDRES UGUNA
ANDREW ARTHUR PASSIONE
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MARCH 8, 2015
The Holy Father
speaks…..
The confessional is not a torture
chamber, but the place in which
the Lord's mercy motivates us to
do better. In life we all make
many mistakes. Let us learn to
recognize our errors and ask for forgiveness. Jesus is
never far from us sinners. He wants to pour out on us,
without limit, all of his mercy. Only trust in God can
transform doubts into certainty, evil into good, night into
radiant dawn.
We wish to thank the following
parishioner and all the
anonymous parishioners
who have been donating for the
Altar Server vestments:
Patricia Mustaro
March 8 - 14, 2015 is
National Catholic Sisters Week.
During this Year of Consecrated Life 2015, please say
a special prayer for vocations and consecrated life and
to thank the Sisters for all their work and effort on
behalf of the Church and its people.
The gift of the Holy Spirit:
RIGHT JUDGEMENT (COUNSEL)
During Lent, open—— and use——the gift of RIGHT JUDGEMENT (COUNSEL).
Decisions! From the time we decide to get up out of bed, we make choices. This gift
helps us to decide which way to act in difficult situations. It gives us the strength to see
both sides of the picture accurately when we are making major decisions in our lives.
God waited countless generations before sending Jesus. And one thing God is really slow at is to anger! Time after
time the bible describes our God as a God who is slow to anger. Right judgement helps us avoid making rash
judgements.
The gift of Right Judgement is the gift to make good choices— God’s choices. Many times our decisions seem to
be based on merely one thing: money. We chose the career where we will make the most money. We buy the bottle
of milk that will save us the most money. Money seems to determine how much time we spend with our families. The
gift of Right Judgment helps us seek God’s counsel, God’s advice.
Idea: This week I will pray about my biggest life decisions: family, vocation, career.
Prayer: God of Right Judgement, you are slow to anger and quick to forgive. May your Holy Spirit of Right
Judgement free us from all resentment and prejudice. (Catholic Update, 1998)
OUR FAITH FORMATION STUDENTS WILL BE CELEBRATING
FIRST PENANCE ON SATURDAY, MARCH 14 AT 11:00 A.M.
All First Penance students should arrive at church no later than 10:40 a.m.
ONE LIFE, Youth Ministry
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NO MEETING ON MARCH 11
March 18—Youth Group outing to St. Athanasius Church. 6:30-9:00 p.m.
Lenten Vespers with Magic Show: Trust Magic of Forgiveness
with Fr. Jerry Jecewiz. Bus transportation will be provided.
March 25—Movie Night 6:00 to 8:30 p.m. at Basilica Conference Center
April 1—Game Night 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Basilica Conference Center
Fight for Others: During Lent, our Youth Ministry Program will be living out almsgiving by
fundraising for four different charities. Please support these charities by sponsoring kids in the
Youth Ministry Program in our Fight for Others Tournament. On April 7, 2015 our teams will
be competing in Archery Tag Tournament at Indoor Extreme Sports, Long Island City, to
determine which of these charities will receive a percentage of the total amount raised. 100%
of all the money raised will be split amongst the four different charities.
Regina Pacis’
Faith Formation
Junior High
Program will attend the
Annual Retreat on
March 15, 2015.
Students in grades 1-12
are invited to
participate in the Christ
is Risen Art Contest.
Talk to your teacher for
more details!