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Saint Mary's Parish
519 Longmeadow Street, Longmeadow Massachusetts
January 30, 2022 –Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Watch Weekday Mass with Fr. C.J. on our website
Monday –Thursday on www.stmarylong.org
Faith
Excellence
Service
†
Celebrating
Catholic Schools
Week
2022
Jan. 30 — Feb. 5
While we try to teach our children all about life, our
children teach us what life is all about.
ST. MARY’S PARISH
Mass Intentions Liturgical Ministries
SATURDAY, JANUARY 29, 2022 JANUARY 29/30 FEBRUARY 5/6
4:00 p.m. Abigail Vatrano 4:00 p.m. Mass 4:00 p.m. Mass
Req. by Roger & Barbara Wojcik Server: Duke Pho Server: NA
5:30 p.m. Jeannie Szela Deacon: Donald Higby Eucharistic Minister:
Req. by Family
Eucharistic Minister: Sandra MacFadyen
SUNDAY, JANUARY 30, 2022
FOURTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Sandra MacFadyen Readers: Alta Stark,
8:00 a.m. Jose Maria Bernal & Erlinda Capili Domingo Readers: Pat Foley, Pat Foley
Req. by Larioza Family Gayle Karnik
9:30 a.m. Norman Smith 5:30 p.m. Mass 5:30 p.m. Mass
Req. by His Wife Servers: Servers:
11:00 a.m. Elizabeth & Anthony Curtot Ann. Remem. Matt & Lucas Kotomski Charlotte & Sophia Dion
Req. by Their Daughter & Family Readers: Deacon: Donald Higby
5:30 p.m. No Mass Jeffrey Martineau, Readers: Paul Marchese,
MONDAY, JANUARY 31, 2022 Tim Golden Gerri Morgan
7:00 a.m. Kathleen O’Brien
Req. by Dave & Barb Fleming 8:00 a.m. Mass 8:00 a.m. Mass
9:00 a.m. St. Mary’s Academy Server: Bob Nell Server: Bob Nell
6:30 p.m. Mary Valenti Eucharistic Minister: Eucharistic Minister:
Req. by Father C.J. Andrew Kniska Bob Nell
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2022 Readers: Diane Minalga, Readers: Barbara Burati,
7:00 a.m. Louis J. & Ruth Golden Barney Marshall Tim McKenna
Req. by their son & daughter
7:30Noon Adoration 9:30 a.m. Mass 9:30 a.m. Mass
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2022 Servers: Servers:
7:00 a.m. Josephine Poma DeMejia
Victoria & Elijah Parent Victoria & Elijah Parent
Req. by Her Family
9:00 a.m. Communion Service Eucharistic Minister: Eucharistic Minister:
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2022 Marybeth Bergeron Dawna Jenne
7:00 a.m. Eddie Szela Readers: Mena DeCarvalho, Readers: Chrissy Reale,
Req. by Family Marybeth Bergeron Jacob Bennett
9:00 a.m. Communion Service 11:00 a.m. Mass 11:00 a.m. Mass
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2022 Server: Jerome Pang Server:
FIRST FRIDAY Eucharistic Minister: Brendan McGravey
7:00 a.m. Communion Service Theresa Chang Eucharistic Minister:
125pm Adoration Readers: Gerry Nolet, Kathy Garner
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2022 Jacob Bennett Readers: Michael McGravey,
FIRST SATURDAY Gerry Nolet
8:00 a.m. Pro Life / Aunt Peggy
Req. by Minh & John Harding
4:00 p.m. Jean C. Ormsby
Req. by Her Family
5th Sunday RosaryͶAll are Invited
5:30 p.m. Suzanne Prestia & Roland & Lil Gagne
Req. by Ron & Jean Gagne St. Mary's Knights of Columbus Council
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2022 5406 will lead the recita on of the Rosary
FIFTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
8:00 a.m. Edward & Mary Labroad this Sunday, January 30 aer the 11 am
St. Thomas Aquinas
Req. by Family Mass. The Knights have ini ated this Par-
9:30 a.m. John Bennett
Req. by His Siblings ish Rosary Program on each 5th Sunday
11:00 a.m. Walter Nerot Birthday Remembrance to promote devo on to Our Blessed Mother. At Fama
Req. by His Wife, Divey
5:30 p.m. Jack Fitzgerald over 100 years ago, Our Lady urged us to pray the Rosary
Req. by Kay Duclos for the conversion of sinners. Let's heed her request and
stay a few moments a$er Mass to pray.
Are you gluten intolerant?
Please remember in your prayers Joanne Temple- St. Mary’s has low gluten hosts available at
ton, Jack Fitzgerald, and all our deceased relatives every Mass. Please approach the celebrant
and friends. and simply request one. 
Blessed Carlo Acus and Eucharisc Miracles
In this diocesan year devoted to the Eucharist, I recalled
that Blessed Carlo Acu s had spent twoͲ and oneͲhalf
years pu.ng together a website which is a virtual tour
of miracles having to do with the Eucharist, as well as
some addi onal informa on regarding what various
saints have said. Blessed Carlo was born in 1991 and
died of leukemia in 2006. He worked on his website
right up un l his death. Carlo had a special devo on to
the Eucharist from an early age. His parents were not
par cularly devout, and un l Carlo began insis ng that
they go to church, they were not churchgoers. His mother let them contact a Catholic priest. St. Stanislaus became
said that before Carlo came along, she had gone to church gravely ill at age 17 and prayed to God to allow Saint Bar-
for her first communion, her confirma on, and her wed- bara to bring him communion. One night he woke up and
ding ͲͲ that was all. Those who knew him saw a typical claimed that this had happened, and almost immediately
teenager ͲͲ he loved soccer, video games, and working got his health back. He went on to become a Jesuit novice
with technology. He did not like bullies and was quick to under Peter Canisius, and died when he was twentyͲeight,
s ck up for people, especially those with handicaps. His having achieved a reputa on for holiness.
parents and other family members were pushed and prod-
Several of the miracles listed involved evidence that the
ded to go to church, and most of them became more ob-
host was the real flesh and blood of Jesus. In Cimballa,
servant Catholics. His mother in par cular underwent a
Spain, in the 14th century a pastor expressed doubt in the
remarkable conversion herself and talked about Carlo as
real presence; the host he consecrated began to bleed,
her “li6le savior” who taught her to love the Eucharist.
soaking into the altar linens. The priest was so convinced
He was a selfͲtaught computer whiz and decided to create that he dedicated the rest of his life to preaching about the
an online virtual pilgrimage devoted to the Eucharist, spe- Real Presence. The relic (altar linen soaked in blood) is
cifically Eucharis c miracles. The site is divided into exposed every year for venera on.
“miracles by country”, “saints, mys cs and the Eucharist”,
In LaRochelle, France, on Easter Sunday 1461, a boy who
“Our Lady and the Eucharist”, and “Miraculous Commun-
was a deaf mute and suffered from paralysis received com-
ions”. As you navigate around the site, there are pictures,
munion and was miraculously cured. Several witnesses
various a6esta ons, a bit of history ͲͲ some mes some
were present and recorded what they had observed.
science. The site has been translated into several lan-
guages. As I read through Blessed Carlo’s website, my usual skep -
cism kicks in; but some of the miracles are hard to deny.
A few samplings: Saint Satyris, the brother of Saint Am-
But now and then… In Tixtla, Mexico, in 2006 a host began
brose, was on board a ship when a storm threatened to
to bleed. The blood formed within the host, it was sam-
destroy it. Satyris ed a cloth containing the Eucharist
pled and shown to be type AB, with white as well as red
around his neck and plunged into the sea, where he clung
corpuscles. The blood sample studied also had immuno-
to a piece of dri;wood. He was quickly washed to shore,
histologic evidence of myocardial ssue. The evidence
apparently against the current, whereupon he immediate-
convinced the bishop to declare that this was a miracle.
ly went to a nearby church to give thanks. This miracle
was a6ested to by his brother, Saint Ambrose, who influ- During this year of the Eucharist take a li6le me and visit
enced Saint Augus ne. Blessed Carlo’s life’s work, at
h6p://www.miracolieucaris ci.org/ and may your devo-
Saint Stanislaus Kostka and his brother had been in college
on to the Eucharist increase as well.
when it was forced to close. They were taken in by a Lu-
theran nobleman, who treated them well but would not ~Deacon Donald Higby
Faith Formation Theology 101: Early Church HistoryͲ Part 23
When Constan ne became the coͲemperor of Rome there had been two capitals
ͲͲ Byzan um and Rome. Constan ne deposed the coͲemperor in Rome and con-
solidated the rule under himself. He and his successors further centralized the
empire around Constan nople (formerly Byzan um) and for a while Rome reced-
ed in importance. During this period several of the tribes on the periphery of the
empire became more powerful. The Arian faith was a uni ng factor. Eventually
Theodoric the Great, a Goth, became the ruler of Rome. He and his successors
FF C R greatly influenced the papacy, even going so far as to appoint popes. Theodoric
N did not get involved in the various controversies over dogma that were going on.
Sunday 2/6 In the mean me, the eastern part of the empire was heavily invested in defining
Grades 8 thru 11
5:30 Mass (required) what was orthodox and what was not. Bishops were being exiled and even exe-
followed by class until 7:30PM cuted for devia ons from what the emperor believed was orthodox at the me.
Monday 2/7 Saint John Chrysostom, one of the Fathers of the Church, was exiled from his see
45PM² Grades K thru 3 more than once. Saint Athanasius suffered a similar fate. Chris anity had spread
PLEASE NOTE BELOW: into the Persian empire in the east, into what is now southern Russia, and as far
5:30²6:30 PM² Grades 5 thru 7 south as what is now Oman and India. But there was a great deal of turmoil.
*On 2/7 Gr. 4 will run 5:30 till Missionaries from Constan nople would connect the provinces with the center of
6:45PM for a special event. the empire; but missionaries from Nestorian, Arian, Doce st, Marcionist and oth-
er here cal sects would advance their own beliefs. Coupled with this was the
fact that the monas c movement was growing rapidly, and men and women who
REMINDER:
were deeply invested in their faith (and who were more likely to be literate than
All 10th & 11th Grade FF Students must the rest of the popula on) were disappearing from dayͲtoͲday life into monaster-
sign up for the Souper Bowl of Caring ies and convents. And finally, the empire was under pressure on several fronts, and
to be held on Super Bowl Weekend the troops which normally kept the peace were being pulled back to defend Constantinople.
(Feb. 12th & 13th )
Into this situa on came Muhammed, about whom we know very li6le, except
that he was a trader who moved goods up and down the Arabian Peninsula. It’s
probable that he encountered many Chris an and Jewish communi es. At about
the age of 40 he began to have revela ons which, he claimed, were being deliv-
ered by the Angel Gabriel. His preaching drew large crowds and eventually these
took on a military quality; Muhammed was ini ally opposed by the polytheis c
leaders in Mecca, a major trading city, but eventually Muhammed and his follow-
ers conquered the city, ins tu ng a policy that con nues in some areas even to-
day. If you are one of the conquered, you have three choices: become a Muslim;
keep your own religion (but do not prosely ze) and pay a tax; or leave the con-
quered territory. As Muhammed conquered more and more of the Arabian Peninsula, he
gained innumerable converts ͲͲ especially among the Chris ans, who were
W* +,* -.//*-0123 0. 4*2*510 .6, attracted to the simplicity of Islam as compared to the raging controversies among Christian
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Financial Stewardship St. Mary’s Academy News
Pray for our Catholic Schools
Dear Jesus,
Weekly Offerings week ending January 23rd Let your light shine in our Catholic
Weekly Parish Collection $4,532.00
schools. Let your grace rain down,
bringing hope to each person we
Mail In Offerings $1,915.00
encounter, wisdom to our teach-
Electronic Offerings $5,067.67
ers and leaders, and strength in
Total Offerings $11,514.67 mes of trial. Protect us from
harm. Let the children come to
You, for the kingdom of God is
theirs.
St Thomas Aquinas, patron saint
of Catholic schools, Pray for us.
Amen.
PLEASE CONTINUE TO PRAY
FOR PEACE & OUR MILITARY
Lt Col Jeffrey Ballou, MSgt Michael
Granger, 2Lt John Cresci, Sean
McDermott, Sgt Andrew Menard,
PFC Evan Menard, 1Lt Matthew
Sanford, PFC Christopher Kantany,
Major Stephen Gillespie, Capt
James Longe, Czar Roda, Capt.
Michael Phillips, Capt. Bernard Mar-
shall, Jr., Capt. Anthony Daniel,
Capt. Joseph Teed, 1stLt Brian Fydenkevez, Airman Thomas
Hurley, PO Christopher King, Pvt Ryan B’Shara, AT3 John
Niedzwiecki, Capt. Jacob Skole, Maj Michael McDonough, Sgt
Michael Valentin, Capt. Christine Aye, Capt. Jeanne Kiernan,
Capt. André Welch, Mdmn. Alexander Ehrenberg, Sgt Kyle
Sorenson, Spc Kyle McDonald, Capt Stefan Milan, PFC Nicole
Evanko, PFC Mary Towsley, 2Lt Ian Boyd, HM2 Torrence Wat-
kins, PFC Peter Maziarz, 2Lt Patrick Barrett, Cpl Michael Col-
lins, Sgt Torin ScaloraRiley, LTC Bridget Yearwood, MST3
Taylor E. Schulke and Maj. Keith F. Parent, Capt. Peter J.
Lane, 2Lt. Andrew T. Chiasson , PVT Bailey Gorgas, Lt. Col
Michael Glass.
Please email name / rank of loved ones to:
parishbulletin@stmarylong.org.
FORTY HOURS’ DEVOTION A1enon Mass goers:
ST. MARY’S / HAMPDEN, MA The Year of the Eucharist Prayer can now be found
FEBRUARY 3Ͳ6 inside the front cover of your Missal!
Jan. 30, 2022
4th Sunday in Ordinary Time
“Why does Jesus come to us
as the Eucharist? That He may kiss us with kisses from
His Eucharisc mouth and lead us into the chambers
of His wounds, where He speaks to our hearts of how
much He loves us.” St. Alphonsus Liguori, Mensis Eu-
chariscus: Dies Duodecimus, 3. For more informaon
visit www.yearo(heeucharist.net.
The St. Jude Service Club
is hos-ng dinner
Monday, January 31 at
the Loaves and Fishes
soup kitchen located in
the South Congrega onal
Church, 45 Maple Street, Springfield.
The dinner is prepared by parish volunteers and given as a
take out meal since the dining room is closed due to the
coronavirus. The meal consists of a fruit cup, ham or turkey
and cheese sandwich, chips, and a brownie.
Please consider dona ng to the St. Jude Service Club which
serves the needs of the less fortunate. Food dona ons
may be dropped off at 28 Mohawk Drive, Longmeadow and
put in the cooler near the garage. Small cash dona ons
keep this ministry afloat. Checks may be made payable to
St. Jude Service Club and sent to Elisabeth Therrien at 180
Pinewood Drive, Longmeadow.
Thank you to all who support this ministry.
Saint Blaise’s Feast Day is February 3.
Father C.J. will bless throats at all
weekend Masses February 5 & 6.
NEW MEMBER MEETING ST. VALENTINE'S NIGHT CELEBRATIONʹ FEB 12th
Join ProͲLife of Pioneer Valley for a mem- Chicopee: St. Anthony of Padua Parish, 56 Saint Anthony
bership/ organiza onal mee ng on Street, will hold a St. Valen-ne's Night Celebra-on, Satur-
Thursday, Feb. 17th from 7Ͳ9pm at day, February 12, 2022, from 6:00 pm to 11:30 pm.
Hamel’s /Summitview 555 Northampton
Entertainment by DJ Daniel from CT, dinner & desset, raffle,
Street, Holyoke.
and many interes ng surprises. Dona on: $30.00 per per-
This is a chance for new members get involved and share son. To buy ckets please contact the Parish at
ideas. Doors open at 6:10 pm and light refreshments will 413Ͳ538Ͳ9475, info@stanthonychicopee.com or visit online
be served. at www.stanthonychicopee.com .
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