St. Hedwig s Church One Depan Avenue Floral Park New York 11001

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1 St. Hedwig s Church One Depan Avenue Floral Park New York Website: contact@sthedwigfloralpark.org SEVENTH SUNDAY OF EASTER MAY 12, 2013 RECTORY OFFICE HOURS Tel. (516) Fax: (516) Mon. - Fri. (secretary) 9 AM - 12 PM, 12.30pm 2.45pm, 3.15pm 5.00pm 5-7 PM (priest on duty) Sat. (secretary) 1.30pm 5.00pm 9 AM - 12 PM (priest on duty) Sun. No Sunday Evening Hours MASS SCHEDULE DAILY MASSES: 9:00 AM (English) SATURDAY EVENING MASSES: 5:00 & 7:00 PM (English) SUNDAY MASSES: 9:30 AM (English) 11:00 AM (Polish) 12:30 PM (English) 6:30 PM (English) EVE OF HOLY DAYS: 7:00 PM (English) HOLY DAYS: 9:00 AM (English) 5:00 PM (English) 7:30 PM (Polish) NOVENA TO OUR LADY OF PERPETUAL HELP: Saturdays after 8:00 AM Mass (Polish). Wednesday at 3:00 PM, Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament. Immediately after, Novena to Divine Mercy followed by Novena to Our Lady of Perpetual Help in English. JESUS MARY AND JOSEPH NOVENA (HOLY FAMILY NOVENA): Every third Saturday of the month after 5:00 PM Mass. NOVENA TO GOD THE FATHER: Every first Sunday of the month after 12:30 PM Mass. CONFESSIONS: Saturdays: 4:00-5:00 PM and 6:30-7:00 PM. Holy Days: Confessions before every Mass. FIRST FRIDAY: 9:00 AM Mass in English and 7:30 PM Mass in Polish to the Sacred Heart of Jesus with Exposition, Adoration & Blessing. Confessions 8:30 AM and 7:00 PM. BAPTISMS: Make arrangements at least 6 weeks ahead of time. Baptisms are held every Sunday at 11:00 AM (Polish) and 12:30 PM (English). MARRIAGES: Arrangements to be made at least 6 months prior to the wedding date. No Marriages on Sunday after 5:00 PM & on Saturdays after 3:15 PM. SICK CALLS: Any time - Day or Night. Call the Rectory. CHURCH SUPPORT ENVELOPES: All permanent parishioners are urged to use our Church Support Envelopes. ADMINISTRATOR/PASTOR: Rev. Piotr Rozek cell (516) ASSOC. PASTOR: Rev. Ryszard Ficek cell (516) PASTOR EMERITUS: Rev. Msgr. Edward Wawerski cell (516) SECRETARY: Barbara Schaefering (516) RELIGIOUS EDUCATION DIRECTOR: Peggy Woltering (516) EUCHARISTIC MINISTRY: Daniel Mahony (718) LECTORS MINISTRY: Carol Peise (718) BEREAVEMENT MINISTRY: Danielle Auguste (516) ORGANIST and CANTOR: Ted Gerwatowski (516) POLISH SCHOOL DIRECTOR: Dorota Kaczmarzyk TODAY S READINGS (516) CYO: Richard Teleski (516) ST. HEDWIGS GARDEN APARTMENTS: (Information) (516) TODAY S READINGS

2 TODAY S READINGS First Reading Because Stephen professes his faith in the Son of Man, he is stoned to death (Acts 7:55-60). Psalm The Lord is king, the most high over all the earth (Psalm 97). Second Reading I, the Alpha and the Omega, am coming soon (Revelation 22:12-14, 16-17, 20). Gospel Jesus prays that the love of the Father may be in those who believe (John 17:20-26). READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: Acts 19:1-8; Ps 68:2-3ab, 4-5acd, 6-7ab; Jn 16:29-33 Tuesday: Acts 1:15-17, 20-26; Ps 113:1-8; Jn 15:9-17 Wednesday: Acts 20:28-38; Ps 68:29-30, 33-36ab; Jn 17:11b-19 Thursday: Acts 22:30; 23:6-11; Ps 16:1-2a, 5, 7-11; Jn 17:20-26 Friday: Acts 25:13b-21; Ps 103:1-2, 11-12, 19-20ab; Jn 21:15-19 Saturday: Acts 28:16-20, 3031; Ps 11:4, 5, 7; Jn 21:20-25 Sunday: Vigil: Gn 11:1-9 or Ex 19:3-8a, 16-20b or Ez 37:1-14 or Jl 3:1-5; Ps 104:1-2, 24, 35, 27-30; Rom 8:22 127; Jn 7:37-39 Day: Acts 2:1-11; Ps 104:1, 24, 29-31, 34; 1 Cor 12:3b-7,12-13 or Rom 8:8-17; Jn 20:19-23 or Jn 14: 15-16, 23b-26 SAINTS AND SPECIAL OBSERVENCES Sunday: Seventh Sunday of Easter; Mother s Day Monday: Our Lady of Fatima Tuesday: St. Matthias Wednesday: St. Isidore; Shavuot (Jewish observance) Saturday: St. John I; Armed Forces Day; Vigil of Pentecost MATTHIAS After the disciple Judas Iscariot had betrayed Jesus, the other eleven apostles decided to make their number up to twelve again. There were two candidates: a pious, just man named Joseph Barsaba, and Matthias. Jesus followers gathered together, prayed, and then drew lots to choose the new apostle. The lot fell on Matthias. This is all we learn of the saint from the New Testament. For some time a Gospel, said to be by Matthias, circulated in the early Christian world, but this has now been lost, apart from a few sentences quoted in other writers. What we know for certain, as St. Peter put it when Matthias was chosen as an apostle, is that he was one of the men who accompanied us during all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us, beginning from the baptism of John until the day he was taken from us. Matthias, says Peter, was a witness to Christ s resurrection. MASS INTENTIONS SATURDAY, MAY 11, :00 pm Bill Taggard by Alice & Joe Collins 05:00 pm +Allen Minas Silit, Jadwiga Kozlowska 07:00 pm +Anne & Michael Murphy by Son, John SUNDAY, MAY 12, :00 am 08:00 am 09:30 am ALL MASSES FOR OUR DEAR 11:00 am MOTHERS, LIVING AND DECEASED 12:30 pm 06:30 PM MONDAY, MAY 13, :00 am +Allen Minas Silit, Jadwiga Kozlowska 08:00 am +Konstancja Kempska od Rodziny 08:00 am +Mieczyslaw Ulicki od Roberta i Barbary Sloma 09:00 am +Lorraine Ernst by Ed & Ann Nawrocki 08:00 pm Italian Mass: La Madonna di Fatima TUESDAY, MAY 14, :00 am In Thanksgiving for Graces Received by Agnes Kozhimannil 08:00 am Allen Minas Silit, Jadwiga Kozlowska i Zofia Lengiewicz od Jolanta Silit 09:00 am +Dennis Luparello by Ed & Ann Nawrocki WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, :00 am +Mildred Wilkinson by Carol & Peter Peise 08:00 am +Felicia Gryczewski od Jadwiga Dachnej 08:00 am +Mieczyslaw Ulicki od Piotra i Lucyny Kuper 09:00 am +Lawrence J. Ferlazzo by Wife, Virginia THURSDAY, MAY 16, 2013 THE ASCENSION 07:00 am Blessings for Gaetano Agro 08:00 am +Karolina i Michal Swierkosz od Syna z Rodzina 09:00 am +Patrick Shalvey by Mathers Family FRIDAY, MAY 17, :00 am +Bridie O Sullivan & Ancestors by 08:00 am Specialna Intencja dla Elzbieta

3 09:00 am +John M. & Helen M. Hendricks & Martha & George Karolchyk by Carol Ann Hendricks SATURDAY, MAY 18, :00 am Thomas Quinn & Ancestors by 08:00 am +Za Zmarlych z Rodziny Fada i Wojdak 09:00 am Anne & Michael Murphy by Son, John 05:00 pm +Kevin Brandon by Matusik Family 07:00 pm +Carmela Losito (Anniversary) by Family SUNDAY, MAY 19, :00 am +Bridie O Sullivan & Ancestors by 07:00 am +Bronislawa Zukowska by Family 08:00 am +Bronislawa Panek od Sophie i Michal Majewski 08:00 am O Boze blogoslawienstwo dla Teresy i Eugeniusza Inozemcev w 40 r. Slubu 09:30 am +Theresa Mifsud by Janet Otis 11:00 am +Zbigniew Mazurkiewicz od Rodzicow 11:00 am+jozef i Maria Babiak i Michal Michniowski od Irena Debiec z Rodz. 12:30 pm +Joan Vicari by Andrea & Joe Crupi 12:30 pm +Henry Kolata by Matthew Kolodziej 06:30 pm +Allen Minas Silit, Jadwiga Kozlowska 06:30 pm +Stella Prokopowicz by Rosary Altar Society DOMINICAL PARISH LITURGICAL SERVICES May 11 Saturday 05:00 pm Lector: C. Peise Eucharistic Ministry: A. & J. Collins D. Mahony 07:00 pm Lector: V. Stevenson Eucharistic Ministry: V. Stevenson May 12 Sunday 07:00 am Lector: A. DiMarco Eucharistic Ministry: H. O Driscoll 08:00 am Lector: D. Kaczmarzyk 09:30 am Lector: D. Spina Eucharistic Ministry: A. Lesniewski P. Muraski 11:00 am Lector: I. Kosiorek 12:30 pm Lector: M. Villegas Eucharistic Ministry: R. McBride 06:30 pm Lector: H. O Driscoll Eucharistic Ministry: L. Mudryk COMMUNITY INFORMATION Sacrificial Giving for the week of April 28, 2013 $5, SICK LIST: Fr. Francis Filmanski, Maria Latopolski, Dolores Collins, Nolan Andrew Keegel, Michalek Kownacki, Jo Depowski, Angel Martinez, Bronislawa Potocka, Suzanne Shea, Edward Szumega, Bogdan Pawula, Helen Zalewski, Bozena Zurawska, Peter Dowd, Jadwiga Zasada, Walter Kalinoski, Sean Brady, Anthony Garcia, Donna Dziomba Ragan, Imelda Mendoza, Sandra Romano, Marion Brzozowski, Jennifer Smyth, Barbara Bigda, Jane Zwilling, Anthony James Murphy, James Christopher Burzynski, Olga Colon, Andrew Hildebrandt, David Tavakoli & Irene Stachecki. If anyone wishes to put names on the sick list or delete names, please call the rectory and speak with Barbara or one of the priests. Atlantic City bus trips on the second Wednesday of the month. Bus will leave at 8:00am from Linden Avenue. Call Santy Pallisco at for information and reservations. THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU A special Thank you to the Rosary Altar Society for their generous gift to the Parish of $7, May God bless you all for your love and care for St. Hedwig Church. COME JOIN FATHER PIOTR ROZEK On June 9 th for 10 Days To see SHADES OF IRELAND Highlights of the trip include: Dublin, Irish Evening, Kilkenny, Waterford Crystal, Blarney Castle, Jaunting Car Ride, Ring of Kerry, Killarney, Farm Visit, Limerick, Cliffs of Moher, Galway, Castle Stay. Also includes 13 Meals: 8 Breakfasts and 5 Dinners. *Join in the festivities as a guest at a traditional Irish Night *Travel the Ring of Kerry, one of the world s most beautiful coastal routes *Meet and Irish family during a visit to a working Irish farm. Sample homemade tea and scones while they explain their everyday life *Behold the spectacular beauty of the Cliffs of Moher *Overnight on the grounds of a castle and experience old Ireland at its finest.

4 Cost of the trip is $3, which includes air fare, hotel, meals, transportation within Ireland, pick-up at the rectory to JFK and return to the rectory. Single supplement is $ A deposit of $ is due now. We have ten seats reserved. For further information please call Barbara at or PILGRIMAGE TO HOLY LAND OCTOBER Double price $3.563, Single $4.163, Triple $3.533 Included in price: Round trip air from New York, Air Taxes and Fees, Surcharges, Hotel Transfers and Gratuities for the tour guide and the driver. Highlights of the trip Jaffa, Caesarea, Cana, Tiberias, Sea of Galilee, Mount of Beatitudes, Capernaum, Transfiguration Church, Bethlehem, Church of the Nativity, Jerusalem, Mount of Olives, Western Wall, Via Dolorosa, Church of The Holy Sepulcher, Daily Mass. You can extend your vacation with optional 5 days Discover Jordan Post Tour Extension at rate of $ per person. For more information contact Tita Mel at (646) or call our church office at (516) FATIMA DAY May 13, 2013 SHRINE OF OUR LADY OF THE ISLAND MANORVILLE, NY 10:00am Stations of the Cross 11:30am Holy Mass 12:30pm Lunch 01:30pm THE TRIUMPH powerful movie! 03:00pm BENEDICTION All who can are encouraged to participate. IMPORTANT INFORMATION In his State of the State Address, Governor Cuomo announced his support for a bill called the Reproductive Health Act. This is an extreme bill, and it would greatly expand abortion in New York State. It would declare abortion a fundamental right, and would ensure that abortion is legal through all nine months of pregnancy, for any reason. It would make prevent any reasonable regulation such as parental notification or informed consent requirements, or bans on partial birth abortions. It would endanger women by allowing nondoctors to perform abortions. It could threaten the religious liberty of religious hospitals by requiring them to cooperate in abortions. New York State already has far too many abortions over 30% of pregnancies end in abortion, over 111,000 each year. We don t need broader abortion laws. We need our law to respect human life at all stages. And we need to offer New York women real alternatives to abortion and provide them with a network of support and resources to enable them to bear their children and raise their families with dignity. Please contact your state legislators to oppose the Reproductive Health Act or any other measure designed to expand abortion in New York State. To do so, visit and click on Take Action. Go to to keep up on the latest information. Polska Szkoła im. Św. Jadwigi we Floral Park przyjmuje zapisy na rok szkolny 2013/14. Po szczegołówe informacje prosze dzwonić do Doroty Kaczmarzyk, tel TOWN HALL WITH BISHOP WILLIAM MURPHY On Pentecost Sunday, May 19, 2013, Bishop William Murphy will host a live 2 hour program that celebrates the Year of Faith, and our commitment to Belong More Deeply through the New Evangelization! The program will air LIVE 7:00PM 9:00PM ET followed by Mass from Rome with His Holiness Pope Francis. Join parishes and people throughout the Diocese of Rockville Centre with live remotes, special guests, entertainment, and the ability to call or a question to the Bishop! We encourage parishes to watch together in groups and at home on Cablevision channel 29/137 or Verizon FIOS channel 296. The live program will also be available at TelecareTV.org. Questions can be ed ahead of time to: info@telecaretv.org. MOTHERHOOD Mothers hold their children s hands for a short while, but their hearts forever. -Anonymous WINGED FAITH Faith furnishes prayer with wings, without which it cannot soar into Heaven. -St. John Climacus

5 Dzień Matki The celebration of Mother's Day today reaches roughly 46 countries, on different dates. Millions of people across the world take the day to honor their mothers, to thank them for giving them life, for raising them, for being their constant support, and for being their mother. The earliest known history of Mother's Day dates back to the ancient annual spring festival that the Greeks dedicated to maternal goddesses. The occasion was to honor Rhea, wife of Cronus and the mother of many gods of Greek mythology. Ancient Romans also celebrated a spring festival, called Hilaria, dedicated to Cybele, a mother goddess. Ceremonies in honor of Cybele began approximately 250 years before Jesus Christ was born. Celebrated on the Ides of March, offerings in the Temple of Cybele lasted for three days and included parades and games. Early Christians celebrated a day to honor mothers during a festival on the fourth Sunday of Lent. Originally the celebration was to honor the Virgin Mary, the Mother of Christ, however the holiday was later expanded in England to include all mothers. More recent history of Mother's Day dates back to the 1600s in England. A Mothering Sunday was celebrated every year on the fourth Sunday of Lent to honor every mother. Children brought gifts and flowers for their mothers after a prayer service in church, to honor Virgin Mary. Activist and social worker Mrs. Anna Marie Reeves Jarvis inspired her daughter Anna Jarvis to express her desire that someday all mothers should be recognized and celebrated. Anna Jarvis is recognized as the initial founder of Mother's Day in the United States, although she never married nor had any children. When her mother died in 1905, she made a pact with herself to fulfill her mother's wish of having a celebrated day for mothers around the world. Anna sent carnation flowers to honor her mother, as they were her mother's favorite flower and felt that they symbolized a mother's pure love. Anna, along with supporters, wrote letters to people who had the power to make the official declaration of a Mother's Day holiday. By 1911, Mother's Day was celebrated in almost every state and on May 8, 1914, President Wilson signed a Joint Resolution which designated the second Sunday of May as Mother's Day. Today, Mother's Day is celebrated in several countries. The day has become so popular that, in several countries, phone lines experience maximum traffic. Today, as it should be, the day is meant as a day to thank all mothers. To thank them for their love, their support, and for, quite simply, being a mother. So this Sunday, on Mother's Day, show your mother the love she deserves. Tradycja obchodzenia Dnia Matki wywodzi się jeszcze ze starożytnejgrecji. Wraz z rozkwitem wiosny nasi antyczni przodkowie przystępowali do celebrowania święta Matki Natury. Podczas specjalnych festynów, których punktem kulminacyjnym było palenie ofiar przyniesionych przez zgromadzenie, skladano hold bogini Rei, żonie Kronosa, matce wszechświata oraz wszystkich bóstw. W starożytnym Rzymie wytworzył się zwyczaj obchódow świeta bogini Cybele, także uważanej za matkę bogów. Świeto to nazywano Hilaria i trwało ono trzy dni: od 15 do 18 maja. Tak jak w przypadku wielu innych pogańskich świąt, Hilaria zostały "zaadoptowane" przez patriarchów wczesnego kościola katolickiego i przemienione na świeto Matki Boga. Z czasem wykształcił się obyczaj by w tym dniu powrócić do swojej rodzinnej parafii, tej w której było się ochrzczonym, i w ten sposób oddać cześć nie tylko Matce Boga ale i własnej matce. Innym spojrzeniem na historię Dnia Matki jest historia tzw. "matczynej niedzieli" obchodzonej od około XVI wieku w Anglii i Szkocji. W każdą czwartą niedzielę Wielkiego Postu młode służące i młodzi parobkowie puszczani byli do swoich domów, by spędzić ten dzień ze swoimi matkami. Tradycją było przynoszenie matkom drobnychupominków, (w które często zaopatrywali swoją młodocianą służbę pracodawcy) lub specjalnego "matczynego ciasta", jeżeli w odwiedziny do domu szła dziewczynaw Stanach Zjednoczonych historia Dnia Matki to oczywiście historia niezbyt szczęśliwej, za to uwielbiającej swoją matkę do granic panny Anny Jarvis z Południowej Wirginii. Dwa lata po śmierci matki, w roku 1907 Anna Jarvis i koło jej przyjaciół rozpoczęła kampanię na rzecz ustanowienia oficjalnego Dnia Matki. Panna Jarvis, która sama nigdy nie wyszła za mąż i która do końca swego życia opiekowała się swoją niewidomą siostrą uważała, że właśnie w ten sposób złoży najlepszy hołd tej, do której po śmierci tęskniła jeszcze bardziej niż za zycia. Dowodziła również, że matki są nazbyt niedoceniane, a dzieci często zbyt późno zdają sobie sprawę z ważności matek w swoim życiu. Ustanowienie Dnia Matki miało na celu zacieśnić więź między rodzicami i ich potomstwem oraz zwrócić uwagę na wysiłek, jaki matki wkładają w pielegnacje swoich rodzin. Pierwszy Dzien Matki, do ktorego doprowadziła Anna Jarvis uhonorowany był specjalną msza, na której modlono się za wszystkie matki na świecie. Zaledwie 4 lata później Dzien Matki był już ogólnie znanym i przyjętym świętem. Ponieważ w Polsce Dzien Matki nie zawsze wypada w weekend, nie zawsze jest to dzien wolny. W ruch idą więc kartki, telefony i oczywiście sympatyczne laurki, ulubione szczegolnie przez najmłodszych oraz przesyłanie kwiatów do swych ukochanych mateczek.