MASS SCHEDULE MONDAY, March 20, 2017 NOON Ann Cortese TUESDAY, March 21, 2017 6:30am Intentions of the Celebrant NOON Thanksgiving to Jesus of Nazareth WEDNESDAY, March, 22,2017 6:30am Thomas Ferguson & Jean Cipolla NOON Katherine & Robert O’Toole THURSDAY, March 23, 2017 6:30am Intentions of the Celebrant NOON Joseph & Antony Boffa FRIDAY, March 24, 2017 NOON Lydia Cruz SATURDAY, March 25, 2017 8:30am Virginia De Santis 5:30pm Howard Renz SUNDAY, March 26, 2017 8:00am People of the Parish, Purgatorial Society, Anthony Mistretta, Monica Po-lakowski & Halina Ostrowski 11:30am Merideth Wos 5:30pm Pierre Dejean

THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS

The Sick: Rosaline Peiters, Annette Pet-ti, Monroe Okola, Ed Rossnagel, Paul Peridon Sr., Isidro Padilla, Ann Dormody, Jean Chenet, Rosemary Podesta, Louis Cardiello Martin Ewald, Pat Durkin, Antho-ny Boffa, Ellen Lahane, Julien Dolisca, Frank Incorvaia, Patricia Farrow Chin, Jim Polloicino, Patricia Watson For those who have died:

MEMORIAL GIFTS Those in the Armed Services—in these difficult times, let us lift up in prayer for our brave men and women who fight for our freedom all over the world. May God bless them and keep them safe.

ROSARY SOCIETY ATLANTIC CITY TRIP

The Rosary Society of St. Thomas Aquinas

Parish runs a trip to Resorts Casino in At-

lantic City on the FIRST THURSDAY of eve-

ry month. The bus leaves from in front of St.

Thomas Aquinas Church ( 1550 Hendrickson

St. between Flatlands Ave. and Ave. P.) at

8:30AM. The cost is $40.00, which includes

a bagel for breakfast and a $25.00 bonus

from the Casino. The next trip is scheduled

for Thursday, April 6, 2017 For further de-

tails or to sign up for the trip, please call

Noreen at (718) 253-7824

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SPECIAL REQUEST

A parishioner here at St. Thomas Aquinas Diane Camacho is in need of a new kidney. If you would like to help, please call 718-284-0704.

SAVE THE DATE Family Day– June 10, 2017

St. Thomas Aquinas Church

Lent 2017 Daily Holy Hour after the

Noon Mass Stations of the Cross

During Lent at 7:00pm in

Church

Friday, March 24th-Led by Rosary So-

ciety

Friday, March 31th-Multi-Lingual Sta-

tion of the Cross-Ms. Elizabeth

Friday, April 7th-Led by Youth Group

VBCC Ambassador Program

Fundraiser Dinner - Dance Saturday, April 29, 2017 7:00 PM

Honorees

Fr. Edward Mason Pastor of Our Lady of Presentation

&

Loreto Liz Faublas

Net News Anchor of Currents

The Black and Indian Mission $50 per person

Msgr. King Hall, 1501 Hen-drickson Street

(corner of Flatlands Avenue and Hendrickson Street)

Fundraiser supports the youth in our community

Lent Lent, The Season that brings us to Easter begins on Ahs Wednesday, March 1st. The Lenten Season provides a great op-portunity for deepening our faith, hope and love through prayer, penitential practices and works of charity. We have many things planned this Season and everyone is welcome and encouraged to attend any or all of the events. More de-tailed information to follow.

Lenten Regulations Abstinence from meat is observed on

Ash Wednesday, Good Friday an all the Fridays of Lent by all Catholic 14 years

of age and older Fasting is observed on Ash Wednesday

and Good Friday by all those between

the ages of 18 and 59 those bound by

this rule may take only one full meal,

with two smaller meals permitted. Eating

between meals is not permitted

VOCATION RETREAT March 24th-26th

Bishop’s Vocation Retreat: This re-treat is a special invitation to discern-ers to spend the weekend with the Most Reverend Nicholas DiMarzio with talks and presentations on the call to vocations to the priesthood. This weekend also allows an envi-ronment of fraternity to all who at-tend. Please contact the rectory if you would like to go.

St. Thomas Aquinas Young Adult

Group Tentative Schedule for 2017

The young adult group meets after the 5:30PM mass on the 2nd Saturday’s of

the month

April 8, 2017 – Community service

May 13, 2017 – Brotherhood winery

or brewery in Brooklyn

June 10, 2017 – Gym Night

Calendar is subject to change!!

50/50 ENVELOPES

Dear Parishioners, We will be calling the winners to the parish 50/50 on the first Sunday of each month after the11:30am Mass. Our next drawing will be on April 2, 2017. Remember each 50/50 is $10.00 if you put less in the enve-lope we will just credit your account for that amount but you are not going to be includ-

ed in the 50/50. Also if you take a en-velope from the back of church to participate please put your name and address on the envelope. Do not use 50/50 envelopes for any-thing but the 50/50. Good Luck to all.

MIDWOOD CATHOLIC ACADEMY

SPRING FLING CARD PARTY

FRIDAY, March 31, 2017 ST. THOMAS AQUINAS/

MONSIGNOR KING HALL 7:00PM (DOORS OPEN AT

6:30PM) TICKETS NOW ON SALE

TICKET INFORMATION-718-377-1800 (SCHOOL OFFICE) PURCHASE YOUR TICKETS EARLY*FIRST COME FIRST

SERVED $25.00 PER PERSON

$30.00 IF PURCHAESED AT DOOR

LIMITED TICKETS AT DOOR REFRESHMENTS

COFFEE-CAKE-SODA-WATER-ICE CREAM-

SNACKS GOODY BAG

COME JOIN US FOR A FUN FILLED EVENING

Multi-Sensory Prayer Room:

A Lenten Prayer

Experience - Journey to the Cross This is a new offering for our parish, one which will expand your ability to hear the Lord. Because we are multi-sensory learners, God speaks to us through our senses: seeing, hearing, smelling, tast-ing, and feeling. A prayer experience that brings all five of our human senses into play, therefore, can become an en-gaging prayer experience in which we take an active role in our encounter, communion, and connection to God. Working with this insight, the Lenten Prayer Room- Journey to the Cross, in-corporates traditional church symbols within a unique setting that enhances the prayer experience by providing partici-pants with several options for their pray-er time. This creates a personalized prayer time which allows participants to discover a connection to God through their senses, guiding them into a deep and meaningful dialogue with the living God. In the Journey to the Cross Prayer Expe-rience we reflect on the last 7 days of Jesus’ life. Here’s what you can expect in the Lenten Prayer Room. When you enter the prayer room, you will find a variety of prayer stations. You can spend as much or as little time at as you feel necessary at any one station, moving through each station at your own pace. There may be some stations that don’t “touch your heart” or work for you, whereas others may help you feel a sense of connection to God’s presence or grace. Candles, incense, and medita-

tive music help to create a reverent and quiet atmosphere which fosters opportu-nities to enter personally into commun-ion with God. Some stations have items which are “hands on” while other sta-tions may involve tasting or consuming a symbolic food to help enrich the prayer experience. As you move from station to station, you will encounter items to take with you as a symbolic reminder of your experience. This is your unique experi-ence, your unique time with the Lord, your opportunity to know God and sense God’s presence in new ways. The prayer room also provides partici-pants an opportunity to grow in faith and learn something new about themselves. It can be an experience that changes our perception of God and how God works in our lives. We invite you, therefore, to renew your relationship with God by visiting the prayer room. Spend time to listen, wait, and experience the grace of the living God. Come and allow God to speak to your heart. Let the Holy Spirit ignite the fire of God’s love and compassion deep within. Experience God’s presence anew; see where God’s grace is waiting to be poured out. Come and encounter the Story, the Spirit, the Scripture!

Come to the Aquinas Center Friday, March 24th, 12:30pm –8:00pm Saturday, March 25th, 9:00am- 7:00pm Sunday, March 26th, 9:00am-2:00pm.

Retreat (watch for the date)

MARIAN MORNING OF PRAYERS &

REFLECTION SATURDAY, MAY 6TH, 2017

8:30AM– MASS

9:00AM– BREAKFAST 10:00AM-REFLECTION-

FOLLOWED BY

ENGLISH SPANISH CREOLE TAGALOG

12:00 Noon in Church WHERE: ST. THOMAS AQUINAS

CHURCH 1550 HENDRICKSON STREET

( Between Avenue P & Flatlands Avenue)

Come join us as we pray the Rosary and sing hymns to Mary in English, Spanish, Creole, and

Tagalog.

Journey Rediscover Jesus by Matthew Kelly

March 28th, 2017 at 7:30pm Fr. Dwayne

& April 11th, 2017at 7:30pm

St. Thomas Aquinas Lenten Book Club: Rediscover Jesus Have you been looking for a way to deepen your faith this Lenten. Come renew your faith. Join us as we Rediscover Jesus through faith sharing. Come and read Rediscover Je-sus with Fr. Dwayne on Tues-day’s during lent starting at 7:30PM. You can pick up a copy of the book at our parish gift shop for $5 March 21, 2017-Chapter: 16-26 March 28, 2017- Chapter: 25-32 April 4, 2017-Chapter: 33-40

2017 ANNUAL CATHOLIC APPEAL YOU CAN MAKE THE DIFFERENCE

The 2017 Annual Catholic Appeal is under-way throughout the Diocese of Brooklyn and here at Saint Thomas Aquinas. Our parish goal this year is $58,716.00. Your support is needed to help us reach this goal. The Annual Catholic Appeal focuses on encouraging vocations, to expand our min-istries of service to the immigrant, the poor and marginalized members of our society and to educate and form the next genera-tion of disciples through our schools, acad-emies and religious education programs. Your gift to the Annual Catholic Appeal pro-vides funding for the various programs criti-cal to the Diocese of Brooklyn and the Parish of Saint Thomas Aquinas. Through the Appeal’s parish sharing, all monies re-ceived over our assigned goal will be re-turned back to the parish. We thank God for all of his blessings and recognize that as we look back in apprecia-tion, we must look forward with a sense of responsibility to help those in need.