SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 2019

PARISH MISSION STATEMENT Resurrection-Ascension Church is a diverse community that gathers together to celebrate the Eucharist. We recognize

that the Lord is the source of all that we have and all that we do. We hope that through our sharing of the Eucharist, the Sacraments, and our belonging to the parish – we may obtain a deeper relationship with the Lord.

As a people of faith, we are striving to grow in our ability to live out our understanding of “Stewardship” through the sharing of our Time, Talent and Treasure. We trust that, through God’s grace we may reach out to others, welcoming them, while respecting and supporting one another.

Pastoral Staff Very Rev. Thomas G. Pettei, Administrator Rev. Salvatore J. Amato, Pastor Emeritus Rev. Richard Conlon , Parochial Vicar Rev. Msgr. Robert J. Thelen, Part-time Parochial Vicar Mr. Emanuel Bologna, Director of Music Mrs. Joann Heppt, Academy Principal Mr. Jason Velazquez, Dir. of Religious Education & Parish Outreach Rev. Basilio Monteiro, Weekend Presider

Church 85-25 61st Road, Rego Park, New York 11374

Rectory 61-11 85 Street, Rego Park, New York 11374 Phone: (718) 424-5212 Fax: (718) 639-8679 General E-Mail: rachsch@aol.com Sacramental Certificate Requests: rarectory@aol.com Website: www.rachurch.net

Rectory Staff Debbie Gross (Receptionist)- dlgrectory@aol.com Carmen Chang -espanolatra@aol.com (Receptionist en Español- Saturdays 9am -1pm) Heather Belon (Bookkeeper)- hbelonra@aol.com Cathy Mesa- ratuition@aol.com (Tuition Officer/Rectory Receptionist)

Rectory Hours Monday through Friday: 9am - 12noon, and 1pm - 5pm (closed for lunch 12noon - 1pm) Saturday: 9am – 1pm, CLOSED SUNDAY

Summer Weekend Mass Schedule Saturday 5:00pm Sunday 8:00am, 11:00am 12:30pm (Spanish) Weekday Mass Schedule Monday – Friday 9:00am Saturday 9:00am

Rite of Reconciliation (Confession) Saturday 11:00am to 11:30am

Academy 85-25 61st Road Phone: (718) 426-4963 FAX: (718) 426-0940 E-mail: raschool443@aol.com Website: www.racatholicacademy.org

Faith Formation and Pastoral Outreach 85-18 61st Road, Rego Park, New York 11374 Phone: (718) 533-7898 E-Mail: jvelazquezra@aol.com

Music Office Phone: (718) 651-6359 E-Mail: rachurchmusic@aol.com Youth Ministry Jim Shearer Phone (917) 597-8807 E-Mail: milkit4@yahoo.com

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Stewardship Our Way of Life

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Today is the Twenty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time (C) . The Readings are found at #1174 in the Parish Hymnal.

Monday, September 2nd- LABOR DAY 9:00am Frances Waldron, req by her family

Tuesday, September 3rd 9:00am Zhu (ann), req by her son-in-law Athanatius Shen

Wednesday, September 4th 9:00am Patrick and Mary McNulty, req by Angela McCarthy and family

Thursday, September 5th 9:00am Eileen Gibbons, req by her mom and family

Friday, September 6th 9:00am First Friday Perpetual Mass Society

Saturday, September 7th 9:00am- For the People of the Parish -Anna Pagano -Ann and Jim Brennan, req by their daughter Carol -Arline and Bernie Blanke, req by their sister Carol -Bob Belon, req by Brian Spaulding -Vincent Sammon (bday), req by his wife, Mary, and family 5:00pm Danell, Halton, and Rahill families, req by the Rahill family

Sunday, September 8th – Twenty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time

(129: Wis 9:13-18b Ps 90:3-6, 12-17 Phlm 9-10, 12-17 Lk 14:25-33)

8:00am for the peace and intentions of Jiaping Chen and Miaomiao Liu, req by Jinzhu Lin 9:30am 11:00am Eleanor Ducey, req by RA St. Vincent dePaul 12:30pm Mercedes Marie Martinez, req by her family

RETURN OF

9:30AM SUNDAY MASS

The 9:30am Sunday Mass will

resume on Sunday, September 15th

(not Sunday, September 8th, as

published in previous bulletins).

2019 ANNUAL CATHOLIC APPEAL Parish Goal: $62,027 Pledged to date: $61,023 Paid to date: $53,789

REMEMBER IN YOUR PRAYERS

The Sick and/or Hospitalized: Vahide Atlas, Colleen Breheny, Peggy Brennan, Stephanie Bojarski, Kurt Burger, Richard DeNardo, Kathleen Fallon, Ida Fernandes, Steve Ferrugio, Msgr. Vincent Fullam, Jackie Hanley, George J. Harms, George M. Harms, Pat Holahan, James Leung, Joe Loughnane, Mary Loughnane, Saverio Lunetta, Mary Ellen Lustberg, Nora Lydon, Dolly Serna Ocampo, Brendan Phelan, Grace Radonicic, Frank Rahill, Maureen Rahill, Barbara Ravert, Susan Richards, Joel Rivera, Madeline Silecchia, Rose and Carmela Tantillo, Chana Yadgarova

WINE & HOSTS AND MEMORIAL CANDLES

The Wine and Hosts will be used this week in loving memory of Louis Scorce, as requested by Julie Infranco.

The Altar Candles will be lit this week in loving memory of Anna Pagano.

The Candle at the Statue of the Blessed Mother will be lit this week in loving memory of Michael and Camilla Pagano.

The Candle at the Statue of St. Patrick will be lit this week in loving memory of Vincent Sammon (birthday), as requested by his wife, Mary Sammon.

The Candle at the Statue of St. Joseph will be lit this week in loving memory of Leonard and Rose Rella.

The Candle at the Statue of St. John Vianney will be lit this week in loving memory of Leonard and Rose Rella.

RETURN TO REGULAR HOURS…

The Blessed Sacrament Chapel will resume normal hours, closing at 3:30pm, beginning

Tuesday, September 3rd.

The Food Pantry will resume normal hours of Mondays and Wednesdays from 10am-12noon

beginning Wednesday, September 4th.

CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA COLLECTION

Next weekend, you will have the opportunity to make a donation to the Catholic University of

America Collection. An envelope has been included in your tithing packet. Thank you,

in advance, for your generosity.

The Rectory will be CLOSED on Monday, September 2nd, in observance

of Labor Day. It will re-open on Tuesday, September 3rd at 9am.

SEPTEMBER 1, 2019

Dear Friends, Happy Labor day weekend! As we begin this new pastoral year, I want to welcome Father Richard Conlon who joins us in the parish as full time parochial vicar. Father Conlon was ordained in 1990, and most recently served as pastor at St. Teresa of Avila – St. Anthony of Padua parish in South Ozone Park. I am very happy he is joining us—please give him a warm welcome!

Just to give you a little preview of upcoming events: RA Catholic Academy opens up for the new semester this Wednesday, September 4th. The food pantry also resumes its regular schedule that day. Next Sunday, September 8th, Bishop DiMarzio will join us for the 11AM Mass when he will formally install me as Pastor. (For that reason, we will not resume the 9:30 Sunday Mass until September 15th when we will have a Special family liturgy). Our Religious Education Classes resume for the new semester on Sunday, September 22nd. And that is just the beginning.

Whatever we do here at RA is meant to ultimately deepen our relationship with Jesus. The more we come to know Jesus, the more we will come alive in word and witness, in service and hospitality.

Our Scripture readings today find Jesus once again at dinner with people. He highlights the importance of humility. But even beyond that, he suggests an invitation list that is longer than almost any of us would ever imagine. He says: “When you hold a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind; blessed indeed will you be because of their inability to repay you.” May Jesus show us the way to a broad love of others, just like his! Peace, Fr. Tom Queridos amigos, ¡Felicidades en este fin de semana del Día del Trabajo! Al comenzar este nuevo año pastoral, quiero dar la bienvenida al Padre Richard Conlon, quien a partir de hoy se une a nuestra parroquia como vicario parroquial de tiempo completo. El padre Conlon fue ordenado en 1990, y recientemente sirvió como párroco en la parroquia de Santa Teresa de Ávila – San Antonio de Padua en South Ozone Park. Estoy muy contento de que esté con nosotros, ¡por favor, denle una cálida bienvenida!

Algunos eventos por venir: Nuestra academia católica empieza el nuevo semestre este miércoles 4 de septiembre. La despensa de alimentos también reanuda su horario regular ese mismo día. El próximo domingo 8 de septiembre, el obispo DiMarzio se unirá a nosotros para la misa de las 11 a.m., cuando me instalará formalmente como párroco. (Por esa razón, no reanudaremos la misa dominical de las 9:30 hasta el 15 de septiembre cuando tendremos una liturgia familiar especial). Nuestras clases de educación religiosa se empezarán el nuevo semestre el domingo 22 de septiembre. Y esto es sólo el comienzo.

Cualquier cosa que hagamos aquí en RA tiene la intención de profundizar nuestra relación con Jesús. Cuanto más conozcamos a Jesús, más nos llenaremos de vida en palabra, testimonio, servicio y hospitalidad.

Nuestras lecturas de las Escrituras de hoy encuentran a Jesús una vez más comiendo con la gente. Destacan la importancia de la humildad. Pero incluso más allá de eso, sugieren una lista de invitaciones que es más larga de lo que cualquiera de nosotros podría imaginar. Él dice: “Cuando des un banquete, invita a los pobres, a los lisiados, a los cojos y a los ciegos; y así serás dichoso, porque ellos no tienen con qué pagarte; pero ya se te pagará, cuando resuciten los justos”.".

¡Que Jesús nos muestre el camino hacia un amplio amor por los demás, como el suyo! Paz, Padre Tom

      TWENTY-SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

RESURRECTION-ASCENSION CATHOLIC ACADEMY NEWS

Back to School Information

Weareveryexcitedtowelcomeourstudentsandteachersbacktoschool!

Parent Meetings BacktoSchoolNightallowsparentstolearnimportantinformationabouttheupcomingschoolyearandtovisittheclassroomsandmeettheteachers.

Nursery Parents will meet on Thursday, August 29th at 7:00pm in the gym.

Pre-K Parents will meet on Wednesday, August 28th at 7:00pm in the gym

Grade K-8 Parents will meet on Tuesday, September 10th at 7:00pm in the gym.

First Days of School ThefirstdayofschoolforgradesK‐8isWednesday,September4th.AllstudentsshouldlineupintheschoolyardonEliotAvenueby7:55am.Studentsmustbeincompleteuniform.Dismissalforthedaywillbeat12:00pm.TherewillbeBeforeandAfterSchoolthatday.

Pre‐KbeginsonThursday,September5thwithaParent‐StudentOrientation.Parentsorguardiansmayjointheirchildrenintheclassroomfrom9:00am‐10:00am.Cometothechurchentranceon61stRoad.Gorighttothedoorwiththebanneronit,andringthebell.

NurserybeginsonFriday,September6thwithaParent‐StudentOrientation.Parentsorguardiansmayjointheirchildrenintheclassroomfrom9:00am‐10:00am.Cometothechurchentranceon61stRoad.Gorighttothedoorwiththebanneronit,andringthebell.

What’s New Wearepleasedtoannouncethefollowingforourupcomingschoolyear: ‐We have two Nursery classes, two Kindergarten classes, and three Pre-K For All classes! -We have given our boys’ bathroom a makeover, with new partitions and seats and a fresh coat of paint. New water fountains and radiator covers are arriving soon.

Registration Thereisstilllimitedseatingavailableinsomeclasses.Pleasecontacttheschoolofficeforanappointmentandatour—718‐426‐4963.Formoreinformationaboutourschool,pleasevisitourwebsite,www.racatholicacademy.org.

A Glimpse at your contributions… August 24/25:

Saturday-5:00pm (English) $2,150 Sunday 8:00am (English) $1,595 9:30am (English) NO MASS 11:00am (English) $1,214 12:30 pm (Spanish $ 751 $5,710 Contributions made via Online Giving: $751 Total weekly collection: $6,461

FOUR SEASONS PARISH RAFFLE

Our next drawing of the Four Seasons Parish Raffle will take place on Wednesday,

September 25th. Tickets are available in the Rectory and will be inserted into the

September 8th and 15th bulletins.

SEPTEMBER 1, 2019

Fr. Thomas Pettei will be installed as Pastor of Resurrection-Ascension Church on Sunday, September 8th at the 11:00am Mass by Bishop DiMarzio. A light reception will immediately follow in the auditorium. All are welcome to come celebrate his installation here at Resurrection-Ascension.

SEPTEMBER 11TH MEMORIAL VIGIL

As a community, we have gathered each year to remember the loss we suffered on

9/11/01 as a Nation, as a City, as a Community. All are welcome on

Wednesday, September 11th at 7:30pm under the flagpole in Juniper Valley Park.

FIRST FRIDAY This Friday, September 6th, is the First Friday of the

month. The following have been enrolled in the Perpetual Mass Society:

Mary Jane Barawidan James Woods E. Ester Umberger Edward Peterson Carmin Velez Cono Babino Olympia Yabut Juliet M. Oberlin Freeta Florence David Felix Ayettey Ntiamoah Luz Capellan

Our Lady Queen of Martyrs Parish 110-06 Queens Blvd, Forest Hills

Will be celebrating the Feast of St. Lorenzo Ruiz on Sunday, September 15th at the 1pm Mass, followed by fellowship in McLaughlin Hall. Donations in cash or in kind are welcome by

friends of the parish who would like to attend. For more info, contact the

OLQM Rectory at (718) 268-6251.

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Monday, September 2nd -Labor Day -Rectory Closed -Food Pantry Closed -No Yoga -NA 7:30pm PCC Tuesday, September 3rd- St. Gregory the Great, Pope and Doctor of the Church -Spanish Prayer Group 7-9pm FFH Chapel Wednesday, September 4th -Food Pantry 10-12noon PCC -First Day of School -NA 7:30pm PCC Thursday, September 5th- St. Teresa of Calcutta -Sports Registration 5:30-8:30pm Gym Friday, September 6th - First Friday -Perpetual Mass Society 9:30am CMR -CODA 10am PCC -Sports Registration 5:30-8:30pm Gym -Spanish Bible Study 7-9pm FFH Garden Saturday, September 7th- BVM -OCA 10am PCC -Sports Registration 10-2pm Gym Divine Mercy 4:15pm Blessed Sacrament Sunday, September 8th- Twenty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time -Fr. Thomas Pettei’s Mass of Installation 11am -Indonesian Apost. Mass 2pm & Recep. FFH -Alanon 12noon PCC