SAINT NICHOLAS OF TOLENTINE PARISH

150-75 Goethals Ave. Jamaica, NY 11432

(718) 969-3226 - Office (718) 380-0345 - Fax

www.stnicholas-queens.org ALL ARE WELCOME!

WEEKEND SCHEDULE/HORARIO DE MISAS Saturday Eve: 5:00 P.M. Sunday Masses: 7:30 A.M. 9:15 A.M. (ESPAÑOL) 10:45 A.M. 12:15 P.M. 5:00 P.M. Daily Mass - Monday to Saturday 7:45 am and 12:05 pm BAPTISMS Parents must first make an appointment in the rectory 2 months before the date and present the original birth certificate. English: Usually the 2nd Saturday and 4th Sunday of each month at a 2:00 pm ceremony and at Sunday Mass by arrangement. Instruction class is on the first Tuesday of the month at 7:30 pm Spanish: Usually the 3rd Sunday of each month at a 2:00 pm ceremony. Instruction class is on the Friday before at 7:00 pm.

RECONCILIATION (CONFESSIONS) Monday through Saturday: 11:45 am- 12:00 Noon - Chapel Saturday: 4:00 - 4:45 pm - Church. And by appointment.

MARRIAGE According to Diocesan regulations, arrangements must be made at least six months in advance in the rectory.

CARE OF THE SICK Communion is regularly brought to the sick by the Priests and Ministers of Communion. Please let us know if someone is confined at home because of illness or age.

RECTORY OFFICE HOURS Monday to Friday: 8:30 am - 12 Noon & 1:00 - 9:00 pm Saturday: 9:00 am to 7:00 pm Sunday: 9:00 am to 2:00 pm

ST. NICHOLAS OF TOLENTINE CATHOLIC ACADEMY (Pre-K to 8) 80-22 Parsons Blvd. Phone: 718-380-1900 www.sntschoolny.org RELIGIOUS EDUCATION CENTER 150-85 Goethals Ave. Phone: 718-591-6536

OUTDOOR FLEA MARKET Phone: 718-591-1815 Email: stnicksfleamarket@gmail.com

EUCHARISTIC ADORATION Most Sundays from 1:30-4:45 pm and First Fridays.

CORPUS CHRISTY SUNDAY MAY 29, 2016

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Masses for the Week

SAINT NICHOLAS OF TOLENTINE PARISH JAMAICA, NY

Saturday, May 28 5:00p Maria Sugar & Nino Kotrulya Sunday, May 29 - Corpus Christy 7:30 Deceased Members of the Christie Family 9:15 People of the Parish Thanksgiving to the Virgin Mary & Nereida Ruiz Roberto Vazquez Silvia Pirozzi 1 Yr. Anniversary Francisca Acosta Virginia Ledezma Amparo Upegui 10:45 Rosita Coloscos Enad, Pacita Navarro Sorila & Elistina Lawat 12:15 Living SNT Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion

5:00p Richard Eugene Hanczyk Monday, May 30 - Memorial Day 9:30 All Veterans Living and Deceased Tuesday, May 31 7:45 Angie B. Cascasan (L) Birthday 12:05 Nestora Duran Wednesday, June 1 7:45 Thanksgiving Mass 12:05 David Morales 7:00p Souls in Purgatory Thursday, June 2 7:45 Felino Punsalan 12:05 Isio-Maya Nuwere Friday, June 3 7:45 Kenneth Smith 12:05 Bishop Joseph M. Sullivan Saturday, June 4 7:45 Giselda Sallon Dias 12:05 Michaelangelo Fodera 5:00p Amparo Upegui Sunday, June 5 7:30 Robert Read 9:15 People of the Parish Jerez, Rionda & Maluto family Isabel Maria Darmirón Maggiolo 10:45 Reylina Leviste 12:15 Pierre Andre Jerome

5:00p Reylina Leviste

SUNDAY, MAY 29 - CORPUS CHRISTY PROCESSION 9:00 am - Outdoor Flea Market

12:00 pm - Youth Group - Youth Center 1:00 pm - Sports - Gym

1:30 pm - Eucharistic Adoration - Chapel 3:00 pm - Flower Festival Procession

5:00 pm - Flower Festival - Tolentine Hall/Church

MONDAY, MAY 30

TUESDAY, MAY 31

9:30 am - Rosary Makers Club - Austin Hall 6:00 pm - Sports - Gym

6:00 pm - Self-Help - Seton Hall 7:00 pm - English Choir Practice - Church

7:15 pm - A.A. - Cafeteria 7:30 pm - Forming Intentional Disciples - Tolentine Hall

7:30 pm - Ultreya - R/E Center WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1

6:00 pm - Sports - Gym 6:30 pm - ESL - Cafeteria/Seton Hall

7:00 pm - Our Lady of Perpetual Help Mass/Novena - Chapel 8:00 pm- Spanish Choir Practice - Church THURSDAY, JUNE 2

6:00 pm - Sports - Gym 6:00 pm - Self-Help - Seton Hall

7:00 pm - Grupo de Oracion - Chapel 7:30 pm - Light of Christ - Tolentine Hall FRIDAY, JUNE 3

7:45 am - 1st Friday Eucharistic Adoration - Chapel 6:00 pm - Sports - Gym 7:00 pm - Boy, Girl, Cub Scouts - Gym, Cafeteria, Seton Hall

7:30 pm - Bilingual Holy Hour - Chapel 8:00 pm - Fil/Am - Tolentine Hall

SATURDAY, JUNE 4

9:00 am - Outdoor Flea Market 9:30 am - Zumba Fitness - Tolentine Hall

10:00 am - Sports - Gym 10:00 am - ESL - Cafeteria/Seton Hall

11:00 am - Twin Hearts - Church, Tolentine hall 3:00 pm - Volleyball - Gym

6:00 pm - Youth Group - Gym 7:15 pm - A.A. - Cafeteria

SUNDAY, JUNE 5 - HOSPITALITY SUNDAY

9:00 am - Outdoor Flea Market 10:30 am - Spanish Evangelization for Adults - Cafeteria

12:00 pm - Youth Group - Youth Center 12:00 pm - Crafting Faith - Tolentine Hall 1:00 pm - Sports - Gym

1:30 pm - Eucharistic Adoration - Chapel

ACTIVITIES FOR The week

Rosary Makers

If you are interested in learning how to make

Rosaries, please register by leaving your name and phone number in the Rectory.

PLEASE REMEMBER IN YOUR PRAYERS

The Sick: Marie Barun, Mario Bruschi, Nelson Deonon, Maximo Fernandez, Cynthia Frisch, Murray

Frisch, Jocelyn and Meliton Ganas, Francine Gould, David Kitchens, Soledad Peña, Susan Seckendorf, and

Steve Shifrin.

Deceased: Chris Zulueta and Rufina Samodio.

Due to the celebration of Memorial Day there

will be only one Mass at 9:30 am. The Rectory Office will be closed.

Next Weekend’s Readings

CORPUS CHRISTY Sunday

Parish Stewardship

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Weekend Mass Presiders June 4 & 5, 2016

Saturday 5:00 pm - Fr. John Francis Sunday 7:30 am - Fr. John Francis

9:15 am - Fr. Peter Mahoney Diacono Lizama 10:45 am - Fr. Tom D’Albro

Deacon Catanello 12:15 pm - Fr. Joseph Wilson 5:00 pm - Fr. John Gribowich

(Subject to Change)

Week Ending: May 22, 2016

Total Regular Collection: $8,169.00 Last year same weekend: $9,608.00

Catholic Relief Services: $2,571.00

Thank you for your generous support.

RECTORY Rev. John Francis Pastor Rev. Thomas G. D’Albro Parochial Vicar Rev. John Gribowich Parochial Vicar Rev. Joseph Wilson Parochial Vicar Rev. Peter A. Mahoney Weekend Assistant Msgr. Stephen Adu-Kwaning In Residence Deacon Joseph Catanello Permanent Deacon Deacon José Lizama Permanent Deacon

STAFF Mrs. Elena Turull Administrative Assistant Mr. Steven Acosta Maintenance Manager Mr. José L. Villanueva Music Director Sr. Karen Cavanagh, C.S.J. Family Minister Ms. Christina Rosado Youth Minister Mrs. Rose Ruesing Youth Minister

ST. NICHOLAS OF TOLENTINE CATHOLIC ACADEMY Mr. Robert Lowenberg Principal Mrs. Ethel Cofresi Administrative Assistant Mrs. Lorraine White Secretary Mrs. Sonya Vidal Tuition Manager

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION CENTER

Mrs. Monica Gonzalez Coordinator Mrs. Joyce O’Brien Secretary

St. Nick’s is a welcoming community in the Catholic Tradition, enriched by

many cultures, rooted in God’s Word and the Eucharist,

offering loving service.

1 Kings 17: 17-24

A prophet of solitary ways restores a dead child to his mother alive.

Psalm 30: 2, 4, 5-6, 11-13

While others descend to the depths, the friends of the Lord will be preserved.

Galatians 1: 11-19

Paul insists that God alone influenced his journey to faith.

Luke 7: 11-17

Jesus feels the grief of a bereaved mother, and restores

her son to life.

SECOND COLLECTION UPDATE

Today - The second collection will be for the Earthquake in Ecuador. June 12th - The second collection will be for Monthly Maintenance.

“You give them something to eat.” Do these words

of Christ challenge you to give your all for Him as a

priest, deacon or in the consecrated life? Contact the

Vocation Office at (718) 827-2454 or email:

vocations@diobrook.org.

The Rectory Office will be closed on Memorial

Day: Monday, May 30, 2016. There will only be one daily Mass at:

9:30am

Mission Appeal Next Sunday

Fr. Paul Anel, O.S.A., of Heart’s Home USA will preach at all the Masses next weekend, June 4th-5th, and offer this year’s mission appeal.

Founded in 1990, Heart’s Home is a Catholic Move-ment present in 24 countries. A ‘heart’s home’ is a house of prayer and hospitality, where anyone knock-ing at the door is welcome and listened to. Each house is made of 4 or 5 young adults -- volunteers, priests, religious sisters or lay consecrated -- who reach out everyday to the most suffering and iso-lated, in a spirit of friendship and compassion, follow-ing the example of Mary, who stood at the foot of the cross. In New York, Heart’s Home runs a center in the housing projects of Fort Greene (Brooklyn), a retreat center in the Catskills, and has sent over 70 American volunteers on long-term missions overseas.

Reprinted with permission from Prepare

the Word (©2016), PrepareTheWord.com.

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From the Pastor’s Desk…

Oh Sacrament Most Holy; Oh Sacrament Divine,

All praise and all thanksgiving be every moment thine.

Today, we celebrate the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and

Blood of Christ popularly known as Corpus Christi. This feast was

instituted by Pope Urban IV in 1264 who asked St. Thomas

Aquinas, still alive at that time, to write hymns for the feast and he

wrote two, better known to the older members of our congregation as

“Tantum Ergo” and “O Salutaris.”

The Catechism of the Catholic Church states: “The Eucharist is

source and summit of the Christian life…For in the blessed

Eucharist is contained the whole spiritual good of the Church, namely

Christ himself… … In brief, the Eucharist is the sum and

summary of our faith: Our way of thinking is attuned to the

Eucharist, which in turn confirms our way of thinking”

(CCC1324-5).

Jesus feeds us spiritually in the Sacrament of the Eucharist. When we

look at the host, we look at Christ. When we share in the

Eucharistic meal we share in the life of Christ and in the life of the

Church, his body. And this is a great mystery, that the very source of

our salvation is transformed into something you can hold in the palm

of your hand. And of course, that we carry something greater than

ourselves.

Walking with the Lord (Corpus Christi Procession) We will honor the Body of Christ as we process outdoors with the

Blessed Sacrament. When we carry the Eucharist into our neighbor-

hood we are professing our faith outside the doors of our Church.

This Procession will be at the conclusion of the 12:15 PM Mass. We encourage all to participate in the Corpus Christi Procession.

We also celebrate the Flower Festival in honor of our Mother of

Perpetual Help. The procession will be taken on the streets of

Jamaica during which the participants will pray the Rosary and sing

the Marian Songs.

The Recipients of the Person of the Year Award We had our Annual Volunteers Appreciation Day celebration on May

21st. We thank all the volunteers who participated in the

celebration and all those who serve St. Nicholas of Tolentine Church

throughout the year. I would like to share with you and congratulate

Nina Rivera who was given the award of the person of the Year

2016. Her outstanding loyalty and dedicated service to St. Nick’s for

the past few years is truly appreciated. May God continue to use her

for His glory.

God bless you,

Fr. John Francis

Forming Intentional Disciples Meetings

We are going to have our follow-up to Sherry Weddell’s book “Forming Intentional Disciples.”

The next meeting will be on:

Tuesday May 31st - 7:30-9:30pm

How to discern and affirm your spiritual gifts.

Regional Mass of Inclusion for Persons with Disabilities and the Deaf

SUNDAY JUNE 5, 2016 - 12:00 pm

St. Columba’s Church 2245 Kimball Street

Brooklyn, NY 11234

For more information, please contact Joanna: 646-474-0195

CORPUS CHRISTY Sunday 5

Save the Date!

Youth Volunteer Party

(For Altar Servers and Family Mass Lectors)

Sunday, June 5, 2016 5pm Mass

(we will all sit together)

Barbecue and party to follow

R.S.V.P. to the rectory at 718-969-3226 or by email at: roseruesing@gmail.com

THE FIRST WEDNESDAY NOVENA AND

MASS in honor of our Mother of Perpetual Help will be on June 1, 2016 at 7:00 pm in the

Blessed Sacrament Chapel.

First Friday Eucharistic Adoration will be

held on June 3, 2016, starting after the 7:45 am Mass and ending with a bilingual Holy Hour

at 7:30 pm, in the Blessed Sacrament Chapel.

Please visit St. Nick’s website at: www.stnicholas-queens.org

Zumba Fitness

Lose the pounds.

Save your life!

Saturdays: June 4, 11, 18, & 25, 2016

9:30 - 10:30 am in Tolentine Hall

Donation $5.00

Phone: 718-969-3226/917-412-8625

The BEREAVEMENT GROUP will have their meeting Monday, June 13, in the

Religious Education Center at 7:30 pm. If you would like to share your feelings over the

loss of a loved one we will be here for you, and

try to accompany you during the hardest hours of your grief.

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BAUTISMOS - 2016 En español - El tercer domingo de cada més a las 2:00 p.m. Los padres y los padrinos deben de asistir a una clase de pre-

paración el Viernes anterior a las 7:00 PM.

En inglés - el segundo sabado y cuarto domingo de cada més

a las 2:00 p.m. Los padres y padrinos deben de asistir a la clase de preparación el primer martes a las 7:30 PM.

Los padres deben de hacer una cita con uno de los sacer-dotes y presentar la partida de nacimiento del niño. Los padrinos deben ser católicos practicantes.

MATRIMONIO De acuerdo a las regulaciones diocesanas, la pareja necesita una

preparación con seis meses de anticipación. Por favor llamen a la rectoria para fijar una cita con uno de los Sacerdotes.

LA SAGRADA COMUNIÓN Los Sacerdotes o Ministros Extraordinarios de la Sagrada Comu-

nión llevan la Comunión a las personas que se encuentran enfer-

mas en su hogar. Por favor avísenos si sabe de alguien en necesi-dad de éste servicio. En caso de emergencia puede llamar a la

rectoria a cualquier hora.

RECONCILIACION/LA CONFESION

Lunes a Sabado de 11:45 a 12:00 del mediodía en la Capilla. Sabados de 4:00 a 4:45 P.M. en la Iglesia. O por cita previa.

HORARIO DE LA OFICINA PARROQUIAL

Lunes a Viernes: 8:30 A.M. a 12:00 Mediodia. y 1:00 P.M. a 9:00 P.M.

Sabado: 9:00 A.M. a 7:00 P.M. Domingo: 9:00 A.M a 2:00 P.M.

Por favor tengan en cuenta que a veces el Sacerdote no se en-

cuentra en la Iglesia, o esta en alguna reunión, etc. Si desea o

necesita hablar con uno de éllos es conveniente que llame con anterioridad para fijar una cita.

ESCUELA DE SAN NICOLAS DE TOLENTINO 80-22 Parsons Boulevard - Jamaica, Nueva York 11432

(718) 380-1900 - Fax (718) 591-6977 Clases desde el Pre-Kinder hasta el octavo grado.

Programas antes y después de la escuela.

CENTRO DE EDUCACION RELIGIOSA

150-85 Avenida Goethals - Jamaica, Nueva York 11432 (718) 591-6536. Clases desde el Kinder hasta la escuela supe-

rior, los Domingos de 8:45 a 10:30 am. Preparación para los ni-ños y sus padres para los Sacramentos del Bautismo, Confesión, Eucaristía y Confirmación.

SOLEMNIDAD deL CUERPO Y SANGRE DEL SEñOR 29 DE MAYO, 2016

LA MISA DE HOY SE OFRECE POR: Feligreses de Nuestra Parroquia En Acción de Gracias a la Virgen Maria & Nereida Ruiz Roberto Vazquez Silvia Pirozzi 1er Aniversario Francisca Acosta Virginia Ledezma Amparo Upegui

LA SEGUNDA COLECTA de hoy sera para las victi-mas del Terremoto en Ecuador. Les agradecemos su generosidad. HOY: “FESTIVAL ANUAL DE LAS FLORES” SANTA CRUZAN En honor a nuestra MADRE DEL PERPETUO SOCORRO. La Procesión comen-zará a las 3:30 de la tarde, luego la Misa y un com-partir en el Salón Tolentino. Les esperamos.

DESAYUNO CON PAPÁ Y MAMÁ El dia domingo 12 de junio, inmediatamente despues de la Misa de 9:15am. Todos están cor-dialmente invitados a un lindo compartir en familia para disfrutar de grata compañia en hermandad. Boletos a la venta: $5.00 Niños menores de 12 años de edad: $2.00 El Mercado de Pulgas invernal esta una vez mas

aceptando donaciones! Si ud tiene algun articulo, que no sea ropa ni peluches, puede traerlos para la mesa

de nuestra parroquia.

Visite nuestra página web al: www.stnicholas-queens.org

El Mercado de las Pulgas ha comenzado. Para

mayor información pueden llamar al 718-591-1815.