Bulletin: June 30, 2024

+ Parish Schedule for the Week of June 30, 2024+

Sunday, June 30: [Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time]  

  8:00 am + Rev. Arthur Obin, Oblate of Mary Immaculate – int. Robert & Kathy Lemoine

10:30 am + Tadeus & Helen Glazewski – int. Eichorn Family

Monday, July 1: [St. Junipero Serra, Priest]

  8:00 am – Health & Blessings for Mike & Kaitlyn Jacques & Family 

                 – int. Yves & Annemarie Jacques

Tuesday, July 2: [Novena to St. Peregrine & St. Camillus] 

  5:30 pm + Paulino Gooch – int. Laurie, Tim & TJ

Wednesday, July 3: [St. Thomas, Apostle][Novena to St. Jude] 

  5:30 pm + Bishop John A. Marshall – int. Parish

Thursday, July 4

  8:00 am + Mary E. Lambert – int. Jacques Family

First Friday, July 5: [St. Anthony Zaccaria, Priest/St. Elizabeth of Portugal]

  5:30 pm (TLM) + Jeffrey Tela – int. Mom & Dad

All Night Vigil of Eucharistic Adoration to follow Mass

First Saturday, July 6: [St. Maria Goretti, Virgin & Martyr]

  8:00 am + Lauren Tela – int. Mom & Dad

  4:00 pm + Agnes Golembeski – int. Donald Parda

  6:00 pm – Spanish Mass – int. Missa pro populo (for our Parish and Parishioners)

Sunday, July 7: [Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time]  

  8:00 am + Joseph Oczkowski – int. Robert & Kathy Lemoine

10:30 am – Health & Blessings for Gaetan & Louise Jacques & Family – int. Jacques Family

 3:00 pm – Guard of Honor Mini-Retreat & Holy Hour

+ KRLOWO POLSKI MÓDL SIĘ ZA NAMI +

THE SANCTUARY LAMP

will burn this week in thanksgiving for our Pastor,

Fr. Seán O’Mannion

on the 16^th Anniversary of his Ordination to the Priesthood

MONDAY, JULY 1^st is the Feast of St. Junipero Serra, the Spanish Monk who established nine of the California missions and baptized over 6,000 native peoples.  He is recognized as the builder of the state of California and Pope John Paul II called him “the exemplar model of the selfless evangelizer.”  He will be remembered at the 8:00 am Mass.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 3^rd  is the Feast of St. Thomas the Apostle whose incredulity gave way to faith when he saw the Risen Lord. He will be remembered at the 5:30 p.m. Mass.

THE WEEKLY ST. JUDE NOVENA will be prayed at the 5:30 p.m. Mass on Wednesday, July 3^rd.  This is a continuing Novena and all are welcome to come and pray for the intercession of the Saint of hopeless and impossible cases.

FRIDAY, JULY 5^th is the Feast of St. Anthony Mary Zaccaria.  St. Anthony was a doctor who at the age of 36 became a priest and the founder of a religious community whose goals were to reform society.  He will be remembered in the 5:30 p.m. Mass.

JULY 5^th is also the Feast of St. Elizabeth of Portugal.  St. Elizabeth was a queen and mother and known as the peacemaker in the royal family.  She later became a Franciscan tertiary and is the Patroness of the Secular Franciscan Order.  

FRIDAY, JULY 5^th IS THE FIRST FRIDAY OF THE MONTH In honor of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, we will have our All-Night Vigil of Eucharistic Adoration following the 5:30 pm Latin Tridentine Mass. Please consider signing up to cover an hour of Eucharistic Adoration.  Sign-up sheets are in the front vestibule.

SATURDAY, JULY 6^th is the Feast of St. Maria Goretti who died at the age of 12.  She was stabbed to death preferring to die rather than participate in sin.  She died forgiving her murderer and was canonized with her mother and family present.  Her murderer languished in jail for many years unrepentant until he had a vision of St. Maria Goretti who converted him.  His life radically changed and he lived a life of great holiness and penance from that point on.  St. Maria Goretti will be remembered in the Mass at 8:00 a.m.

OUR LADY’S HOLY ICON will visit the home of Carol Roux for a week of prayer and petition for the needs of our Parish.  We thank you for this holy work of power and love.

THE PRO-LIFE NOVENA will continue on Saturday, July 6^th before the 8:00 a.m. Mass.  All are welcome to pray in supplication for an end to the violence of abortion and in reparation for our lack of love which makes abortion acceptable in our nation.

PRAY FOR VOCATIONS to the Priesthood from our Parish and for our Parish so that we might always have a Priest here to celebrate the Mass and administer the Holy Sacraments!  Please join in the Divine Mercy Chaplet to pray for vocations to the priesthood every Friday at 4:45 p.m.

PRAY FOR OUR CLERGY: Please join us in dedicating every day to one of the clergymen designated in our calendar.  

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
Vocations	Bishop McDonnell	Fr. Campoli	Our Retired Clergy	Bishop Byrne	Deacon Bete	Fr. DiMascola

PRAYER FOR PRIESTS

JESUS, I pray for your faithful and fervent priests, your unfaithful and lukewarm priests, your priests laboring at home or abroad in distant mission fields, your tempted priests, your lonely and desolate priests, your young priests, your dying priests, and the souls of your priests in purgatory. But above all, I recommend to you the priests dearest to me: the priest who baptized me, the priests who absolved me from my sins, the priests at whose Masses I assisted and who gave me your body and blood in Holy Communion, the priests who taught and instructed me; all the priests to whom I am indebted in any other way (especially….). O Jesus, keep them all close to your heart and bless them abundantly in time and in eternity. Amen

VESPERS will be chanted Sundays at 5:00 p.m. in English and Latin beginning July 7^th.  Booklets will be provided.

THE FOLLOWING MASS INTENTIONS have been sent to various Missionaries.  They will be offered as follows and you may unite your prayers to the Missionaries who offer the Masses in their churches

Sunday, June 30:   8:00 am + Souls in Purgatory – int. Anonymous

Sunday, June 30: 10:30 am + Jeff Gale – int. the Shaughnessys

Monday, July 1:   10:30 am – In thanksgiving, Suki and Dan Wong – int. Mark

Tuesday, July 2: 5:30 pm + Holy Souls in Purgatory – int. Debbie Herk

Wednesday, July 3:  5:30 pm – In thanksgiving, Curtis Dunbar – int. Mark

Thursday, July 4:  8:00 am + Bernie Kobera – int. Mary Kobera

Friday, July 5:  5:30 pm – Conversion, Deliverance & Healing for Emily Garmalo – int. Mark 

Saturday, July 6:  5:30 pm – Health & Blessings for Mark Garmalo – int. Friends 

Saturday, July 6:  8:00 am + Frederick Speckels – int. Helen Speckels

PLEASE NOTE:  The above Masses not only assist the souls for whom they are offered, but 

they also help you and the Missionaries who often times receive very little.

The Thirteenth Sunday of the Season of the Year (Ordinary Time)

Proper of the Mass

Introit (Entrance Chant)

8:00 Mass: The Proper of the Mass for Sundays and Solemnities, Fr. Samuel F. Weber, O.S.B.

All peoples, clap your hands.  Cry to God with shouts of joy!

(Omnes gentes plaudite manibus, Psalm xlvi (xlvii): 2; Graduale Romanum, Roman Missal.)

10:30 Mass: By Flowing Waters : Chant for the Liturgy, Dr. Paul F. Ford.

Turn to your people, Lord, have pity on us.

(Adspice in me, Psalm xxiv (xxv): cf. 16; Graduale Simplex.)

Offertory

8:00 & 10:30 Masses: The Proper of the Mass for Sundays and Solemnities, Fr. Samuel F. Weber, O.S.B.

As in holocausts of rams and bullocks, and as in thousands of fat lambs; so let our sacrifice be made in your sight this day, that it may please you: for there is no confusion to them that trust in you, O Lord.

(Sicut in holocaustis, Daniel iii: 40; Graduale Romanum.)

Communion

4:00, 8:00 & 10:30 Masses: The Proper of the Mass for Sundays and Solemnities, Fr. Samuel F. Weber, O.S.B.

Bless the Lord, O my soul, and all within me, bless his holy name.

(Benedic, anima mea, Domino, Psalm cii (ciii): 1; Roman Missal.)

[Continued:

LITURGICAL NOTES: In last week’s “Notes” we explored the Patristic theology of the liturgical sign as real-symbol, that is, as a sign which reveals a hidden reality, making the liturgical signs sacramentals: efficacious signs.  This week, we will begin an exploration of the individual liturgical signs themselves, starting with the Altar, the pre-eminent liturgical sign in the Church.

No doubt some will say that the Tabernacle must be the pre-eminent symbol, since it is the vessel which contains the reserved Blessed Sacrament, the sacramental presence of the Body of Christ.  However, the Tabernacle, central, noble, and important as it indeed is, is an outgrowth of the Altar, a fact underscored by Pope Pius XII when he restated the Church’s teaching that a Tabernacle can never be separate from an altar.  (Meaning that a Tabernacle must always be erected on an Altar, not that an Altar can never be built without a Tabernacle; after all, the Papal Altar of St. Peter’s Basilica does not have, and never has had, a Tabernacle upon it.)  We shall see the reasoning for this below.

We read in the liturgical books that the Altar is the Holy Table upon which the Sacrifice is offered.  This first brings us to an important point that needs to be clarified about what the Altar actually is as an object.  First, the Altar is the Table that Sacrifice is offered on, not the area of a church where the Altar is located: that is the Sanctuary—therefore, we should say that someone serves at the Altar, not on the Altar.  Second, the Altar is not the decorative screen or wall behind the Altar with images and shelves for the candlesticks, etc. (and to which it is tolerated, but not preferred, that the Altar be attached): that is the Reredos.  This might seem pedantic, but it is important to understand what exactly we are talking about in order to discuss the sign-function of the Altar.

The teaching that the Altar is the Holy Table brings to mind the Last Supper, which is right and just, since the Last Supper was the ‘First Mass’ (for lack of a better term), and what we do at Mass is to repeat what Christ did at the Last Supper, following his command, Do this in memory of me.  But what did Christ do at the Last Supper?  What Christ did was to mystically foreshow the Crucifixion, His once-for-all Sacrifice for the Salvation of the World, to His Apostles within the context of His Prayer of Thanksgiving.  Because He is True God and True Man, and as God everything is eternally present and accessible to Him, He could mystically foreshow His Passion and Crucifixion in the Eucharistic species at the Last Supper.  In the same way, when in the Eucharistic Prayer, through the power of the Holy Spirit invoked over the Church’s sacrificial gifts of bread and wine, the priest repeats the words and actions of Christ in memory of Him, Christ mystically re-presents to the Church the same once-for-all Sacrifice, in the Sacrament of His Body and Blood.

Since the Mass is a true sacrifice, both the propitiatory Sacrifice of Christ on the Cross sacramentally re-presented in the Eucharist and the Church’s sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving for God’s gift of salvation—which form one inseparable liturgical action—it is necessary that it be offered upon an Altar.  Conversely, that the Eucharistic Sacrament is confected on an Altar, not any generic table, shows the reality of the Mass as a true sacrifice, not simply a commemorative meal, because of the sign-function of an Altar as a place of sacrifice—both teachings reinforce the other.  In truth it can be said that without the Altar there is no Mass; without the Mass, there is no Blessed Sacrament; without the Blessed Sacrament, there is no need for a Tabernacle.  This is why it is the Altar that is the pre-eminent liturgical sign in the church: for the Tabernacle is dependent upon the Altar and the Sacrifice that is offered upon it.

Let us turn to the rubrics for the building of an Altar.  As a rule, an Altar should be built of natural stone, at least the top of the Altar (called the mensa); if that is not possible, a small ‘Altar Stone’ is to be inserted into a wooden mensa.  The Altar is also to be solid and immovable, not simply a shelf projecting from the Reredos or a simple table.  The Altar, then, solid and immovable, clearly symbolizes Christ, The stone which the builders rejected that has become the cornerstone (Ps. cxvii).  Looking at the liturgical texts, we read in the rite for the ordination of Subdeacons in the Usus Antiquior of the Roman Rite: [T]he Altar of Holy Church is Christ Himself, as John bears witness, who, in his Apocalypse, tells us that he beheld a golden Altar (Apoc. viii: 3) standing before the throne, in Whom and through Whom the offerings of the faithful are made acceptable to God the Father.  The cloths and corporals of this Altar are the members of Christ, God’s faithful people, with whom, as with costly garments, the Lord is clad, according to the Psalmist—‘The Lord reigns, He is clothed with majesty (Ps. xcii: 1).  Since the Mass is a true and proper sacrifice, two further things are required in addition to an Altar: a Priest and a Victim.  The Victim of the Eucharistic Sacrifice is Christ, He who offered Himself once-for-all on the Cross, the perfect and unblemished Lamb, and Who, as High Priest, makes this Sacrifice sacramentally present in the Eucharistic species, just as He did at the Last Supper, through the ministry of the Church’s priests, ontologically conformed to Christ at ordination.

And this is what the Altar symbolizes: Christ, the Priest, the Altar, and the Lamb of sacrifice (Preface V of Easter).  But, the Altar is not simply a work of human artifice that represents some vague concept of “Christ-ness” in order to help us to think about Him and His function as the High Priest, Victim, and Altar of the Eucharistic Sacrifice; rather, the Altar is a real-symbol, an efficacious sign, a sacrament, of Christ present mong us.  Because the Altar is Christ it must be treated with the utmost honor and respect, clothed with costly priestly vesture (the frontal and altar cloths), just as Christ whom it re-presents to us in a real way is clothed in heaven.  Much more can be said about the importance of the Altar, but we will let this suffice for now, since it gives us already much to meditate on.  (The photograph below shows the High Altar of Westminster Cathedral, London, built in 1903.)

SEVEN OFFERINGS OF

THE PRECIOUS BLOOD

Eternal Father, I offer thee the merits of the Most Precious Blood of Jesus, Thy Beloved Son and my Divine Redeemer, for the propagation and exaltation of my dear Mother the Holy Church, for the safety and prosperity of her Visible Head, the Holy Roman Pontiff, for the cardinals, the bishops, and pastors of souls, and for all the ministers of the sanctuary.

Glory Be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost.  As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.  Blessed and praised forevermore be Jesus Who hath saved us by His Precious Blood! Amen.

Eternal Father, I offer thee the merits of the Most Precious Blood of Jesus, Thy Beloved Son and my Divine Redeemer, for the repentance of unbelievers, the extirpation of all heresies, and the conversion of sinners.     Glory Be, etc. above

Eternal Father, I offer thee the merits of the Most Precious Blood of Jesus, Thy Beloved Son and my Divine Redeemer, for all my relations, friends and enemies, for the poor, the sick and those in tribulation, and for all those for whom Thou willest I should pray or knowest that I ought to pray.   Glory Be, etc. above

Eternal Father, I offer thee the merits of the Most Precious Blood of Jesus, Thy Beloved Son and my Divine Redeemer, for all those who shall this day pass to another life, that Thou mayest preserve them from the pains of hell and admit them the more readily to the possession of Thy glory.   Glory Be, etc. above

Eternal Father, I offer thee the merits of the Most Precious Blood of Jesus, Thy Beloved Son and my Divine Redeemer, for all those who are lovers of the Treasure of His Blood, and for all those who join me in adoring and honoring it, and for all those who try to spread devotion to it.

Glory Be, etc. above

Eternal Father, I offer thee the merits of the Most Precious Blood of Jesus, Thy Beloved Son and my Divine Redeemer, for all my wants, spiritual and temporal, for the holy souls in Purgatory, and particularly for those who in their lifetime were most devoted to the Price of our redemption, and to the sorrows and pains of our dear Mother, Mary, most Holy.  Glory Be, etc. 

Blessed and exalted be the Blood of Jesus, now and always and through all eternity. Amen

Beacon of Faith Campaign Prayer

Heavenly Father,

through your Son, Jesus Christ our Lord, all things are possible

and without Him we can do nothing.

May we seek Your kingdom above all, knowing that all things

work together for the good of those who love You

and are called according to Your purpose.

Grant us that we, united through Your Son in one faith

and by the strength of the Holy Spirit, may be generous in our support

of the Beacon of Faith Campaign

which seeks to strengthen parish life in the four counties of our diocese.

All this we pray through Jesus Christ, our Lord.  Amen.

Eternal rest grant unto them o Lord,

And Let Perpetual Light Shine Upon Them

Mary Sadowski 6/30/1961

Aniela Walusiak 7/1/1959

Michael Golowka 7/1/1964

Chester P. Sak 7/1/2011

Helen Zywna 7/2/1927

Edward J. Yarmac 7/2/2006

Kenneth J. Burke 7/2/2014

Walter Cislo 7/2/2018

Stanislaus Nodolny 7/3/1923

Martin Bocon 7/3/1942

Michael Kondrak 7/3/1942

Stanislaus Swizbek 7/3/1942

Ladislaw Bowlik 7/3/1943

Aniela Najda 7/3/1960

James E.Denofrio 7/3/2011

Adam Kosewicz 7/4/1966

Anna R. Hmieleski 7/4/1988

Frank J. Dudek 7/4/2006

Theresa Y. Kennedy 7/5/1999

Joseph C. Sobieski, Sr. 7/5/2002

Josephine Mucha 7/5/2002

Stanislaus Banash 7/6/1942

Wanda Ptak 7/6/1967

John Kopinto 7/6/1980

Michelle C. Markowski 7/6/2015

Eleonore O’Hara 7/7/1935

Bernice Federowski 7/7/1973

Wallace J. Janek 7/7/1974

Matthew M. Mucha 7/7/198

+ Remember to pray for the Holy Souls+

This bulletin is sponsored by the St. Stanislaus Society.

Bulletin: June 23, 2024

+ Parish Schedule for the Week of June 23, 2024+

J+M+J

Sunday, June 23: [Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time]

  8:00 am + Andre LaPalme – int. Brenda Janikas

10:30 am + Anna M. Zak – int. Shirley and Ashley

Monday, June 24: [The Nativity of St. John the Baptist]

  8:00 am – Living & Deceased Members of the Tosto-Wright Families – int. Melissa Wright

Tuesday, June 25: [Novena to St. Peregrine & St. Camillus]

  5:30 pm + Irene Klepadlo – int. Eichorn Family

Wednesday, June 26: [Novena to St. Jude]

  5:30 pm + Rev. Myles Cyr, Oblate of Mary Immaculate – int. Robert & Kathy Lemoine

Thursday, June 27: [St. Cyril of Alexandria, Bishop & Doctor of the Church]

   5:30 pm + Dr. Henry & Alvera Reys – int. Marlene Kostecki Kostka

Friday, June 28: [St. Irenaeus, Bishop & Martyr]

  5:30 pm – Graces & Blessings for Fr. Seán O’Mannion – int. Betty Fritz

Saturday, June 29: [Sts. Peter and Paul, Apostles]

  8:00 am + Bob Lambert – int. Jacques Family

  4:00 pm + Helena Stankowski – int. Henry Stankowski & Children

  6:00 pm – Spanish Mass – int. Missa Pro Populo (for our Parish and Parishioners)

Sunday, June 30: [Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time]

  8:00 am + Rev. Arthur Obin, Oblate of Mary Immaculate – int. Robert & Kathy Lemoine

10:30 am + Tadeus & Helen Glazewski – int. Eichorn Family

+ Królowo Polski Módl Się za Nami +

THE SANCTUARY LAMP

 will burn this week in loving memory of

  Robert B. Aitken

                                 at the request of his sister, Terri Aitken

MONDAY, JUNE 24^th is the Feast of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist who recognized Jesus, the Messiah even while still in the womb of His mother.  This feast of the birthday of St. John will be celebrated at the 8:00 a.m. Mass.  (This feast is a national holiday in Quebec!)

THE WEEKLY ST. JUDE NOVENA will be offered at the 5:30 p.m. Mass on Wednesday, June 26^th.   All are welcome to come and pray for the intercession of this saint who is the patron of hopeless and impossible cases.

THURSDAY, JUNE 27^th is the Feast of St. Cyril of Alexandria, the defender of Mary as the Mother of God at the Council of Ephesus against the Nestorian heresy.  He will be remembered in the Mass at 5:30 p.m.

FRIDAY, JUNE 28^th is the Feast of St. Irenaeus who was a disciple of St. Polycarp and a staunch defender of the Faith against the errors of the Gnostics.  He was martyred for Jesus in the year 202.  He will be remembered at the 5:30 p.m. Mass.

SATURDAY, JUNE 29^th is the Solemnity of Sts. Peter and Paul, the Apostles responsible for spreading the Faith and establishing the Church.  They will be remembered in the Mass  at 8:00 a.m.

VESPERS:   Will resume on July 7, 2024 at 5:00 pm.  Join us for Evening Prayer!  Booklets provided.

THE PRO-LIFE NOVENA will continue on Saturday, June 29^th before the 8:00 a.m. Mass.  All are welcome to pray in supplication for an end to the violence of abortion.

OUR LADY’S HOLY ICON will visit the home of Catherine Warriner for a week of prayer and petition for the needs of our Parish. We thank you for this holy work of power and love.

HELP AND SACRAMENTS AVAILABLE FOR SICK AND HOMEBOUND – If you know of anyone who is sick or homebound in need of the Sacraments please notify the rectory at 413-863-4748.

PRAY FOR VOCATIONS to the Priesthood from our Parish and for our Parish so that we might always have a Priest here to celebrate the Mass and administer the Holy Sacraments!  Please join in the Divine Mercy Chaplet to pray for vocations to the priesthood every Friday at 4:45 p.m.

PRAY FOR OUR CLERGY: Please join us in dedicating every day to one of the clergymen 

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
Deacon Culliton	Fr. Campoli	Bishop Byrne	Msgr. Yargeau	Clergy in Purgatory	Fr. O’Mannion	Deacon DeCarlo

SUNDAY SPEAKER SERIES: JUNE 23 – MYSTERIES OF FATIMA-PART 2 –  with Father Donald Noiseux as he continues his talk about the Virgin Mary appearing to three young children in Portugal in 1917. Learn what makes this event relevant today and its importance on how it can reaffirm the Catholic Church and much needed hope in today’s world. Holy Family Church in South Deerfield.

THE FOLLOWING MASS INTENTIONS have been sent to various Missionaries.  They will be offered as follows and you may unite your prayers to the foreign Missionaries who offer the Masses

Sunday, June 23:  8:00 am – In thanksgiving, Walter and Kathy Hoszkiewicz – int. Mark

Sunday, June 23: 10:30 am – Grace & Conversion for Deborah L. Herk

Monday, June 24:   8:00 am – Health & Blessings for Mark Garmalo – int. Friends

Tuesday, June 25: 5:30 pm – In thanksgiving, Richard & Gerri Ahearn – int. Mark

Wednesday, June 26:  5:30 pm + Holy Souls in Purgatory – int. Dana

Thursday, June 27:  5:30 pm – In thanksgiving, Nick Garmalo – int. Mark

Friday, June 28:  5:30 pm – Grace & Conversion for Suzanne Grandinet   – int. Debbie Herk

Saturday, June 29:  8:00 am + Frederick Speckles – int. Helen Speckles

Saturday, June 29:  4:00 pm + Souls in Purgatory – int. anonymous

FOR THE GLORY OF GOD, and in memory of Robert B. Aitken a donation has been made to our Parish Renovation Fund by Ms. Susan Hastings and Mr. Michael Hastings.  Bóg zapłać! 

BLESSED SACRAMENT CHURCH ADORATION CHAPEL NEWS:  As many of you are aware, there is a Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration Chapel in Greenfield located at Blessed Sacrament Church. It has been there for nearly 30 years. In preparation for our anniversary in October, we are issuing an open invitation to all parishioners in the Franklin County Deanery and beyond to help reinvigorate this most beautiful and important apostolate. Please won’t you prayerfully consider making a visit to our Eucharistic Lord present in the chapel? Come for just a few minutes or stay longer if you wish. Who knows, you may feel called to schedule a regular time every week to spend with Jesus . If you are a bit shy and would like someone to accompany you, we have several adorers who are eager and willing to meet you there.  You may contact us at the office at 413-773-3311 to arrange for this.

Jesus is calling you. He is waiting for you. He loves you.  

Note to parishes: Deacon John Leary of Blessed Trinity Parish is available to speak to and answer any questions your parishioners may have about the Chapel. You may contact him at deaconjohnleary@gmail.com.

BEACON OF FAITH UPDATE:  May God be praised!! We have had a very successful fundraiser and have met and EXCEEDED our Beacon of Faith goal! Donations are still arriving but so far we have raised $261,384.00!!  We will now be receiving $0.75 on every dollar over $256,340.00.  May God bless all of you who donated to this fundraiser!  Thank you for your faith and generosity Bóg wam zapłać!!

The Twelfth Sunday of the Season of the Year (Ordinary Time)

Proper of the Mass

Introit (Entrance Chant)

8:00 Mass: The Proper of the Mass for Sundays and Solemnities, Fr. Samuel F. Weber, O.S.B.

The Lord is the strength of his people, a saving refuge for the one he has anointed.  Save your people, O Lord, and bless your heritage, and govern them for ever.

(Dominus fortitudo plebis tuae, Psalm xxvii (xxviii): 8–9; Graduale Romanum, Roman Missal.)

10:30 Mass: By Flowing Waters : Chant for the Liturgy, Dr. Paul F. Ford.

Turn to your people, Lord, have pity on us.

(Adspice in me, Psalm xxiv (xxv): cf. 16; Graduale Simplex.)

Offertory

8:00 & 10:30 Masses: The Proper of the Mass for Sundays and Solemnities, Fr. Samuel F. Weber, O.S.B.

Make me to walk perfectly in your paths, that my footsteps may not falter.  Incline your ear to me, and hear my words, show forth your wonderful mercies, you who save those who trust in you, O Lord.

(Perfice gressus meos, Psalm xvi: 5, 6, 7; Graduale Romanum.)

Communion

4:00, 8:00 & 10:30 Masses: The Proper of the Mass for Sundays and Solemnities, Fr. Samuel F. Weber, O.S.B.

The eyes of all look to you, O Lord, and you give them their food in due season.

(Oculi omnium, Psalm cxliv (cxlv): 15; Roman Missal.)

LITURGICAL NOTE: In last week’s “Notes”, we brought up the topic of Active [Actual] Participation in the Liturgy, and how, per the theology of the Benedictine liturgist Cipriano Vagaggini, it refers to the interior ‘tuning in’ of the soul to the liturgical signs.  This week we begin our discussion of the liturgical signs and their meanings.  But first, we need to discuss what exactly a sign is in the liturgical-theological context.

Because the Tradition of the Sacred Liturgy is an objective reality in its own right, seperate from any particular theological school, it is important to view the Liturgy through the theological lense that corresponds most accurately to the time of its creation, which would be Patristic Theology, not Scholastic or Neo-scholastic Theology.  What this means is that the Roman Liturgy, dating as it does in its basic form and ethos from the first centuries AD, understands the concept of the sign not as a symbol that veils or hides a reality, but through the theology of the Church Fathers (both Latin & Greek) which, drawing from the philosophy of Plato, understands the sign as a real-symbol which reveals a reality, making it actually—really—present.

In other words, the sign is what is referred to in Latin as sacramentum—an effecacious sign (real symbol) that makes present or effects that which is signified by it.  Later theology makes a practical distinction between to genera of signs with a sacramental function: the Seven Sacraments-proper, which are instituted by Christ and are necessary for salvation, and are signs which effect grace ex opere operato (by the work itself being done), because it is Christ who performs it through His Minister (bishop, priest, etc.); and the Sacramentals, which are instituted by the Church, and are signs which effect grace ex opere operantis ecclesiae (by the work of the Church), because it is the Church, the Mystical Body, which performs it.  It is not necessary to get into the minutiae of distinctions between ex opere operato and ex opere operantis as they are not relevant to the discussion at hand, but it is important to remember in discussions of the Liturgy that the liturgical signs function sacramentally as real-symbols making tangible and present that which is signified.

Unfortunately, this very deep theology of liturgical signs, which is still the official teaching of the Church, gradually diminished in the West as the sense of the sign as an iconic real-symbol came to be replaced by the idea of the sign as either an abstract representation of something, or more commonly by the 20^th century, under the influence of materialism and the “Enlightenment”, as simply a matter of decoration, works of human artifice simply for the sake of making the church building pretty or of filling up dead air: a state of affairs that has had dire consequences for the Liturgy, particularly in the realms of liturgical art and liturgical music, leading to a minimalism and banality in the Western Church that is truly an impoverishment.

The recovery of the authentic whole tradition of the theology of liturgical signs needs urgently to be recovered today.  Although the recovery began with the Liturgical Movement in the late 19^th and early 20^th centuries, this recovery was unfortunately thwarted by architects, designers, artists, and musicians who did not understand the Catholic tradition of the sacramental function of the liturgical signs, particularly in the wake of the Second World War, and especially those who exploited the various reforms of the Second Vatican Council to their own ‘artistic’ ends.  It is up to those in the Church today to study the Fathers, the writings of the Liturgical Movement, etc., and to recover the the authentic historical liturgical concept of the sign.  It is only in this recovery that the Council’s teaching of Actual Participation in the Liturgy can bear any real fruit as an interior ‘state of being’, in communion with the Holy Trinity, rather than mere outward activity for its own sake.

This preliminary article on the theological underpinning of liturgical signs in general was necessary to situate us within the correct understanding of the authentic Tradition so that their individual meanings can be more readily understood.  That is, we need to move out of the materialist idea of the liturgical signs as empty ceremonies, decorative doo-dads, or religious muzak, and realize that all of the liturgical elements are efficacious signs, real-symbols, that, properly understood, allow us to really enter into and participate in the spiritual realities that the re-present to us.  Next week we will begin looking at the individual liturgical signs and their meanings, beginning with the pre-eminent liturgical sign: the Altar.

The presence of God

Excerpt from “Light and Peace: Instructions for Devout Souls to Dispel Their Doubts

And Allay Their Fears

By: R.P. Quadrupani

The constant remembrance of God’s presence is a means of perfection that Almighty God Himself prescribed to the Patriarch Abraham.  But this practice must be followed gently and without effort or disturbance of mind.  The God of love and peace wishes that all we do for Him should be done lovingly and peacefully.

Only in Heaven shall we be able to think actually and uninterruptedly of God.  In this world to do so in an impossibility, for we are at every moment distracted by our occupations, our necessities, our imagination.  We but exhaust ourselves by futile efforts if we try to lead before the proper time an existence similar to that of the angels and saints.  Frequently the fear comes to you that you have failed to keep yourself in the presence of God, because you have not thought of Him.  This is a mistaken idea.  You can, without definite thought, perform all your actions for the love of God and in His presence, by the virtue of the intention you had in beginning them. Now, to act is better than to think.  Though the doctor may not have the invalid in mind while he is preparing the medicine that is to restore him to health, nevertheless it is for him he is working, and he is more useful to his patients in this way than if he contented himself with merely thinking of him. In like manner when you fulfil your domestic or social duties, when you eat or walk, devote yourself to study or to manual labor, though it be without definitely thinking of God, you are acting for Him, and this ought to suffice to set your mind at rest in regard to the merit of your actions.  Saint Paul does not say that we must eat, drink and labor with an actual remembrance of God’s presence, but with the habitual intention of glorifying Him and doing His holy will.  We fulfill this condition by making an offering each morning to God of all the actions of the day and renewing the act interiorly whenever we can remember to do so. For this purpose, make frequent use of ejaculatory prayers.  Accustom yourself to make these pious aspirations naturally and without effort, and let them for the most part be expressive of confidence and love.

Should it happen that a considerable space of time elapses without your having thought distinctly of God or raised your heart to Him by any loving ejaculation, do not allow this omission to worry you.  The servant has performed his duty and deserved well of his master when he has done his will, even though he may not have been thinking of him all the while.  Always bear in mind the fact that it is better to work for God than to think of Him.  Thought has its highest spiritual value when it results in action:  action is meritorious in itself by virtue of the good intention which proceeded it.

THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! To the many generous parishioners and Parish Council Members who have been supporting our various fundraising efforts.   In June, our 50/50 raffle raised $204.00.  Your contributions help our parish meet its many expenses. And thank you to our many Annual Tag Sale Workers, Bakers, Donors and Shoppers.  The tag sale raised $1,883.00!

God Bless you all!

Beacon of Faith Campaign Prayer

Heavenly Father,

through your Son, Jesus Christ our Lord, all things are possible

and without Him we can do nothing.

May we seek Your kingdom above all, knowing that all things

work together for the good of those who love You

and are called according to Your purpose.

Grant us that we, united through Your Son in one faith

and by the strength of the Holy Spirit, may be generous in our support

of the Beacon of Faith Campaign

which seeks to strengthen parish life in the four counties of our diocese.

All this we pray through Jesus Christ, our Lord.  

Amen.

Eternal rest grant unto them o Lord,

And Let Perpetual Light Shine Upon Them

Regina Gessing 6/23/1926

Paul Klepacki 6/23/1936

Victoria Darasz 6/23/1977

Mary Malinowski 6/23/1999

Corrine Milewski 6/23/2023

Veronica Smith 6/24/2001

Caroline Zak 6/25/1959

Telesfor Milowski  6/25/1982

Helen Yarmac 6/25/2001

Robert W. Bocon 6/25/2015

Irene Klepadlo 6/25/2022

Peter Koscinski 6/26/1983

Anna Puchla 6/27/1931

Frances Kurtyka 6/28/1950

Wincenty.Kozaczka 6/28/1970

Harold G. Long 6/28/1996

Sophie G. Bush 6/28/2003

Gary Banash 6/28/2020

Mary Klepacki 6/29/1960

John Dobosz 6/29/1982

Mary Sadowski 6/30/1961

+ Remember to pray for the holy souls

This bulletin is sponsored by the St. Stanislaus Society.

Bulletin: June 16, 2924

+ Parish Schedule for the Week of June 16, 2024+

J+M+J

Sunday, June 16: [Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time][Father’s Day]

  8:00 am – Father’s Day Novena II

10:30 am – Father’s Day Novena III

Monday, June 17

  8:00 am – Father’s Day Novena IV

Tuesday, June 18: [Novena to St. Peregrine & St. Camillus]

  5:30 pm – Father’s Day Novena V

Wednesday, June 19: [St. Romuald, Abbott][Novena to St. Jude]

  5:30 pm – Father’s Day Novena VI

Thursday, June 20

   5:30 pm – Father’s Day Novena VII

Friday, June 21: [St. Aloysius Gonzaga, Religious]

  5:30 pm – Father’s Day Novena VIII

Saturday, June 22: [St. Paulinus of Nola, Bishop; St. John Fisher and Thomas More, Martyrs]

  8:00 am – Father’s Day Novena IX

  4:00 pm + Walter J. Gochinski – int. Page, Jack and Kitty

  6:00 pm – Spanish Mass – int. Missa Pro Populo (for our Parish and Parishioners)

Sunday, June 23: [Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time]

  8:00 am + Andre LaPalme – int. Brenda Janikas

10:30 am + Anna M. Zak – int. Shirley and Ashley

Please note:  There will no Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament this week.

+ Królowo Polski Módl Się za Nami +

THE SANCTUARY LAMP

 will burn this week in loving memory of

  Walter J. Gochinski

                                      at the request of his wife, Evelyn

FATHER’S DAY NOVENA AND CARDS – The Father’s Day Novena has begun but you can still enroll your fathers.  Novena envelopes can be dropped in the collection basket.

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 19^th is the Feast of St. Romuald, the founder of the Camaldolese Hermits.  He stressed contemplative prayer through solitude, silence and fasting.  He will be remembered in the Mass at 5:30 p.m.

FRIDAY, JUNE 21^st is the Feast of St. Aloysius Gonzaga.  Of noble birth St. Aloysius renounced a fabulous inheritance to enter the Jesuits.  His life of charity, penance and obedience were exemplary.  He died at the age of 23 caring for the sick.  He is the patron of youth and students and will be remembered in the Mass at 5:30 p.m.

THE WEEKLY ST. JUDE NOVENA will be offered at the 5:30 p.m. Mass on Wednesday, June 19^st.  All are welcome to come and pray for the intercession of this saint who is the patron of hopeless and impossible cases.

SATURDAY, JUNE 22^nd is the Feast of three saints:  St. Paulinus, St. John Fisher and St. Thomas More.  St. Paulinus was a Bishop and dedicated pastor who was particularly noted for his compassion and charity.  St. John Fisher was the Bishop of Rochester, a dedicated pastor of souls and defender of the primacy of Rome.  He was beheaded by Henry VIII because of his refusal to destroy the Church in England.  St. Thomas More was a married layman, Chancellor of England, lawyer and author.  He was also beheaded because he opposed Henry VIII who was destroying the Church in England.  St. Thomas More is the patron saint of lawyers.  The three saints will be remembered in the Mass at 8:00 a.m.

OUR LADY’S HOLY ICON will visit the home of Theresa Kolodziej for a week of prayer and petition for the needs of our Parish. We thank you for this holy work of power and love.

HELP AND SACRAMENTS AVAILABLE FOR SICK AND HOMEBOUND – If you know of anyone who is sick or homebound in need of the Sacraments please notify the rectory at 413-863-4748.

VESPERS:   Will resume on July 7, 2024 at 5:00 pm.  Join us for Evening Prayer!  Booklets provided.

PRAY FOR VOCATIONS to the Priesthood from our Parish and for our Parish so that we might always have a Priest here to celebrate the Mass and administer the Holy Sacraments!  Please join in the Divine Mercy Chaplet to pray for vocations to the priesthood every Friday at 4:45 p.m.

PRAY FOR OUR CLERGY: Please join us in dedicating every day to one of the clergymen 

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
Our Retired Clergy	Clergy who are sick	Fr. O’Mannion	Deacon Bete	Deacon Nolan	Deacon Patten	Fr. Lisowski

SUNDAY SPEAKER SERIES: JUNE 23 – MYSTERIES OF FATIMA-PART 2 –  with Father Donald Noiseux as he continues his talk about the Virgin Mary appearing to three young children in Portugal in 1917. Learn what makes this event relevant today and its importance on how it can reaffirm the Catholic Church and much needed hope in today’s world. Holy Family Church in Deerfield.

THE FOLLOWING MASS INTENTIONS have been sent to various Missionaries.  They will be offered as follows and you may unite your prayers to the foreign Missionaries who offer the Masses

Sunday, June 16:  8:00 am + Wanda Kuzmeskus – int. Fritz Family

Sunday, June 16: 10:30 am – Health & Blessings for Mark Killay – int. Shaughnessys

Monday, June 17:   8:00 am – In thanksgiving for Beth Knee – int. Mark

Tuesday, June 18: 5:30 pm  + Holy Souls in Purgatory – int. Dana

Wednesday, June 19:  5:30 pm – Conversion, Healing & Deliverance for Emily Garmalo – int. Mark

Thursday, June 20:  5:30 pm – Health & Blessings for Henry – int. Jane and Maeve

Friday, June 21:  5:30 pm + Frederick Speckels – int. Helen Speckels

Saturday, June 22:  8:00 am – In thanksgiving for Curtis Dunbar – int. Mark

Saturday, June 22:  4:00 pm – Grace & Conversion for Timothy M. Herk  – int. Debbie Herk

BEACON OF FAITH UPDATE:  Our campaign is still active and we are still trying to reach our goal of $256,340.00.  As of this week, we are at about 95% of our attainment. So far, we have raised: $248,500.00. Pledge sheets can be found in the back of the church and can be returned to the rectory or dropped in the collection basket.  Thank you to everyone who has so generously supported this campaign!  May God be praised and may He bless you all!

The Eleventh Sunday of the Season of the Year (Ordinary Time)    

Proper of the Mass

Introit (Entrance Chant)

8:00 Mass: The Proper of the Mass for Sundays and Solemnities, Fr. Samuel F. Weber, O.S.B.

O Lord, hear my voice, for I call to you; be my help.  Do not abandon or forsake me, O God, my Savior.

(Exaudi, Dominus … adjutor, Psalm xxvi (xxvii): 7, 9; Graduale Romanum, Roman Missal.)

10:30 Mass: By Flowing Waters: Chant for the Liturgy, Dr. Paul F. Ford.

Turn to your people, Lord, have pity on us.

(Adspice in me, Psalm xxiv (xxv): cf. 16; Graduale Simplex.)

Offertory

8:00 & 10:30 Masses: The Proper of the Mass for Sundays and Solemnities, Fr. Samuel F. Weber, O.S.B.

I will bless the Lord who gives me counsel.  I keep the Lord always before me; with him at my right hand, I shall not be moved.

(Benedicam Dominum, Psalm xv: 7, 8; Graduale Romanum.)

Communion

4:00, 8:00 & 10:30 Masses: The Proper of the Mass for Sundays and Solemnities, Fr. Samuel F. Weber, O.S.B.

There is one thing I ask of the Lord, only this do I seek: to live in the house of the Lord all the days of my life.

(Unam petii, Psalm xxvi (xvii): 4; Graduale Romanum, Roman Missal.)

LITURGICAL NOTE: As we continue during Ordinary Time (The Season through the Year—Tempus per Annum) to reflect on the fullness of the Paschal Mystery of Jesus Christ presented to us in the Sunday Liturgical Office (Mass & Hours), it seems opportune to delve deeper into the fundamental aspects of the Sacred Liturgy as such, so that our participation in it might become more fruitful.  Before beginning this series of “Notes” it is necessary to try to come to grips with a couple of concepts that are often spoken of, but whose deeper meaning is often neglected.

The first of these concepts is that of “Active Participation”.  Active Participation is a phrase that has been used continuously since the Second Vatican Council, and is generally taken to mean that “everybody must be doing all of the things all of the time”.  This has led to a multiplication of lay “ministries” that do not exist in the official liturgical books, abuses that unfortunately sometimes get tollerated by Rome, rather than done away with, etc., resulting in a reduction of the true ministerial and sacerdotal role of the Ordained; it has also led to a reduction in the quality of liturgical music, and the true liturgical and ministerial role of the Choir and Cantor (the latter often reduced merely to a “song leader”).  True Active Participation, first and foremost, acknowledges the official liturgical books as the normative expression of the Liturgy, and acknowledges and supports the hierarchical structure of the Church, including the Local Church gathered for a given celebration.

But what is Active Participation?  We must first turn to the Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy of Vatican II, Sacrosanctum Concilium.  The Latin text of the Constitution (which, incidentally, is the official text of the Council, not any translation), says Participatio Actuosa.  This Latin phrase is best to be rendered in English as Actual Participation or, better, Actuated Participation—understanding that sometimes a translation needs to translate concepts and layers of meaning rather than simply individual words.  In other words, our participation in the Liturgy isn’t simply a matter of activity, but is primarily interior, a state of being, rather than a state of doing.  Cipriano Vagaggini, O.S.B., one of the drafters of the Constitution and who was also a member of the post-Conciliar commission to reform the Missal, basing his theology of participation on the Constitution on the Liturgy and on the teaching of Pope Pius XII in Mystici Corporis and Mediator Dei, as well as the nature of the liturgy itself, referred to Actuosa Participatio as the interior ‘tuning in’ of the soul to the liturgical signs (Vagaggini’s Italian phrase is sintonia d’anima).  What this means on a practical level, is the need for those participating in the liturgical action (whether clerical, ministerial, or lay) to enter into the spirit of the liturgy, to understand the liturgical ‘language’ as a construct of signs and symbols which, when properly ‘read’, reveal to us the truths of the faith, and allow us to enter into communion as the Mystical Body of Christ in union with the Head—after all, a Body that is not united with its Head is useless—and so render due worship to the Trinity, fulfilling the divine Commandment to keep holy the Lord’s Day.

The second concept that needs to be touched upon, and which is related to the notion of Actual Participation, is the Church’s precept to assist at Mass on Sundays and certain other days.  Why does the Church command that her children assist at (participate in) Mass on these days?  Because by a fruitful participation in the Sacred Mysteries we not only worship God (fulfilling the divine Commandment), but we also enter into and maintain communion with the Church and with Christ her Head, we are thus sanctified (made holy)—the ancient Fathers say that we are ‘divinized’, that is, brought into the divine life of Christ.  Note that it is by fruitful participation that this ‘divinization’ takes place.  There is an ancient theological adage in the Church, that That which is received is received according to the mode of the receiver: in other words, the graces of the sacraments and of the liturgy in particular are only effective to us insofar as we are properly disposed to receive them.  It might surpise some to know that grace is bestowed by the liturgy itself, and not simply by the sacraments.  This is part of the reason why the Church still commands participation at Mass by those who for whatever reason cannot receive the sacrament of Holy Communion, for example, young children who have yet to make their First Communion.

But, in order to ‘access’ the graces bestowed by the Liturgy, it is necessary to know how to ‘read’ the signs, to ‘know the language’, to understand their deeper meaning, and so to Actually Participate in the Sacred Liturgy.  We cannot come to Mass and sit there, bored, staring at the ceiling (while occasionally glancing at a watch), thinking about lunch or the baseball game—what Pius XI called ‘mute spectators’ in his encyclical letter Divini Cultus; neither is it enough to come to Mass and practically ignore it while saying our own devotions: the Liturgy must be entered into on its own terms by reading the signs.  It is by this deeper understanding of the Liturgical signs that our participation in the Liturgy becomes fruitful because we are put in the correct mode to receive the graces bestowed by it, and so are ‘divinized’.  And so, day by day, week by week, the attendance at the Sunday celebration ceases to be a burden that needs to be completed as quickly as possible, to ‘punch our cards’ and so remain in the Catholic Club, but a joy in itself, the celebration of the Weekly Easter, an entering into the divine life of the Holy Trinity by being united to Christ in the communion of His Body, the Church.

Over the coming weeks, we will attempt to unpack some of this by delving deeper into the individual signs of the Mass, uncovering their inner meaning, so that we may come to a more fruitful and actuated participation in the Sacred Liturgy.

Auschwitz Prisoner’s Carvings Reflect Divine Mercy

Stefan Jasieński (r) with an image of the Sacred Heart of Jesus he carved into the wall of his cell in the basement of Block 11 in the Main Camp at Auschwitz. (photo: Adam Cyra / Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum / Google Arts & Culture)

Polish officer in the underground armed services scratched images of the Crucifixion and the Sacred Heart with his fingernails.

It is commonly said that a suffering artist can produce profoundly beautiful art. In fact, some say suffering is necessary for art to be truly moving. Sometimes this suffering comes in the form of everyday frustrations; sometimes it is a personal tragedy, such as the death of a loved one or a broken heart; and sometimes it is the sort of suffering that is unfathomable to most of us, the kind that is written about in history books and makes us shudder as we read about it.

Stefan Jasienski was an artist who experienced the latter form of suffering, and he produced some remarkable-yet-little-known art as a result of it, in the midst of that pain.

Jasienski was born in 1914 in Poland, and during the Second World War, he served as a second lieutenant in the Home Army in Poland, an underground armed service. He saw a great deal of action during the war, including during Nazi Germany’s initial invasion of Poland in September 1939. In September 1944, he was captured and sent to the Nazi Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp, where he died in the first days of 1945. No one is quite sure how he died, and his family was not even aware that he died in the camp for many years afterwards.

He had been imprisoned in Block 11, Cell 21 during his time at Auschwitz. Later inspection of his cell brought to light some curious scratchings on the wall. These scratchings, upon closer inspection, turned out to be quite marvelous works of art. One of these artistic endeavors was a crucifix, scratched into the wall.

It is important to note that this was not an idle pastime for Jasienski. This artwork would have been an act of protest against the horrors being perpetrated by the Nazis; it would have been an act of prayer, expressing his trust in the Lord and his unwavering faith; it also would have been an excruciating mortification. Think about it: The prisoners at Auschwitz would not have had knives or any other sharp implements in their cells — what if they used them to attack and overthrow the guards? — and so Jasienski only had one option: carving into the stone walls, using his fingernails.

Jasienski followed in the footsteps of St. Maximilian Kolbe, who was also imprisoned at Auschwitz, also in Block 11, although Father Kolbe died a martyr in August 1941, more than three years before Jasienski even arrived. Perhaps it was the saintly influence Father Kolbe had on the camp that inspired Jasienski to produce these works of art. Perhaps stories of Father Kolbe’s selflessness and heroism were passed down, and if so, maybe they brought strength, resolve and peace to Jasienski’s heart.

There is something even more profound about the image of the Sacred Heart: This was created by a Polish prisoner at Auschwitz only a few short years after the Polish St. Faustina received her visions regarding Divine Mercy.

We are all quite familiar with the Divine Mercy image given to St. Faustina. The image depicts Our Lord, his heart on full display, with rays of light washing down over the viewer. One can’t help but see echoes of this in Jasienski’s depiction of the Sacred Heart. Perhaps he had seen the Divine Mercy image and was intentionally mimicking its style. Or perhaps the similarities are purely a coincidence. Either way, we know that the heart of Jesus loves us deeply, and seeing the Sacred Heart on display, scratched into the walls of a cell at Auschwitz, reminds us that God’s love is everlasting — and his mercy endures forever. (See Psalm 136.)

The crudity of Jasienski’s artwork lends it a certain amount of pathos, a certain emotional impact. It is crude; it is simplistic — not because of any artistic shortcomings of the artist, but rather because of the conditions which prompted the artwork and which at the same time limited the artist. Perhaps if Jasienski had been sitting at home, in front of a canvas, with every shade of paint he can imagine and all the time in the world, he could have created a more beautiful, more realistic depiction of the Crucifixion or of the Sacred Heart. But they would not have nearly the same emotional impact.

The artwork was profoundly personal. Some say that Jasienski also carved his own face gazing upon the Sacred Heart, with his arms around the waist of Christ on the cross. The artist is seeking Our Lord, and grabbing on for dear life once he finds the Lord. The suffering Jasienski experienced at Auschwitz is unfathomable, and we cannot imagine how desperate or abandoned he may have felt. But these works of art show that, in spite of all that, he still trusted in God’s providence and God’s mercy. 

When Christ called out from the cross, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” he was quoting the Psalms; what many people forget is how that particular Psalm continues: 

“For he has not despised or abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; and he has not hid his face from him, but has heard, when he cried to him” (Psalm 22:24).

Jasienski surely felt this same trust in the face of suffering — and from him we can learn to always trust in God’s Divine Mercy.

Beacon of Faith Campaign Prayer

Heavenly Father,

through your Son, Jesus Christ our Lord, all things are possible

and without Him we can do nothing.

May we seek Your kingdom above all, knowing that all things

work together for the good of those who love You

and are called according to Your purpose.

Grant us that we, united through Your Son in one faith

and by the strength of the Holy Spirit, may be generous in our support

of the Beacon of Faith Campaign

which seeks to strengthen parish life in the four counties of our diocese.

All this we pray through Jesus Christ, our Lord.  Amen.

Eternal rest grant unto them o Lord

And Let Perpetual Light Shine Upon Them

Anthonia Modola 6/16/1943

Dolphus LaMountain 6/16/1962

Joseph Kolodziej 6/16/1997

Camille N. Zebrowski 6/16/2002

Dorothy E. Niedzwiedz 6/16/2017

Richard Koscinski 6/17/1980

Katherine A. Tomaus 6/17/2006

Jennie Simondiski 6/17/2012

Mary M. Gaida 6//17/2014

Anna Sojka 6/18/1944

Leonard Doton 6/19/1971

Irene Skowron 6/19/1977

Stanley A. Pliska 6/19/1981

Jessie M. Pietraszek 6/20/2018

Margaret Becklo 6/20/2020

Stanislaus Nicewicz 6/21/1943

Mary Laskowski 6/21/1947

Michael L. Mucha 6/21/1990

Antonia A. Baron 6/21/1997

Nellie A. Moran 6/21/2010

Joseph Kozik 6/22/1931

Mary Bialek 6/22/1968

Joseph Ernest Fugere 6/22/1998

Laura K. Hause 6/22/2005

Regina Gessing 6/23/1926

Paul Klepacki 6/23/1936

Victoria Darasz 6/23/1977

Mary Malinowski 6/23/1999

Corrine Milewski 6/23/2023

+ Remember to pray for the Holy Souls+

This bulletin is sponsored by the St. Stanislaus Society.

Bulletin: June 9, 2024

+ Parish Schedule for the Week of June 9, 2024+

J+M+J

Sunday, June 9: [Tenth Sunday in Ordinary Time]

  8:00 am + Adrienne Kostecki Tocco – int. Marlene Kostecki Kostka

10:30 am – Health & Blessings for Jenneth Rogers – int. Mom and Dad

Monday, June 10

  9:00 am) – Health, Grace & Blessings for Michael Webber – int. Robert & Kathy Lemoine

Tuesday, June 11: [St. Barnabas, Apostle][Novena to St. Peregrine & St. Camillus]

  5:30 pm + Shirley Johnson – int. The Telas

Wednesday, June 12: [Novena to St. Jude]

  5:30 pm – Health & Blessings for Betty Ann Fritz – int. Amber, Mikey, Robbie & Lylah

Thursday, June 13: [St. Anthony of Padua, Priest & Doctor of the Church]

   5:30 pm + Robert Jarvis – int. Jarvis Family

Friday, June 14

  5:30 pm + Holy Souls in Purgatory – int. Melissa Wright

Saturday, June 15

  8:00 am – Fr. Bruno & All Living and Deceased Members of the St. Joseph Communityof the Discalced Carmelites Secular 

  4:00 pm – Father’s Day Novena I

  6:00 pm – Spanish Mass – int. Missa Pro Populo (for our Parish and Parishioners)

Sunday, June 16: [Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time]

  8:00 am – Father’s Day Novena II

10:30 am – Father’s Day Novena III

+ Królowo Polski Módl Się za Nami +

THE SANCTUARY LAMP

 will burn this week in loving memory of

  Robert B. Aitken

                                 at the request of his sister, Terri Aitken

TUESDAY, JUNE 11^th is the Feast of St. Barnabas who was a companion of Paul.  He preached the gospel in Antioch and attended the Council of Jerusalem.  He was martyred on the island of Cyprus and is today its patron.  He will be remembered in the Mass at 5:30 p.m.

ON THE 12^th OF JUNE the Church officially celebrates the Feast of the 108 Polish martyrs who were killed by the Nazis during World War II.  Among these martyrs are numerous priests, religious men and women, seminarians, and lay persons.  The martyrs were beatified by Pope John Paul II in June, 1999.  Those beatified remained faithful to their Faith despite the inhumane treatment inflicted upon them by the Nazis.  The martyrs serve as an example to Church of how God’s grace allows us to unify our sufferings to the cross despite the most horrendous of conditions.  The martyrs endured cruel beatings, torture, humiliation, starvation, sickness, and hard labor.  Despite their many sufferings the martyrs remained an example of Christian virtue, even within the walls of the Nazi concentration camps.

THURSDAY, JUNE 13^th is the Feast of St. Anthony of Padua.  Born in Lisbon, St. Anthony was a devoted student of Scripture.  He was a gifted orator and preacher.  He is given the title “Evangelical Doctor.”  He will be remembered in the 5:30 p.m. Mass.

THE WEEKLY ST. JUDE NOVENA will be offered at the 5:30 p.m. Mass on Wednesday, June 12^th.  All are welcome to come and pray for the intercession of this saint who is the patron of hopeless and impossible cases.

JUNE 15^th IS THE FEAST of Blessed Jolenta who was one of four sisters who are also honored by the Church with the title of Blessed.  She was the wife of Duke Boleslaus of Kalisz and had a happy married life.  Both Blessed Jolenta and her husband were noted for their great works of charity and for the founding of a number of monasteries.  After the death of her husband she retired to the convent of The Poor Clares in Sandeck.  She died a holy death in 1299, known for her piety and charity.

OUR LADY’S HOLY ICON will visit the home of Claire Hughes for a week of prayer and petition for the needs of our Parish. We thank you for this holy work of power and love.

PARISH COUNCIL: All are invited to attend the Parish Council meeting which will take place this Wednesday, June 12^th after the 5:30 pm Mass.

PRAY FOR VOCATIONS to the Priesthood from our Parish and for our Parish so that we might always have a Priest here to celebrate the Mass and administer the Holy Sacraments!  Please join in the Divine Mercy Chaplet to pray for vocations to the priesthood every Friday at 4:45 p.m.

PRAY FOR OUR CLERGY: Please join us in dedicating every day to one of the clergymen 

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
Vocations, Seminarians& Deacon Candidates	Fr. Roach	Deacon Leary	Clergy in Purgatory	Fr. O’Connor	Deacon Rabbitt	Fr. Aksamit

HELP AND SACRAMENTS AVAILABLE FOR SICK AND HOMEBOUND – If you know of anyone who is sick or homebound in need of the Sacraments please notify the rectory at 413-863-4748.

FATHER’S DAY NOVENA AND CARDS – There is still time to enroll your Father in our Father’s Day Novena.  Novena cards and envelopes are available in the front vestibule and can be dropped in the collection basket or dropped at the Rectory.

The Tenth Sunday of the Season of the Year (Ordinary Time)

Proper of the Mass

Introit (Entrance Chant)

8:00 Mass: The Proper of the Mass for Sundays and Solemnities, Fr. Samuel F. Weber, O.S.B.

The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear?  The Lord is the stronghold of my life; whom should I dread?  When those who do evil draw near, they stumble and fall.

(Dominus illuminatio mea, Psalm xxvi (xxvii): 1–2; Graduale Romanum, Roman Missal.)

10:30 Mass: By Flowing Waters : Chant for the Liturgy, Dr. Paul F. Ford.

Turn to your people, Lord, have pity on us.

(Adspice in me, Psalm xxiv (xxv): cf. 16; Graduale Simplex.)

Offertory

8:00 & 10:30 Masses: The Proper of the Mass for Sundays and Solemnities, Fr. Samuel F. Weber, O.S.B.

Enlighten my eyes, that I never sleep in death, lest at any time my enemy say: I have prevailed against him.                                                                  (Illumina oculos meos, Psalm xii: 4–5; Graduale Romanum.)

Communion

4:00, 8:00 & 10:30 Masses: The Proper of the Mass for Sundays and Solemnities, Fr. Samuel F. Weber, O.S.B.

The Lord is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer; my God is my saving strength.

(Dominus firmamentum meum, John vi: 57; Graduale Romanum, Roman Missal.)

LITURGICAL NOTE:  This Sunday is the first ‘official’ Sunday of Ordinary time after Pentecost—though Ordinary Time itself began on the Monday after Pentecost, the great Feasts of the Most Holy Trinity (Octave Day of Pentecost) and Corpus Christi (Sunday after Trinity) have delayed the resumption of the Sunday Cycle.  The Season of Ordinary Time occurs in two segments: a short period between the Monday after the Baptism (the last day of Christmastide) of the Lord and Ash Wednesday (the first day of Lent), and a long period beginning the Monday after Pentecost and continuting until the First Sunday of Advent (exclusive).

The term Ordinary Time is rather unfortunate in English; the Latin is Tempus Per Annum : the Time through the Year, or Season through [of] the Year, and it seems like the English name is mediated through the French title which refers to the continuous numbering of the 34 Weeks of the Season of the Year that fall between the Baptism of the Lord and Advent Sunday, so it could be reasonable to refer to these Sundays as Ordinal Time or even Ordered Time.  In the previous Roman Calendar these Sundays were divided into several Sundays After Epiphany (followed by the three Pre-Lenten Sundays of Septuagesimatide) and many Sundays After Pentecost: though it should be noted that the designations of the Sundays as being ‘After Pentecost’ was not at all universal: many Customaries numbered the Sundays ‘After Trintiy’; others divided the post-Pentecostal period into smaller units giving, in addition to a few Sundays ‘After Pentecost’ or ‘Trinity’, Sundays ‘After Peter & Paul’, ‘After Lawrence’, ‘After Michaelmas’, etc.

While the first Sundays of Ordinary Time After Epiphany continue the theme of the beginning of Christ’s public ministry begun on the Feast of the Baptism of Jesus, celebrated on the Sunday after Epiphany and being the last day of the Christmas Season, the Sundays of Ordinary Time after Pentecost are very much “pure Sundays” that tend to eschew any secondary themes (the extended reading of the Bread of Life Discourse in John on the 17–21 Sundays in Year B being an exception), and instead present to us the Paschal Mystery, the great economia (οίκονομία) of salvation in the transitus of the Incarnate Word in its fullness : “From God the Father He proceeds, / To God the Father back he speeds; / Runs out His course to death and hell, / Returns on God’s high throne to dwell”, as a popular Christmas Hymn by St. Ambrose puts it (translated by John Mason Neale).

Each Sunday of Ordinary Time, then, retains its primordial character as a “Weekly Easter”.  As such, it is important to remember that the Paschal Triduum, which extends the Paschal celebraton of over three days (Holy Thursday, Good Friday, Holy Saturday), is liturgically reckoned as a single celebration that ecompases the entire series of events from the Last Supper until the Resurrection on Easter Morning—therefore, each of these “Weekly Paschs” necessarily includes not only the commemoration of the Resurrection, but also the commemoration of the Crucifixion, which itself was prefigured in the Last Supper on Holy Thursday; further, each Sunday is also the commemoration of the Incarnation, and the eschatological anticipation of the Parousia (“Second Coming”).  As can be seen, the Sunday celebration itself encompases the entire mystery of salvation, from the Incarnation to the Second Coming; the seasons and feasts of the Liturgical Year take this as their starting point and highlight certain aspects for our reflection and instruction.  But still, Christmas necessarily includes the Crucifixion, the Ascension, the Second Coming.

Thus, having been through the major parts of the Liturgical Year beginning with Advent, we are now encouraged to ‘synthesise’ them into a single whole, the totality of the Mystery of Christ.  Certainly, then, Ordinary Time is anything but “ordinary,” and requires the most effort on the part of the faithful to inter into the ‘spirit’ of the Season.  The full appreciation of this Season, the largest of the ecclesiastical year, requires us to take a step back from the vignettes of the other Liturgical Seasons and view the picture of salvation as a whole, all without losing track of the details seen on closer inspection.  

JUNE IS MONTH

of

 the Sacred Heart of Jesus

It’s always the tissue of male heart muscle when the molecular structure of a Eucharistic miracle is examined under a microscope. Jesus had “heart” but, more importantly, He had a heart. The word “heart” is synonymous with grit, soul, intuition, love, strength, generosity, and, in its most total sense, the very center of man. Today’s feast embraces all of those meanings.

Christ’s Sacred Heart teaches us that God loves us as a friend loves a friend, as a parent loves a child, or as a sibling loves his closest brother or sister. That is, Christ loves us in the same way as a person loves us, only more intensely. Our God doesn’t shift the planetary order, redirect the rays of the sun, or create a parallel gravitational field to magnetize His love for mankind. Science fiction requires a fluid imagination. 

Understanding God’s love should not, and does not, demand such mental contortionism. Understanding God’s love should be as simple as recalling your little hand in your father’s big hand as you walked next to him at night as a little girl. It requires remembering running into your mother’s soft embrace, cheek to cheek, after skinning your knee. Jesus Christ’s love for man is as human and as clear as a beating heart. Simply put, Jesus loves us from just above His solar plexus, where His heart pulsates with emotion for every sacred creature who harbors a human soul.

The widely loved devotion to the Sacred Heart is not rooted in a feast of ancient pedigree similar to those of Holy Week. No Christian of the first millennium ever gazed into the haunting eyes of Christ as He stared out from a Sacred Heart image enthroned on the family-room wall. It was only in 1856 that Pope Pius IX placed this feast on the Church’s universal calendar. The Pope acted after almost two centuries of devotion to the Sacred Heart, which had grown out of the thinking, preaching, and prayer of the indefatigable Saint John Eudes and out of the visions of Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque. Both of these saints were indebted, in turn, to the medieval revelations of the Sacred Heart granted to Saint Gertrude the Great.

We love the Heart of Christ because His heart loved us first. We adore the adorer, love the lover, and worship the worshiper. Because God comes first, all of our love for Him is the repayment of a debt. We are not doing God a favor by loving him any more than a hammer does a carpenter a favor by slamming nails into wood. Religion is about raw justice, not doing God favors. That God loves us is not readily apparent from creation itself or from the history of mankind. The gods were many things to many races throughout the ages, but love was not one of them. Christianity had to tell the world that God was love. And Jesus had to attach His arms to a cross and die for that message to be convincing.

The visions of Saint Margaret Mary made God’s love concrete and comprehensible, while the visions of Saint Faustina Kowolska deepened the meaning of this feast still more. In these challenging visions, Christ rips open His heart to Sister Faustina and shows her a calm and deep ocean of mercy waiting to bathe repentant sinners in its saving waters. Three strands—the Sacred Heart, love, and mercy—are now braided in a tight belt of spiritual truth.

True heart is not proven by waving to the crowds from a car in a victory parade or by luxuriating on the beach with friends. Real heart is in the last stretch of the neck over the finish line, in climbing the stage to receive a diploma after years of academic struggle, or in pulling yourself out of bed to go to nocturnal adoration. True heart is synonymous with long suffering, perseverance, and conquering through adversity. True heart is dying on the cross when you didn’t deserve it. A true heart is a Sacred Heart. 

That’s the heart of our God. No athlete goes to the Olympics to compete for the silver. Jesus reached for the gold from the dais of the cross, slick with his own blood. There’s no need for us to keep on searching for a heart of gold in this world. We know in exactly whose body that heart beats. It’s all gold, it’s all sacredness, and it loves us like Himself. 

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GROCERIES ARE PROVIDED by our parish to help those who cannot help themselves!  We are in need of the following: small bottles or pods of laundry detergents, paper towels, COFFEE, sugar, cereals, peanut butter, JAMS AND JELLIES, tea, crackers etc.  Please note: We have an abundance of pasta and sauces, canned vegetables and mac & cheese so we do not need these for a while.  Thank you for your generosity!  Bóg wam wielki zapłać!

ATTENTION BAKERS!  We are hoping for many donations of your delicious baked goods for our bake sale which will take place during our annual tag sale next Saturday.  Please consider donating a baked good that is labeled with ingredients.  Thank you!!

THE FOLLOWING MASS INTENTIONS have been sent to various Missionaries.  They will be offered as follows and you may unite your prayers to the foreign Missionaries who offer the Masses

Sunday, June 9:  8:00 am – Grace & Conversion for Jeffrey A. Lajoie – int. Debbie Herk

Sunday, June 9: 10:30 am + Holy Souls in Purgatory – int. Dana

Monday, June 10:   8:00 am + Chester Gloski – int. niece, Carol

Tuesday, June 11: 5:30 pm – In thanksgiving for Walter & Kathy Hoszkiewicz – int. Mark

Wednesday, June 12:  5:30 pm – Grace & Conversion for Michael H. Lajoie – int. Debbie Herk

Thursday, June 13:  5:30 pm + Frederick Speckels – int. Helen Speckels

Friday, June 14:  5:30 pm – In thanksgiving, Suki & Dan Wong – int. Mark

Saturday, June 15:  8:00 am + Holy Souls in Purgatory – int. Dana

Saturday, June 15:  4:00 pm – Grace & Conversion for Kathy M. Roberts   – int. Debbie Herk

PLEASE NOTE:  The above Masses not only assist the souls for whom they are offered, but they also help you and the Missionaries who often times receive very little.

SUNDAY SPEAKER SERIES: JUNE 23 – MYSTERIES OF FATIMA-PART 2 –  with Father Donald Noiseux as he continues his talk about the Virgin Mary appearing to three young children in Portugal in 1917. Learn what makes this event relevant today and its importance on how it can reaffirm the Catholic Church and much needed hope in today’s world. Holy Family Church in South Deerfield @ 2pm.  This event is free.

BEACON OF FAITH UPDATE:  Our campaign is still active and we are still trying to reach our goal of $256,340.00.  As of this week, we are at about 94% of our attainment. So far we have raised: $240,504.00 – just a little bit more to go!!   If you have not yet donated to the campaign, or you would like to increase your donation, there is still time and we hope you will prayerfully consider making a pledge.  Pledge sheets can be found in the back of the church and can be returned to the rectory or dropped in the collection basket.  Thank you to everyone who has so generously supported this campaign!  May God be praised and may He bless you all!

Beacon of Faith Campaign Prayer

Heavenly Father,

through your Son, Jesus Christ our Lord, all things are possible

and without Him we can do nothing.

May we seek Your kingdom above all, knowing that all things

work together for the good of those who love You

and are called according to Your purpose.

Grant us that we, united through Your Son in one faith

and by the strength of the Holy Spirit, may be generous in our support

of the Beacon of Faith Campaign

which seeks to strengthen parish life in the four counties of our diocese.

All this we pray through Jesus Christ, our Lord.  Amen.

Eternal rest grant unto them o Lord

And Let Perpetual Light Shine Upon Them

Ceslaus Wozniak 6/9/1926

Henrietta  Banash 6/9/1985

Donald D. Kovalsick 6/9/1990

Mitchell E. Brzozowy 6/10/1978

Mary Drowski 6/10/1982

Anita B. Jacques 6/10/2017

Viola Satrowski 6/11/1967

Chester Zachlowski 6/11/1970

Stanley Mieczkowski 6/11/1983

Helen Yarmac 6/11/2020

Agnieszka Baran 6/12/1955

Charles Shattuck 6/12/2021

Joseph Siwik 6/13/1926

Aniela Krapf 6/13/1970

Robert Larabee, Sr. 6/13/1981

Mary Hoynoski 6/13/2023

Adolph Siwicki 6/14/1947

Peter Laskowski 6/15/1935

Katarzyna Putala  6/15/1964

Anthonia Modola 6/16/1943

Dolphus LaMountain 6/16/1962

Joseph Kolodziej 6/16/1997

Camille N. Zebrowski 6/16/2002

Dorothy E. Niedzwiedz 6/16/2017

+ Remember to pray for the Holy Souls+

This bulletin is sponsored by the St. Stanislaus Society.