Sunday, May 10, 2020 Resurrection Church Bulletin
1. Our parish conducts an online giving procedure called “WESHARE” and about 340 families already contribute to the parish this way. Feel free to continue to contribute to the Easter collection and the Catch-Up Collection on “WESHARE”. If interested in making a one-time gift or signing up for weekly “WESHARE” online offerings click here, or you can call Kelly or Julie from the rectory and they will walk you through it for your convenience.
2. Last month, we mailed you our annual Easter letter with an extra Easter offering envelope and "Catch Up" envelope for your consideration. We are extremely pleased with the very positive reaction and reception to our appeal. Under these pressing circumstances, we are happy to report that we are at 73% of our 2019 Easter Collection. This is impressive! We have suspended weekly collections since March 15th. The cost of managing our parish has not disappeared. Our monthly payroll for 80 employees is staggering.
We appeal for your help in the Catch-Up collection! Please return these envelopes in the enclosed self-addressed envelope by mail. If you would like to drop off your donation to the rectory, you may do so by using the Back Door and put it in the secure mail slot.
3. Gate of Heaven cemetery in Hawthorne will be open Sunday, May 10, Mother's Day, from 9am to 3pm. Visitors should practice social distancing, wear masks and limit visit to 15 minutes.
4. Resurrection School is open for registration for the 2020-2021 school year. School resumes on September 7, 2020. Resurrection school is highly acclaimed and one of the best rated elementary schools in New York. We are proud to report that Resurrection school was first in the Archdiocese to use online Zoom education. The tuition rates for next year have only been raised a modest 3%. We are accepting applications for full and half day Montessori Pre-K3/4 and grades Kindergarten through 8th. Please contact the principal, GinaMarie Fonte at 914- 967-1218 or via email gfonte@resurrectionschool.com. Virtual tours are available for interested families.
5. Please see below - a heartwarming video that Mr. Joseph Viserta, director of music and music teacher at Resurrection has put together from our staff at Resurrection School!
6. We pray for the deceased of our parish especially John Lane, Msgr. John Ruvo, Maurice Murphy, Peter Thomas Fox, Alexei Mahmovudov, Raymond Jimolka, Michael Grandazzo, Gloria Murray, Benito Manuel Veras, Elizabeth Ann Savage, Valerie Modello, William McKenna, Lawrence Corroon, Fr. James Healy, William McGuire, Maria Cecilia Ceja Mercado, Warren H. Golden, Natalie DiMarzo, Brian McGrath, Sr. Clare Aronholz, Br. Pius Blandino, Virginia Grainger, Alan Oyugi, Sr. Maguerite McGilly, Paul Green and Michael Susserman.
7. We pray for the sick of our parish especially Patricia M. Burgess, Jane Barney Tobin, William Reeves, Mitchel Archer and Robert Miller.
8. We pray for all who have been adversely affected by the coronavirus especially the recently sick, emergency medical personnel, police officers, firefighters, nurses, doctors and hospital employees.
9. Please feel free to contact us by email: kgolden@resurrectionrectory.com or jcasino@resurrectionrectory.com.
10. Our 9 acre campus is open for parishioners and residents for bicycle riding and walks. Please clean up after your dogs on the field and campus! Use social distancing on the basketball courts - two persons per hoop.
11. Suggested Reading During the Quarantine by Fr. David Barton:
- “The Life of Christ” by Fulton J. Sheen (1958)
Widely proclaimed a classic work of Christian faith, Life of Christ has been hailed as the most eloquent of Fulton J. Sheen's many books. The fruit of many years of reflection, prayer, and research, it is a dramatic and moving recounting of the birth, life, Crucifixion, and Resurrection of Christ.
- “With God in Russia” by Walter Ciszek (1964)
A classic memoir of an American-born Jesuit priest imprisoned for fifteen years in a Soviet gulag during the height of the Cold War—a poignant and spiritually uplifting story of extraordinary faith and fortitude as indelible as Unbroken.
- “Small Fry: A Memoir” by Lisa Brennan-Jobs (2018)
Small Fry is Lisa Brennan-Jobs’s poignant story of childhood and growing up as Steve Job’s daughter. Scrappy, wise, and funny, young Lisa is an unforgettable guide, marveling at the particular magic of growing up in this family, in this place and time, while grappling with her feelings of illegitimacy and shame.
12. All weekend masses and weekday masses continue to be CANCELED.
Let us pray that we will be back to mass in a few short weeks.
The obligation to attend mass is lifted.
Confessions are not available.
Our live stream services will continue
Saturday, May 9 at 5:00pm
Sunday, May 10 at 10:00 am and 11:15 am
All Services are private and NOT open to the public
FROM THE STAFF AT RESURRECTION SCHOOL
GRADITUDE FOR MY MOTHER
Dear Lord, today I turn to you to give you thanks for my mother. With your own gift of life, she bore me in her womb and gave me life. She tenderly, patiently cared for me and taught me to walk and talk. She read to me and made me laugh. No one delighted in my successes more; no one could comfort me better in my failures. I am so grateful for how she mothered me and mentored me, and even disciplined me. Most of all, Lord, on this Mother's Day, give my mother the graces she most needs and desires today. I ask you this, in the name of Jesus, our Lord and Savior forever and ever. Amen.
This is the 5th Sunday of Easter. The Gospel this week focuses on the time when Jesus is telling his disciples that he is leaving. Jesus explains that he is going to prepare a place for them and then promises to return for them. Jesus tells His disciples they know the way. Thomas says in confusion, “we do not know where you are going, so how could we know the way.” Jesus replies “I am the way, the truth and the life!”
Please use the following link if you would like to live stream daily masses from St. Patrick's Cathedral. https://saintpatrickscathedral.org/live