East State St, Sherburne, NY

January 30th/31st 2016

4th Sunday of the Church Year

Pastor: Fr. Lester E. Smith

In Residence: Fr. Gerard F. Lupa

Trustees: Robert Fetzko and James

McDaniel

Director of Music: Dr. Joseph Swain

Director of Youth Ministry and Youth

Faith Formation: Catherine Albertina

Director of Adult Faith Formation: Fr.

Smith

Parish Business Administrator: Nancy

Lehman

Chairman Finance Committee: Paul

Del Fuoco

Administrator of Cemetery: Jared

Randall

Buildings & Grounds: Jay McDaniel

Parish Secretary: Patricia Mulligan

Contact Information

PO Box 722

31 East State St

Sherburne, NY 13460-0722

Office 607-674-9625

Fax 607-674-2792

Office Hours 8:30 AM-2:00 PM Mon.,

Wed., Fri & 8:30 AM-12:00 Noon Tues.,

Thurs. Parish Website

www.stmalachysherburne.com

Celebration of Mass

Saturday – 5:00 PM Sunday – 9:00 AM

Sacrament of Reconciliation (Confessions)

Sat.–4:00-4:45 PM, Sun.–8:30-8:45 AM

Wed. – 7:00-7:30 PM, anytime by appointment

On the Ten Commandments, from Pope

Benedict XVI in 2012:

“What significance do these Ten Words have for us in our current cultural context, in which secularism and relativism risk becoming the criteria for all choices, and in our society which seems to live as if God did not exist? Our answer is that God gave us the Commandments to educate us in true freedom and authentic love, that we might be truly happy.

“They are a sign of the love of God the

Father, of His desire to teach us true

discernment of good from evil, of truth

from falsehood, of justice from injustice.

They can be understood

by everyone, precisely

because they translate

fundamental values into

concrete norms and rules;

and by practicing them

man is able to follow the

path of true

freedom…which leads to

life and happiness.

“When he fails to do this,

when in his life man

ignores the

Commandments, not only

does he alienate himself

from God and abandon

the Covenant with Him,

but he also abandons life

and lasting happiness.

Man left to himself,

indifferent to God, proud

of his own absolute

autonomy, ends up

pursuing the idols of

selfishness, power and

domination, poisoning his

relationship with himself

and others, and following

not the path of life, but

the path of death.

“The sad experience of

history, especially of the

last century, stands as a

warning for all

humankind…With his

cross and resurrection

Jesus brought the

Commandments to

fullness, radically

overcoming selfishness,

sin and death with the gift

of Himself for love.

Accepting the infinite love

of God, having faith in

Him, and following the

path He has laid down is

the only thing that gives

profound meaning to life

and opens the way to a

future of hope”.

FAITH

FORMATION

YOUTH CLASSES

Classes for Grades

Pre-K-8

10:30-11:30 AM

Today

ADULT BIBLE

STUDY

No Bible Study this Sunday. Bible Study will resume again Sunday, February 7th.

THE ST. BLAISE

BLESSING OF

THROATS

The Blessing of Throats

will be offered on this

Wednesday, Feb. 3rd

, the

Feast of St. Blaise, in St.

Malachy’s Church:

Right after the 8:30

AM Mass

5:30 -6:00 PM

Anyone may come to have

his/her throat blest at those

times.

BLESSING OF MARRIAGES

with

RENEWAL OF WEDDING

VOWS

Next Sunday is

World Marriage

Day

At each Mass next

weekend, married

couples will be

invited to renew

their wedding vows

and to receive a

special blessing.

Are you or is someone you

know in special need of

prayers? Ask St. Malachy’s

Prayer Chain to pray for that

need by calling Joyce at 674-

6193 or the Parish Office at

674-9625. Call the same

number to join the Prayer

Chain.

MORNING PRAYER of The

Liturgy of the Hours every

Friday morning at 8:30 AM

in the Church.

LASAGNA DINNER

St. Theresa’s

Parish, New

Berlin

Feb. 7th

(Super bowl

Sunday)

Lasagna, roll

& salad

$5 Take out

only/pick up

at Noon Feb

7th, at St.

Theresa’s

Parish

Call ahead to

order 847-

8732 or 334-

4364/last

day to call by

is Feb. 5th.

ADULT FAITH

ENRICHMENT

at

St. Paul’s Church in

Norwich

Have you ever

wondered about the

liturgical seasons

and cycles in the

Church Year?

Their purpose, how

they connect to the

Mass; to the

readings; to our

spiritual life?

Join us as we break

open the Church’s

Liturgical

Calendar: Seasons,

Days, Feasts,

Solemnities,

Obligation and,

even the Ordinary

PALMS TO ASHES – Everyone is invited to bring any palms they have from last Palm Sunday and place them in the basket, which is in the vestibule. They will be burned to make ashes for Ash Wednesday. Please bring them in by next Sunday, February 7th. Thanks!

St. Paul’s Parish

Hall (underneath

the Church) on 6

consecutive

Wednesdays, Feb.

17th

– Mar. 23rd

,

6:00-7:30 PM

Call 337-2200 to

register.

St. Malachy’s is inviting you

and your family to

rediscover God and

rediscover the life you were

made for with

internationally acclaimed

speaker, Chris Stefanick,

and Catholic recording

artist, Jon Niven. Tuesday,

April 12th 6:30p-9:00p at

St. John the Evangelist

auditorium at 66 Oxford

Road, New Hartford. The

cost would be $19 per

person. St. John the

Evangelist will be hosting a

free will supper. However,

if you contact Catherine

Albertina by Friday,

January 29th, the parish will

be able to purchase tickets

at a reduced price and

therefore will be able to

subsidize this worthwhile

event. If you decide to

attend after January 29th,

contact Rick Hensel at 315-

414-1766. Reboot! Live! Is

the fun, inspiring and

practical experience for all

(ages 12 and up), of applying

the beauty and genius of

the Gospel to every aspect

of your life, from prayer

and spirituality, to work,

dating, marriage, parenting,

health and more!

DISCOURAGED

ABOUT

YOUR MARRIAGE?

Try The Third Option

Support Group for

married couples. Meet

other couples who have

overcome their

difficulties. Learn how to

break old cycles.

The Third Option

Support Group meets

every other Sunday,

6:30-8:30 PM, at The

Good News Center,

10475 Cosby Manor

Road, Utica. The next

three meetings are on

Jan 31st, Feb. 21

st and

March 6th.

For more info contact

Andrea at 315 735-6210

x228, or

andrea@thegoodnewscen

ter.org

THE SEASON OF LENT

BEGINS ON FEBRUARY

10TH, ASH WEDNESDAY

Lent is a time to prepare to be born anew at Easter, closer to what we were in the mind of God before time began

The schedule for the distribution of ashes on Ash Wednesday will be:

7:00 AM – The Prayer of Repentance with the Distribution of Ashes (No Mass) 12:00 Noon – The Distribution of Ashes within Mass 5:30 PM – The Prayer of Repentance with the Distribution of Ashes (No Mass)

Mass with the distribution of Ashes will also be celebrated at 7 PM in St. Theresa’s in New Berlin.

PRAYER PARTNERS FOR LENT

Sign up on the writing board. You must sign up by next Sunday, Feb. 7th.

Draw the name of your Prayer Partner on Ash Wed.

Then say a prayer every day of Lent for the person whose name you drew. Lent begins on Ash Wednesday, Feb. 10th.

Meanwhile, someone else will be praying for you.

OPERATION RICE BOWL

has been a wonderful

Lenten observance in the

United States for many

years now. It was

founded by Catholic

Relief Services to help

feed the hungry

throughout the world, as

well as here at home.

Rice bowls are

available this

weekend, and

everyone is

encouraged to

take one home

and to place it on

their dinner table

where they say

grace before

meals.

Throughout the

Season of Lent

they throw their

loose change or

other money into

the rice bowl.

Then, at Easter

time they bring

their rice bowls to

Church, and the

money collected is

sent to Catholic

Relief Services to

fight world

hunger. 25%

comes back to our

own Food Pantry.

THE STATIONS OF THE CROSS

The Stations of the Cross will be held every Friday of Lent and on Good Friday, at 6 PM. CONFESSIONS will be heard on Ash Wednesday, 5:45-6:00 PM.

SAINT MALACHY’S

COMMUNITY FOOD

PANTRY

Celebrates the 35th

Anniversary

of Its Founding

“I was hungry, and you

gave me food.”

In 1981, Fr. John Zeder,

pastor of St. Malachy’s

Church, saw a need for a

food pantry here in

Sherburne and asked

parishioner Carolyn Begani

to help set one up. With a

few shelves in the church

basement and the support

of the parishioners, the

Food Pantry was born.

The Food Pantry now

operates out of the Payne

House, where it occupies

three rooms and has a

refrigerator and three

freezers. From there, its

dedicated staff of

volunteers distributes food

and groceries to the

hungry of the Sherburne

area.

The Food Pantry is open

for families and individuals

in need of food every

Tuesday from 4-6 PM.

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People can also get food

throughout the week by

calling one of the on-call

volunteers of the staff.

In celebration of the

Anniversary, the Food

Pantry Staff, now headed

by parishioner Paula

Lathrop, would like to

honor all the past

volunteers who have

staffed the Pantry since its

founding and thank all the

parishioners of St.

Malachy’s who have so

generously supported its

work with their donations

of food and money. There

are also several local

organizations and

community members who

generously support the

Pantry.

As part of this celebration,

refreshments will be

served to the people

during the Pantry’s two

open hours every Tuesday

of February. St. Malachy’s

Confirmation candidates

will be making and serving

sandwiches, along with

beverages, to the people

as they come. The Staff is

also putting articles in the

Sherburne News about the

Pantry and its anniversary.

NEW!

for 3rd, 4th & 5th Grades

The adult advisors for St.

Malachy’s Junior Youth

Group will be Christine

Donovan and Erin

Lawrence.

The first meeting will be

on Saturday, Feb. 20th,

beginning at 6:15p in the

Payne House. The movie,

“Jesus Bible Story for

Kids”, will be shown, and

there will be pizza.

Parents might like to

attend the Movie Night for

adults next door in the

Rectory the same night, as

described below. If you

would like to attend the

movie offered in the

Rectory, don’t forget to

sign up.

MOVIE NIGHT

– George and

Patty

Catalano will be

showing

the movie, “Brother

Sun, Sister Moon”,

depicting the life of St.

Francis of Assisi, on

Saturday, Feb. 20th, in the

Rectory after the 5:00 PM

Mass.

They will also be preparing

a simple but filling meal

for this event. This is free,

but please sign up in the

vestibule if you plan to

attend.

Fun, Friends, &

Faith.

For any youth in

Grades 6-12

6:30-8:30 PM this

Wednesday,

February 3rd (and

almost all

Wednesdays) in the

Church Hall.

Come, and see!

This Lent, please join us

for 40 days of prayer,

fasting, and peaceful vigil

for an end to abortion.

Our Opening Candlelight

Prayer Service will be

held Tuesday, Feb. 9 at

5:30 pm in the public

right-of-way outside of the

Planned Parenthood

abortion Center at 1120 E.

Genesee St., Syracuse. Our

peaceful, prayerful

presence is saving lives

and closing abortion

centers! For more

information, please

contact: Jeanie Owens 956-

7772, Shannon Guy 664-

5067, or go to

40daysforlife.com/syracuse

.

CONTRIBUTION

STATEMENTS for

2015 for income tax

purposes can be obtained

by calling the Parish Office

at 674-9625, or by

completing the information

below and returning it in

the collection basket or

mailing it to PO Box 722.

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Ignite 2016 - Catholic

Men’s Conference

The 8th annual

Ignite Conference

will be held on

Saturday, March

19th, from 8AM –

5PM in the SRC

Arena at Onondaga

Community College

in Syracuse.

The conference will

feature Mass with

Bishop

Cunningham, three

exciting speakers

and many priests

available for the

Sacrament of

Reconciliation.

This year’s

speakers are:

Rudy Ruettiger

– Notre Dame

football player,

author and

motivational

speaker

Fr. Joe Freedy –

Former college

quarterback

and Vocation

Director for the

Diocese of

Pittsburgh

Randy Raus –

Founder, CEO

and President

of Life Teen

Missions

Breakfast, lunch

and snacks are also

provided.

Our Knights of

Columbus will

subsidize $25 of

the $55 admission

fee for any men in

the parish who

would like to

attend, so they can

attend for only

$30. In order to

take advantage of

this reduced rate,

we need to have a

commitment by

February 21. We

will be carpooling

to the event.

Please sign up in

the vestibule.

Contact Jared

Randall (607-316-

3575) if you have

any questions.

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EVENING FOR MARRIED COUPLES Valentine’s Day Weekend

Would you like to learn more about

yourself and your spouse, and how to

make your relationship even better?

Take the Myers-Briggs Personality

Inventory. These will be scored by Jim

Krisher, Director of the Spiritual Renewal

Center in Syracuse.

The Myers-Briggs is one of the most time-

tested and non-threatening of

psychological inventories.

Then, after Mass on Saturday, Feb. 13th,

there will be a Dish-to-Pass Supper for

married couples, after which Jim Krisher

will return to each person his/her scored

inventory and explain to the whole group

how to interpret their results.

Babysitting will be provided in the

Rectory, beginning at 5:00 PM.

Jim Krisher did this at St. Malachy’s about

eight years ago, and it proved to be, not

only a fun evening, but also a moment of

enlightenment, and deeper

understanding and mutual appreciation

between spouses – “Ah, Now I

understand why she thinks the way she

thinks”, or, “Now I understand where he’s

coming from!”

Please sign up in the vestibule if you

would like to participate.

Each person must do the personal

inventory by Sunday, Feb. 7th. It takes

30-45 minutes to complete. Fr. Smith will

conduct one or more sessions for people

to do the inventory. This is being offered

free.

THE THURSDAY NIGHT

PRAYER GROUP will be on a

“Winter Break” and will not meet this

week. We will resume the first week of

Lent on Thursday, February 11th at 7 PM

in the rectory parlor. All are invited to

experience this “hour of power” in

prayer and praise as a Lenten spiritual

exercise. Light refreshments will be

served at the conclusion. Do join us!

Fr. Lupa

Retrouvaille Rebuilding Hurting Marriages

Friday, March 4th

- Sunday, March 6th

at the Good News Center, 10475

Cosby Manor Rd, Utica, 13502-1205

This weekend experience helps

couples find a new way of looking at

themselves and one another.

Retrouvaille has helped marriages

survive addiction, adultery, anger and

indifference. It is NOT group therapy,

and you will not be asked to share your

personal life with anyone other than

your spouse. The program focuses on

teaching communication skills between

a husband and a wife. Marriages are

rebuilt and lives changed.

This weekend experience lasts from

Friday evening to Sunday afternoon;

overnight accommodations and meals

are included.

For more information visit,

www.thegoodnewscenter.org or for

confidential inquiries or to register

contact: Tanya 800-470-2230 or

Tanya@thegoodnewscenter.org