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and

TUESDAY | SEPTEMBER 12

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Robert T. Galgano

[Wednesday, September 13 at 10:00AM]

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[Wednesday, September 27 at 10:00AM]

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Daily, following the 9AM Mass

[except if there is a Funeral]

Eucharistic Adoration

Friday mornings | 8-9AM

*Holy Hour of Reparation prayed

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First Saturday Devotion

Before Mass | 7:45AM

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For

Joy Alcide | Gige Anderson | Veronica Antoci | Joseph Billone | Patrick Bonavise | Jan Borawski | John Boreshesky | Karyn Brandel | R. Burns | Robert Carlin | Naydeen Cedeno | Tony Cinque | Allison Czeczotka | Daniel Costello | Gloria Dellicarpini | Raymond Richard Drewes | Elaine Duff | Baby Abigail Elliot | Christine Evans | Jaclyn Falcone | Jim Fallon | Scott Fischer | Christopher Frey | Clare Frigari | Geraldine Galati | Joann Grossi | Mary Heizman | Harry Heizman, Jr. | Al Jurgensen | Matthew Keeffe | Jack Kennedy | Colleen Kojak | John Lafemina, Jr. | Nancy Lareddola | Barbara Lee | Thomas Leverich | Nestor Lobito | Constance Makowski | N.A. Margaret | Marie Mastellon | Gerard Mastellone | Julia Minerva | Joseph Oreiro | Peter Petruzzi | John Poggi | Dorothy Poulis | Dina Rajotte | Fr. Edward Rama | Liam Richards | Concetta Ritter | Teresa Scarapicchia | Lydia Sharp | Joseph Stillitano | Franca Strippoli | Susan Temistokle | Carol Tonner | Diane Ullman | Alexander Vecchione | E. Richards Vidal | Johanna & William Visnius | Richard Vitta, Jr. | George Yurcak | Christopher Zizzadoro

For the repose of the souls of

all the faithful departed.

Maureen Merola

John Giarrusso

This past Thursday we read from the Gospel of Saint Luke, 5:1-11. It’s one of my favorite passages, and it happens to be the one that inspired me to use the title petersboat for this column and other things, like the website petersboat.net. Here’s the passage.

While the crowd was pressing in on Jesus and listening to the word of God, he was standing by the Lake of Gennesaret. He saw two boats there alongside the lake. Getting into one of the boats, the one belonging to Simon, he asked him to put out a short distance from the shore. Then he sat down and taught the crowds from the boat.

I love it, because it reminds me of the way we use columns and websites. They’re like Peter’s boat, pushed off a bit from the shores of our intimate communal life, but at the invitation of Our Lord, that he might use the boat (or column or website) to teach the multitudes.

Then, after he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, "Put out into deep water and lower your nets for a catch." Simon said in reply, "Master, we have worked hard all night and have caught nothing, but at your command I will lower the nets." When they had done this, they caught a great number of fish and their nets were tearing.

I love this too. Peter’s words “...but at your command...” remind me of the words that he spoke when Jesus came walking toward him on the waves of the storm, “Lord, command me to come to you on the water!” Peter knows that Jesus only needs to speak a word to make possible something that would otherwise have been impossible.

When Simon Peter saw this, he fell at the knees of Jesus and said, "Depart from me, Lord, for I am a sinful man." For astonishment at the catch of fish they made seized him and all those with him, even James and John, the sons of Zebedee, who were partners of Simon.

It’s the real and honest response of a real and honest man. Peter has no explanation for how Jesus enabled them to catch all those fish, but he knows one thing, that this Jesus is holy and good. And in that light, Peter sees his own need for grace, his need for Christ.

Jesus said to Simon, "Do not be afraid; from now on you will be catching men." When they brought their boats to the shore, they left everything and followed him.

This is Luke’s way of saying that it was big deal, what happened to them. These men were changed forever and became fishers of other men, using as their nets the wonder that poured from their hearts and lips as they recalled this day on Peter’s boat. +

by John Linge, Director of RCIA

Robert Bellarmine was born in 1542 in Montepulciano, Italy. His family was poor, but of noble origins. He lived in a time when the Barque of Peter was attempting to navigate tempestuous and uncharted waters politically, scientifically and theologically. Luther had challenged Church teaching, rulers were exploiting religious conflicts for their own power, and the Polish Canon Copernicus had published his theory that the earth revolves around the sun, rather than vice-versa.

A brilliant scholar, Bellarmine joined the Society of Jesus in 1560 and taught in various colleges, becoming so prominent that he was made a Cardinal in 1589. He defended Papal rights, opposed heresy and took the position that political authority comes from God, but is vested in the people, who delegate it to able rulers, a stance we recognize as fundamentally democratic today.

In the early 1600s, Galileo constructed a crude telescope to observe the heavens. His observations convinced him that the Copernican theory was true and he defended that theory in public. His arguments disturbed churchmen, for if they were true, how do we account for passages in Scripture which assert that the sun moves around the earth? Today we understand such passages as reflecting the appearance to us on the earth (we still say the sun rises in the east and sets in the west), but this was a new idea at the time and seemed to threaten belief in the inerrancy of Scripture.

As a result, Pope Paul V in 1616 had Cardinal Bellarmine summon Galileo and instruct him to cease publicly teaching Copenican theory except as a possible way of calculating the movement of planets. There is some controversy about what Galileo was actually instructed to do, but at first he seemed to agree to obey, but later resumed his public teaching. We don’t have room here to recount later events, but Bellarmine continued to oppose Galileo’s teaching, but did not advocate any kind of sanctions on him.

One of Bellarmine’s major works was a book called the Controversies, in which he attempted to write a systematic account of the religious disputes between Catholics and Protestants, one of the earliest attempts to do so. It became controversial because he argued that the Pope is not the temporal ruler of the whole world and that temporal rulers derive their authority from the consent of the governed rather than directly from God, threatening the theory of the Divine Right of Kings. In this, he was well ahead of his time, unlike in his views of scientific theories. He was also the author of an influential catechism.

Bellarmine died in 1621 at the age of 78. He was canonized by Pope Pius XI in 1930 and subsequently declared a Doctor of the Church. He is considered one of the patron saints of catechists and catechumens.

SANCTUARY CANDLE | available

BREAD AND WINE | Angela Brigante +

ROSE FOR LIFE | Maureen Mahoney +

DEVOTIONAL CANDLES

Saint Therese | available

Saint Anthony | The DiGangi Family

Saint Jude | available

The Holy Family | available

Sacred Heart of Jesus | available

The Blessed Mother | available

These large devotional candles, by each of the shrines in our church, burn for the whole week. Please contact Rose Ann Linko [ralinko@ctkrcc.org] at the parish office to dedicate any of these Memorials. The offering is $25.

PAVER MEMORIALS

Brick pavers in Our Lady's Prayer Garden are available to be engraved in memory of a loved one, to mark a special occasion, or commemorate a living person or family. The offering is $130.

WEEKEND OF SEPTEMBER 16/17

The mission of St. Pius X Residence is to provide a nurturing environment that respects and cherishes the lifelong commitment of our beloved priests. The Residence strives to create a warm and supportive community where they can enjoy their retirement years with dignity, surrounded by like-minded individuals who share their dedication to faith.

Envelopes will be available in Church. Please prayerfully consider supporting the

St. Pius X Enriched Living Facility.

Tuesday, October 17

Our Lady of Lourdes Grotto (modeled after Lourdes Grotto in France) | Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church (the cathedral of the Bronx) | Lunch at Mario's Restaurant

Cost $78 per person. For more information, call Diane Vinci at 631 543-1923, or Rosary D'Erario at 631 499-6598.

September 24th | Mass 10AM followed by brunch

Seminary of the Immaculate Conception | Huntington, NY

The friends of the Seminary invite you to their Annual Communion Breakfast. Mass at 10AM followed by brunch and presentation by Fr. Matthew Browne, Director Office of Evangelization & Catechesis, DRVC. Reservations required, $60 per guest.

For more information and reservations:

bmalone@icseminary.edu | 631 423-0483. x102 | www.icseminary.edu/events

Lord Jesus Christ, King of our hearts,

have mercy on us!