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Masses For The Week

Lector Schedule

The Bread and Wine have been

donated this week For a Special Intention

The Sanctuary Candle in the Chapel has

been donated for A Special Intention

The Sanctuary Candle in the Church has been donated for A Special Intention

Please pray for the repose of the soul of

Rest in peace

Mary Kichura

Virginia Dooley

Maureen T. Doherty

Altar Server Assignments

Monday, January 6th 6:45 Int. Fr. Ed Seagriff Dominick & Patricia Valdaro 8:30 Magno & Rosalinda Braganza Family 8 PM Int. Peter & Evelyn Regan Tuesday, January 7th 6:45 Int. Fr. Tony Heinlein - Dominick & Patricia Valdaro 8:30 Valerie Cowan Alice & Bernard Hennelly 8PM Rose Di Muro Wednesday, January 8th 6:45 Int. Fr. Cletus Dominick & Patricia Valdaro 8:30 Rory Citrano Roy Citrano & Family 8PM Bill Schultz Thomas Scavo Thursday, January 9th 6:45 For the people suffering in the Philippines 8:30 Gaetano Picciano Daughter 8PM Int. Michael Prior Peter & Evelyn Regan Friday, January 10th 6:45 Frank Gentile Netti Family 8:30 Int. Linda Delas Alas Sabino Family 8PM Ernest Fallot Mathi Fallot Saturday, January 11th 6:45 For the people suffering in the Philippines 8:30 Michael Lavin Betty McCaffrey 5PM Loretta Stryjewski Fran Helvick 5:15 John Lyons Family Sunday, January 12th 7:30 St. Joseph’s Book of Remembrance 9:00 Roberta McCarthy Dominick & Patricia Valdaro 10:30 Guido Tiné Marie Tiné 12:00 Barbara & Dennis Fabella Family 1:30 Robert Lavin Beverly & Jim Heney

Monday, January 6 8 pm -

Tuesday, January 7 8 pm – Joseph Giglio

Wednesday, January 8 8 pm– Daniel Tomic

Thursday, January 9 8 pm – Alexander Zapata Gabriel Zapata Friday, January 10 8 pm - Brendan O’Keefe Peter O'Keefe

Saturday, January 11 5 pm - Laura Glynn Mary Glynn

Cameron Russo

Sunday, January 12 7:30 am - Miguel Hutchinson 9:00 am - Brendan O’Keefe Peter O’Keefe 10:30 am - Christopher Giglio Joseph Giglio Jennifer Jandovitz Keith Irving 12:00 noon Alexander Zapata Gabriel Zapata Joshua Michael 1:30 pm - Stephen Martinez Matthew Russo

Saturday, 1/11

- 5:00 PM – Dan Donahue

Sunday, 1/12

- 7:30 AM – Bernard Hennelly

- 9:00 AM – Efren Bacani

- 10:30 AM – Michelle Tine and Jim Dolan

- 12:00 PM – Carolyn Bove

- 1:30 PM – Vincent Gatto

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There are still many open 6:45 am Masses open for the

month of January. If you would like to have

Mass intention for a loved one living or deceased,

please stop by the rectory office.

Dear Friends, When it seems like the long winter will never end, most of us look for any sign that spring is really on the way. Some folks anticipate the first pitch of the baseball season; others content themselves with waiting for a glimpse of that first robin or crocus.

I’ve noticed that my friends who love to garden just can’t wait to start working in their backyards, so they turn to their catalogues. They peruse those thick, colorful seed catalogues until the pages get dog-eared.

Gardeners avidly plan which flowers, fruits and vegetables they will plant as soon as spring breaks winter’s icy grip. What could be more natural? Af-ter all, while each season plays its part, we most often associate the cycle of growth with the time when the world feels like it’s springing back to life after the drudgery of winter.

Surely, seeds are life in its most concentrated, yet tangible, form. And we humans have long known about their commonplace, yet miraculous, ability. Starting with the first chapter of Genesis (“Let the earth put forth vegetation”), we see God creating this amazing form of life and beauty which would then become food for people as well as animals.

In the Gospels, we find Jesus using his listeners’ knowledge of plants and seeds to teach them: “If you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move” (Matthew 17:20 - 21).

Jesus knew the power of a good story and used the seed image in several parables, most famously that of the Sower. Remember? Some seed was eaten by birds or fell on rocky ground or were otherwise wasted or could not flourish, but “other seeds fell on good soil and brought forth grain. . . . Let any-one with ears listen!” (Matthew 13:8-9).

Two thousand years later, we’re still listening, still trying to understand Jesus’ words, and what he wants of us - and for us.

“Every moment and every event of every person’s life on earth plants something in the soul,” accord-ing to Thomas Merton, the spiritual writer and Trappist monk. “For just as the wind carries thou-sands of winged seeds, so each moment brings with it germs of spiritual vitality that come to rest imper-ceptibly in the minds and wills of people.

“Most of these unnumbered seeds perish and are lost, because we are not prepared to receive them: for such seeds as these cannot spring up anywhere except in the good soil of freedom, spontaneity and love.”

All those gardeners browsing their catalogues know that the most elaborate plans for gorgeous flowers and bountiful vegetables mean nothing if the soil is-n’t good; if it isn’t ready to receive the seeds; and if the watering and weeding isn’t done, day after day.

If we equate the seeds of spring with hope, then the fruit of the gardener’s long labours over the seasons must be love.

That’s true in our backyards and, certainly, in our souls. If we want all that is good, holy and life-giving to flourish within us, we can’t expect to just sow a few spiritual seeds - an occasional wise thought, a kind word or a generous action - and have an abundant harvest.

Not surprisingly, it takes work and prayer throughout the lifetime of God’s seasons. In His Love, Msgr. Jim Lisante Pastor

Our Parish depends solely on your generosity to meet each week’s expenses. Our regular Sunday collections account

for more than 60% of our operating budget. Your continued support, especially during these difficult economic times,

is both needed and appreciated.

Last week you donated $ 15,981.33

Prayers for the Sick

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Let us continue to pray for

peace. Let us also pray for all

those serving in the military.

With special care we pray especially for: Christopher B. Afetian - Sgt USMC, Pvt. Kevin L. Blieka U.S.

Army, Sgt. Brian Andrew Dayman, US Army, Commander

Christopher DeMay - Navy , Spc. Gregory Devaney -Army,

Nicholas R. DoLieto - Marine Corps, A1C Timothy Erkens

USAF, Capt. Michael Ferrari, USMC, Spencer French, 1st

Lieutenant, US Army, Airman Steven Freund-USAF, SRA Sen-

ior Airman Robert J. Gerry - Air Force,Spec. Steven Gian-

atiempo - US Army, Brandon Goodwin, Petty Off., 2nd Class,

USCG, Stefanie Goodwin, Petty Off., 3rd Class, USN, Kenny

Greening -PFC-Army, Capt. Michael Hanna- US Army, Chap-

lain Major Timothy Hirten, USAF, Maj. Luke Holian USMC,

Kristen Janoscak DOD-USAF, 1st Lt. Josef Kaplan- US Army,

SPC Justin Lansford -US Army, Sgt. Todd J. Lobraico USAF,

Major Michael Edward Loconsolo, US Army, Pvt Matthew

Macario - US Army, Jason Moritz - Sgt. USAF, Pvt 1st Class

Joshua Nichols - US Army, Lt. Col. Thomas O’Connor, US

Army, Lyle Oldmixon- Pvt. 1st Class – USMC, Spc. Manuel E.

Palmer US Army, Cpt. David Paolillo USAF, Cpt. Kathleen

Paolillo USAF, L. CPL Michael E. Porfidio - USMC, Capt.

Joseph Shultz, L CPL Eric Vazquez USMC, US Army, Spec.

Zachary Small - US Army, US Army Sgt. Michael Stephney

If you know a Service Member that you would like to

add to this list please contact the rectory 516-541-3270

Please include name, rank and branch of service.

Anzeal DePolo-Huges, Barbara Donova, Gloria Hart-

ford, Carol & Russ Hayward, Robert E. Mason, Georgia

Pettit, Zina Smaowell,

If you know of anyone who, because of age or infirmity, can’t come to Church for sacraments, please phone the Rectory and leave their name, address & telephone num-ber, so a Priest or Eucharistic Minister can visit them.

Sunday January 5, 2014

Each week the parish happily accepts names for the bul-letin sick list from family members and friends. The list continues to grow and we are unable to know the status of those on the list.

Many times the petitioned person themselves ask that their names be removed informing that they have long since healed and they no longer require the prayers.

To address this, our Parish has RENEWED the bulle-tin sick list for the new year. This will reduce the large number of names and allow for the list to be reor-ganized.

If you wish a name to be added to the list or continued, simply call the rectory or email the parish at ollmpk@aol.com

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Parish Outreach

Our Lady of Lourdes

“Ministry of Consolation”

Our parish is richly blessed to have gathered a wonderful

group of volunteers who make up Our Lady of Lourdes

“Ministry of Consolation” team. The most valuable gifts

we can give are the gifts that come from the heart. The

precious gifts of our time, love and compassion are espe-

cially needed during the time of the loss of a loved one.

Created to provide warmth, caring and personal attention

to assist families in preparation for the funeral mass, this

particular ministry can never have too many helping

hands. Whether your interest be that of a Greeter, Lector

or EM, please give some thought as to sharing your time

and talents and being a part

of this ministry’s call to love and care for one another.

Thank you so much to our coordinator, Deacon Frank

Gariboldi and all our volunteers for embracing this beau-

tiful ministry. Please call Parish Outreach at 516-541-

1260 if you would like to volunteer. Thank you for your

consideration.

“We Care Blankets”

Our “Care Blankets” group of volunteers continues to

meet on Wednesday mornings from 10:00am to 11:30am,

in Room 4, right next door to Parish Outreach. Since our

group began in November 2009, a total of 1,015 gor-

geous hand-made colorful blankets have been lovingly

created. Thank you so much for the care, time and talent

that goes into every beautiful creation, each a special gift

for a very special child undergoing cancer care.

We are happy to accept contributions of yarns, crochet

hooks or knitting needles. If you would be interested in

joining please give Parish Outreach a call at (516) 541-

1260. The more the merrier!

Give Us This Day is a monthly publication from Li-

turgical Press created to help sustain your personal

prayer practices with daily prayer for Morning and

Evening, prayers and readings for Mass each day,

along with a reflection on the Scriptures, and a daily

profile of a saintly witness.

Liturgical Press has given us free sample copies to

distribute to parishioners who are interested in this

new publication. When you're trying to figure out

what to get for someone, think about Give Us This

Day. They make a nice gift. They also come in large

print.

For every subscription established by a parish-

ioner, our parish earns $5.00 in credit toward

purchases from Liturgical Press! If you're inter-

ested in free copy, please stop by the rectory. To earn that credit for Our Lady of Lourdes Church,

please use the promotion code TDBR5131 when

you subscribe online at www.giveusthisday.org or

call toll-free 888-259-8470.

“Food Pantry”

Thank you always to the generous people of our faith community who continue to support our parish food pan-try. Because you care we can come to the aid of many of our neighbors in need. As you know, Parish Outreach helps families every day with the basic human need of good food. As we begin a brand new year, please con-tinue to be as generous as you can throughout these win-ter months. Thank you for all the good you do! The following items are most in need on an everyday ba-sis. On behalf of the needy in our parish community, may God bless you for all the good you do! Tuna Cereal Coffee or Tea Canned Fruit Pancake Mix Powdered Milk Pasta Pancake Syrup Juices Pasta Sauce Can Vegetables Soup Peanut Butter Instant Potatoes Macaroni & Cheese Jelly Rice Cookies/Crackers Oatmeal Beans Jell-O/ Pudding

Parish Outreach hours are Mon.-Thurs., 9am to 4:pm

OUR LADY OF

LOURDES Massapequa Park, NY

Music Ministry (St. Cecilia fund) J. C. Laws – Director of Music & Liturgy Coordinator

OLLMPMusic@gmail.com

The Christmas Eve Mass at 5:00pm including the concert at 4:30pm, plus Msgr. Lisante’s

Homily has been recorded by Garrett Recording Studios.

As a Music Ministry fund raiser , we are selling cd copies of the recording for $15 per cd.

Your purchase will help support the Music Ministry in hiring musicians for Christmas & Easter

Masses, plus our regular running cost of buying sheet music, copying, organ insurance, piano

tuning etc. We are also looking at buying a new piano in the near future.

Please consider buying a cd. You get to have our beloved pastors Christmas homily, and all of

our Christmas music for just the cost of a pizza!!!

CHRISTMAS 2013 RECORDING I would like to support the Music Ministry at Our Lady of Lourdes Roman Catholic Church

Please return form & payment to J. C. Laws anytime or mail form to:

Our Lady of Lourdes

ATTN: J. C. Laws

855 Carmans Road

Massapequa Park, NY 11762

I would like _____ cd’s and am enclosing $_____($15 each copy)

Name:_______________________________________________________________________________

Address ——————————————————————————————————————-

——————————————————————————————————————————

Phone Number:_______________________________________________________________________

Email:_______________________________________________________________________________

**Please make check out to Our Lady of Lourdes with St. Cecilia Fund in the Memo.**

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Our Lady of Lourdes Church Massapequa Park, New York

Cordially Invites Your Family

to

Our Annual

CHRISTMAS/ EPIPHANY

PLAY Friday, January 10, 2014

at 7:o0 p.m. in the church.

Make the Epiphany Play a tradition that is sure to touch the hearts of your family

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Sunday January 5, 2014

MORE CHRISTMAS FLOWER MEMORIALS

The following are Poinsettia Plant Memorials which did not reach us in time for the December 22nd bulletin.

In Memory of Rose Maurice by Ina Gatto

In Memory of Peter J. Folan by Peggy Folan In Memory of William Adams by Judith Artale

In Memory of James J. Murphy, Sr. by Eileen Murphy & Family In Memory of Rennick & McCarthy Families by Rosemary McCarthy

In Memory of the Clement Family by Edesia C. Clement In Memory of the Clement Family by Edesia C. Clement

Thank you to everyone who participated in our Christmas Flower Memorials.

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THEOLOGY CLASS

7:30 - 9:00pm in the Church basement

Abstracts of each class are given out, so you can best follow the lectures

Phone the rectory for more information.

Next Class - Tuesday, January 7th

Subjects: 1. Church History 2. Church Dogma 3. Apologetics 4. Scripture

Everyone Welcome!

Books, videos & DVD’s for Loan

Free of charge

CYO BASKETBALL

Phone Rectory, ask for Fr. Tony

516-541-3270 Or phone John Chester @ 516-799-5640

Get on the waiting list for next season Travel for Boys

Clinic for Boys & Girls

Note: Now accepting clinic athletes

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RELIGIOUS EDUCATION

The winners for the "KEEP CHRIST IN CHRIST-

MAS" Poster Contest were: 1st Place -Bernard Raifer,

2nd Place - Nina Barry and 3rd Place - Peter O'Keefe.

Thank you to all students who participated in this fun

event.

Level 8

Our date for the Sacrament of Confirmation is March 27,

2014 at 4pm. All requirements for Confirmation must be

handed in by January 28th. Confirmation Interviews will

be done on February 5th.

Do you know someone who is hurting from an abortion?

The Life Center of Long Island invites you to attend our next Rachel’s Vineyard Healing Retreat on the week-end of February 21-23, 2014. It begins Friday evening and concludes Sunday afternoon. This retreat is con-

ducted in English and Spanish.

For more information contact: Deacon Joe McNicholas at (516)445-3927 or e-mail: rvr@lifecenterli.org

Communication is strictly confidential.

To learn more about Rachel’s Vineyard look online at:

www.rachelsvineyard.org or call 1-877-HOPE-4-ME

41st Annual March for Life

Wednesday, January 22, 2014

On January 22, 1973, the United States Supreme Court decided that the Constitution of the United States did not include

the protection of the unborn child. Since then more than a million and a half unborn infants have lost their lives by abor-

tion each year in the United States.

The Massapequa Park Respect for Life Committee will again join in the MARCH FOR LIFE in Washington, D.C. on

Wednesday, January 22, 2014. The MARCH FOR LIFE is the collective effort of grassroots pro-life Americans to as-

sure that our state and federal laws shall protect the right to life of each human in existence at fertilization. An important

step is adoption of a Mandatory Human Life Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. Such an amendment

would be simple and require that individuals and society provide protection for the right to life of each human in exis-

tence at fertilization. It would require that State laws conform to the Constitution and provide the same protection for

every human being from the moment of conception without regard to age, health or condition of dependence. For more

information visit www.marchforlife.org

Please join us in this effort. The bus will leave at 5am and return at approximately 11pm on the same day. Please re-

serve early.

Suggested Donation: $6.00 for students $12.00 for adults Special rates for families

Come free - but come! Permission slips are required of all teenagers who are not accompanied by their parents.

For reservations, please call:

Regina Carbonaro 795-7568 Carol Milton 541-3270 Sandy Nolan 694-5208

Email: regina.carbonaro@gmail.com

Members of the Respect Life Committee will have a sign-up sheet for the bus in the vestibule of the Church after

all the Masses on the weekend of January 4th and 5th.

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BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE

Have your deceased relatives and friends entrusted to St. Joseph, “Patron of Departing Souls.” A “BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE” will be placed be-fore our new St. Joseph statue. To have your loved ones enrolled in this book and share in all the prayers, works and masses offered each month by the Rosary Society, complete the enrollment form below and re-turn it to the rectory along with a $20.00 offering. The offering is for one person or one couple or one family. In return, you will receive a beautiful certificate com-memorating your charity towards your loved one(s). PLEASE PRINT: Enrollee Name(s) _______________________________ Enrolled by: Your name: ______________________________ Address: ______________________________ Phone Number: ______________________________

Just a reminder that

Exposition of the Most Blessed Sacrament takes place in the Chapel at Our Lady of Lourdes throughout the day, Monday through Friday from

9:45 am to 8 pm.

We are very privileged and blessed to have a very special Eucharistic Devotion in our Parish. We

thank the many people who have made the sacrifice to come and spend some time with Our Lord present

in the Blessed Sacrament.

For those who have not yet been able to make this visit to Our Eucharistic Lord for one reason or

another, please remember that it is never too late to start.

Diocesan One Day Retreat for College Students

(Ages 19 – 22)

Home for the Holidays … but still feel you need

a break?

Maybe it’s time for a time-out!

“24 Hours With God” Discover the “Power to Be”

It’s a New Year - Time to Recharge, Reconnect,

Dive In, Go Deep… and just “Be”.

Join us!

Thursday, January 9 @ 3pm – Friday, January 10

@ 3pm

$60 per person – includes meals

Maria Cantasano /Notre Dame and Vince Buzzeo/

St. Brigid’s are the Retreat Leaders

Seminary of The Immaculate Conception, Hunt-

ington

For more information, contact Marianne Sheridan,

diocesan director

At 516-678-5800, ext. 615

Or msheridan@drvc.org

You can download a registration form at

http://www.drvc.org/CYA

Community News

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Our Lady of Lourdes Church 855 Carmans Road, Massapequa Park

Friday $1800 in prizes at 8:00 PM Tuesday Golden Society, at 7:30 PM $2000 in Prizes w/Progressive Jackpot

$2000 IN PRIZES - $850 GIANT JACKPOT Progressive Jackpot on Tuesdays

Are you or someone you know having family or interpersonal problems due to drinking

ALCOHOL and/or using DRUGS?

CATHOLIC CHARITIES / Talbot House, a Chemical Dependence Crisis Center, located in Bohemia provides withdrawal and stabilization services on a voluntary basis to males and females over the age of 18, who are seeking to stop and/or withdraw from alcohol and/or other drug use. The medical and clinical staff at Talbot House will assess the kind of care the person needs, to begin his/her journey in recovery. For more information, please call: 631-589-4144. Talbot House staff is available 24/7. Each call is confidential. Talbot House is a NO fee for service program. The staff at Talbot House wishes everyone a joyous holiday season.

Sunday January 5, 2014

Dominic Cabey