office: staff · st. michael’s live streaming masses for april 25-26, 2020 jack prue (birthday)...
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Parish Office Hours: Mon-Thurs 9 am-3 pm...we are closed on Fridays, unless there is a funeral.
LOCAL CATHOLIC COMMUNITY MASS SCHEDULE Weekend Schedule St. Michael the Archangel: Sat 5:15 pm, Sun 7:30 and 10:15 am Signed Mass for the Hearing Impaired on the last Saturday of each month. Sacred Heart: Sat 4 pm, Sun 8:30 and 10:30 am St. Jude the Apostle: Sat 4 pm, Sun 9 and 11:30 am Weekday Schedule St. Michael the Archangel: Mon-Thurs at 12:10 pm Sacred Heart: Mon-Fri: 9:00 am St. Jude the Apostle: Mon-Fri: 8 am Keep informed about what is happening at St. Michael’s: Parish Website: http://www.stmichael-troy.com/ Parish Facebook Page: www.facebook.com/StMichaelTroyNY Download the Parish Phone App on your Smart Phone - iPhone users go to the App Store and android users go to Google Play. Search for MY Parish App. Download this App to your phone, & then search for St. Michael the Archangel Troy Parish Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/saint_michaels_troy Twitter: https://twitter .com/StMichaelsTroy
SACRAMENTS • Baptism - Parents seeking Baptism for their child need to make an appointment with the Parish Deacon to begin the preparation process for the sacrament. Reconciliation - This sacrament of healing is available prior to the Vigil Mass and following the Vigil Mass or by appointment. Marriage - The couple should call the Pastor at least eight months in advance of the desired marriage date to begin the preparation process for the sacrament.
HOSPITAL /HOME VISITS • Parish members who are admitted to the hospital are encouraged to designate St. Michael's as their home parish. It is also helpful if a family member contacts the parish office to let us know of a hospitalization. Members of the parish who are homebound or who have been admitted to a Nursing/Rehabilitation facility and want to receive the Eucharist should call the parish office to request a visit and the Eucharist.
PRAYER CHAIN •Please call the parish office to activate the “Prayer Chain” for your special intentions and needs, or to become a member of this important ministry.
FAITH FORMATION • Our parish is committed to supporting parish members in lifelong Faith Formation through our Faith Formation process called “Whole Parish Catechesis.” We help to form the faith of the children in our parish in partnership with their parents. Persons who desire to become a member of the Catholic Faith, should call the parish office and request an appointment with the Pastor to learn about the RCIA process.
NEW PARISHIONERS
We welcome all of our visitors and want you to know that we are blessed to have you here to worship with us. To become a registered member of St. Michael's parish, please
call the Pastor for an appointment. We will be happy to have you as a member of our par-ish family. Saint Michael's is a friendly and caring community. Your presence among us
would be a blessing for us. Welcome!
Office: 175 Williams Road 518-283-6110 518-283-3938 (Fax) Hours: Mon.-Thurs. 9 am-3 pm Closed on Fridays Website: www.stmichael-troy.com
Staff: Pastor: The Very Rev. Anthony Ligato –ext. 202
[email protected] Parochial Vicar Rev. Zachariah Chichester-ext. 202 [email protected] Rev. James M. Mackey-ext. 203 Assisting Priest
Theresa Reid-ext. 212 Administrative Assistant to the Pastor and Business Administrator [email protected]
Deacon Bob Sweeney-ext. 203 Director of Pastoral Care [email protected]
Barbara Berger-ext. 204 Youth & Faith Formation [email protected]
Barbara McMahon-ext. 201 Parish Secretary [email protected]
Joseph Rizzo-ext. 213 Parish Music Director [email protected] Peggy Cross-ext. 205 Accountant [email protected] Paul Burns –ext.206 Data Entry Administrator [email protected] Br. Ronald Davis, FSD-ext. 207 Head Sacristan and Cantor
Trustees: Robert Larkin [email protected] Ellen Hotz [email protected]
Ministry Chairs
Phyllis Flynn Mescia Pastoral Council President [email protected] Veronica Ciccarelli Women’s Guild President [email protected] Men’s Club President [email protected]
Ginny Amsden RN MS-Parish Nurse [email protected]
St. Michael the Archangel, Troy, New York
Third Sunday of Easter From Fr. Anthony Ligato The Road to Emmaus leads back to the Empty Tomb Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ,
W e hear so often that we died with Christ in the wa-ters of baptism and through those waters we have been raised up with Jesus. We know that in bap-
tism we are given a share in the promise of the resurrection, what we forget is it is not simply a future promise but also a lived-out reality. We live out that reality by living out our lives in faith, “If you invoke as Father him who judges im-partiality according to each one’s works, conduct yourselves with reverence dur-ing the time of your sojourning, realiz-ing that you were ransomed from your futile conduct.” (1Peter 1:17-21) Our being raised up should make itself real and visible in our lives and when life becomes difficult, we must persevere. We are certainly in difficult times and we need our faith to sustain us because there is nothing else in this world and in this life other than our faith in Jesus Christ where we can place our hope. St. Therese of Lisieux understood that her suffering in life would be meaningless unless she could unite her suffering to that of the cross of Our Savior Jesus Christ. St. Therese said, “Time is but a shadow, a dream; already God sees us in glory and takes joy in our eternal beatitude. How this thought helps my soul! I understand then why He lets us suffer.” Our own suffering can give glory to God in the same way that Jesus’ own suffering on the cross revealed God’s glory. We have been raised up with Jesus on the cross and we have been raised with Christ in His Resurrec-tion. From death comes life, this is the mystery of the cross. In our lives we are called to make real and visible the cross of Jesus Christ, yes even embrace the suffering that comes our way so that we then can have the hope of new life. Can we persevere in hope as we suffer today from the ravages of the pandemic? We have been all given the promise of a fu-ture hope fulfilled. St. Therese writes about this fulfilled hope, “Even now I know it yes, all my hopes will be ful-filled, yes the Lord will work wonders for me which will surpass infinitely my immeasurable desires.” Powerful words for us to hear from a Saint who herself suffered and placed her hope in the Lord’s promise to deliver us from sin and death. We hear today about the two Disciples on the road to Em-maus who were struggling with their faith and hope after
seeing Jesus suffer and die on the cross. They could not bring themselves to believe what they heard from the women who were at the tomb. They were suffering a crisis of faith, and because they were suf-fering a crisis of faith, they leave Jerusalem and they leave behind the hope and promise of the empty tomb. They could not sustain their faith and hope in an atmosphere of anxiety, fear, and confusion. Their crisis of faith caused them to flee. They did not see that they had a responsibility to change the atmos-phere of anxiety, fear, and confusion through their perseverance, rather than cutting and running. “That very day, the first day of the week, two of Jesus’ dis-ciples were going to a village seven miles from Jeru-salem called Emmaus, and they were conversing about all the things that had occurred.” (Luke 24:13-35) They could not understand how they could make
a difference, not until Jesus revealed himself to them. This revelation was given to them in three ways, by their welcoming the stranger that was in their presence, the stranger was the Risen Lord. The disciples recognize the Risen Lord in the word pro-claimed and in the breaking of the Bread. “Was it not necessary that the Christ should suffer these things and enter into his glory? Then beginning with Moses and all the prophets, he interpreted to them what referred to
him in all the Scriptures.” They came to understand in the words of scripture they could make a differ-ence, if only they had held onto those words Jesus interpreted for them. But it was in the breaking of the bread that their eyes were open. “And it hap-pened that, while he was with them at table, he took bread, said the blessing, broke it and gave it to them.” The Eucharist gives us strength to persevere when we want to cut and run. The two disciples come to recognize the Risen in the breaking of the bread, “With that their eyes were opened, and they recognized him, but he vanished from their sight. Were not our hearts burning within us while he spoke to us on the way?” This recogni-tion requires the two disciples to live out the reality of the resurrection by returning to the empty Tomb, The road to Emmaus leads them back to the place of suffering and death because that is where new life is found. Yours in Christ, Fr. Anthony
Third Sunday of easter
2020 Census Form
Please provide us with the following information so that we may better serve your needs. You may complete this form and return it in the collection basket/ parish office / postal service / or online at https://form.jotform.com/treidy0143/2020-Census
Thank you for your assistance, The Very Reverend Anthony Ligato, Pastor PLEASE PRINT INFORMATION Name: DOB (___/___/____) First M Last Name: DOB (___/___/____) First M Last Address: Street Address: Street Town State Zip Code Phone (_______) __________________________ Cell (_______) __________________________________ *May we please text you if necessary? Yes No E-mail: __________________________________________________________________________________ Additional household members: Name and DOB: ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________
April 26, 2020
MASS SCHEDULE FOR THE WEEK:
St. Michael’s Live Streaming Masses for April 25-26, 2020
Jack Prue (birthday) - wife, Rosemary and family John M. Smith (27th Anniversary) - Family Harry Hovey, Sr. - Son, Harry & Esther Hovey Colleen Mantello—Nancy Coonrad James (Bud) McGrath - Janet I. Rainey Jack Berry - wife, Virginia & family Terri Prendergast –Chris Urban James McGrath –Pat, George Durivage & family Diana Alexander—Ruth Quinion Recently Deceased Members of our Parish: Katherine Nash Stanley Drosky MONDAY, April 27, 2020 Bill Kiley –Wife Claire and family Deceased Members of the Myers Family –family Terri Prendergast –Deacon Bob and Pat Sweeney TUESDAY, April 28, 2020 Anne Myers –Mary and George Argars WEDNESDAY, April 29, 2020 James (Bud) McGrath-Joan De Deo Bill Leahy (birthday) -Wife Kay and family THURSDAY, April 30, 2020 No Live Steaming Mass FRIDAY, May 1, 2020 Office Closed
St. Michael’s Live Streaming Masses for May 2-3, 2020
Jane Verrastro—family Joan Perry - Gene and Phil Rocci - (birthday) - Mary Bill Kiley –Wife, Claire and family Frank Renga -(1st Anniversary) Renga Family Walter Piskutz -(birthday) Renga Family James (Bud) McGrath –Joan Millington
MASS INTENTIONS AND MASS CARDS
S t. Michael the Archangel and St. Jude the Apostle Church continue to take mass intentions for the Sun-
day Masses and the Weekday Masses. If you would like to have a Mass intention said or if you would like a Mass Card sent to someone with the intention for Mass, please phone or e-mail the Parish Office and we will schedule the Mass Intention for you. The offering for a Mass in-tention is $10.00, you can simply mail your intention to the parish office where you have requested the intention. All Mass intentions will be included in the bulletins as announced Masses and included in scheduled live streamed Masses. We have been including all Mass inten-tions in the live streamed Masses and announcing them in the Parish Bulletins as we have rescheduled those inten-tions which were originally scheduled for Masses that were canceled due to the Virus stay at home order prior to live streaming of Sunday and Dailey Masses. We will have two Sunday Masses Live Streamed: Live Streaming of Masses at St. Michael the Arch-angel and St. Jude the Apostle Churches via Face-book pages: Saturday 4:00 PM Vigil Mass Lived Streamed Sunday 10:00 AM Mass Live Streamed Daily Masses Live Streamed Monday-Friday at 8:00
AM Monday-Wednesday Lived Streamed at 12:10 PM
Schedule for the Week of April 25-26 April 25th: 4:00 PM Vigil Mass at St. Jude the Apostle Church April 26th: 10:00AM Mass at St. Michael the Archangel Church Tabernacle Votive Candle in Memory of a Loved one If you would like to have the Tabernacle Votive Candle lighted for one week in Memory of a loved one or for an-other intention, please call the parish office or e-mail the parish office. The announced intention will be included each week in the bulletin. The offering for the Tabernacle Votive Candle is $10.00, you can mail your offering to the parish office. SANCTUARY VOTIVE LIGHT
April 26th through May 2nd
For the Reid Family living and deceased-Theresa Reid
Third Sunday of easter
LIFE LONG FAITH FORMATION Please contact Barbara Berger in the Faith For-mation Office with any questions about the infor-mation on this page. LIFELONG FAITH FORMATION CLASSES
THANK YOU to all our parents, partners in education! They do so much to assure that their children grow physically, spiritually, intellectual-ly, and now academically too! The values and morals they teach with a Christian focus are instrumental in understanding right and wrong, and building a better world. But it’s the modeling of their actions and be-haviors that leads to life long understanding of their faith, and growing to be people who care for others. Our Faith Formation motto for little children is simple- God is love and love is God. Whenever we act like Jesus, in caring for others, we show the people of the world where our hearts are, and what we believe. God is alive and among us in all we do!! This happens more in every day life than in a class-room. We are seeing kindness, sacrifice, care and love in abundance as we all take care of one another during this COVID-19 pandemic. Prayers of thanks are urged to be prayed by families as God guides us through this difficult time. As is helping our neighbors – wherever they are! This Sunday, April 26th was our last Religious Educa-tion class scheduled for this school year. We will send evaluation forms to families via email, and continue the regular calls to families to let them know we are thinking about them, and here for ANY needs and con-cerns they have. But this is not the end!!!! We urge families to contin-ue to pray together daily and to be a blessing to every-one they meet as they carry their Christianity into the world. Here’s a wonderful suggestions for all of us on how to Pray three times a day in 10 words: AM - I love you, Jesus (How can I live as Jesus
did) Noon –Thank you, God (So much to be thankful
for) PM – Come, Holy Spirit (This is where I need
help!)
All 2nd graders preparing for the Sacrament of First Eucharist should continue to work on their packets with their families!
Confirmandi and sponsor's will continue to receive research topics and questions for faith sharing. Text, email or call me with any questions.
SEE THE PREVIOUS PAGE IN THIS BULLETIN FOR LIVE STREAMED MASSES VIA FACE-BOOK
SERVICE PROJECTS-TEMPORARILY ON
HOLD Meal Ministry & Birthday Bags
Project: DAWN runs are also temporar ily suspend-ed until further notice. However, we received a very generous monthly donation from Michael M . THANK YOU!!!! Also, Carol & Joe donated part of their stimulus check to help those in need. In contacting Joseph House (Homeless Shelter in downtown Troy) they re-quested cleaning supplies. I was able to purchase many types of cleaning agents, paper towels, sponges, even toilet paper for them! They were delivered safely last Sunday. Carol, one of our regular bakers, also baked chocolate chip cookies for the residents!!!
PET PRAYER CHAIN & FOOD PANTRY DO-NATIONS Are ON GOING!!!!!!!!!! Please call Barbara Berger to activate or the join the pet pray-er chain at 518-225-4343 Pray for Willie/ear infec-tions.
With all the pauses in our lives right now remem-ber- Not everything is canceled Sunshine is not canceled Spring is not canceled Love is not canceled Reading is not canceled Naps are not canceled Prayer & Devotion are not canceled Music is not canceled Dancing is not canceled Imagination is not canceled Kindness is not canceled Conversations are not canceled Home is not canceled #keeplookingup
Bill Prendergast and his ministry crew are still deliver-ing food donations to the Rourke Center and Concerns U, both Catholic Charity organizations.