ESTABLISHED 1956 ESTABLISHED 1960 As a diverse Catholic community, we joyfully worship God, celebrate fellowship and care for our neighbor. 370 SW 3rd St. Boca Raton FL 33432 • • 561.392.0007 561.392.0074 Fax • wWw.stjoan.org Msgr. Michael D. McGraw Pastor • Fr. Tom Lafreniere Parochial Vicar • Fr. Wesler Hilaire Parochial Vicar • Deacon Bill Watzek Fr. Carlo DiNatale-Tarasi Assisting • Fr. Norman Schwartz Assisting • Msgr. Steven Bosso Assisting • Fr. Michael Driscoll Assisting • Deacon Michael Zatarga PENTECOST SUNDAY Deacon Sam J. Barbaro Parish Office Hours Monday - Thursday 8:30am to 6:00pm The Holy Spirit, the third person of the Holy Trinity, dwells within each of us as Baptized and Friday 8:30am to 5:00pm Confirmed individuals. The Holy Spirit is also active within the Church at large, guiding it to be a Saturday 9:30am to 2:00pm beacon of truth and light for those who dwell in darkness. The fact is, however, God never imposes in the Gift Shop 561.393.0006 • His will upon us. For the Holy Spirit to be active within our lives we must take active participation School Office Hours with Him in the gifts that He gives us. We accomplish this through an active prayer life, reading 561.392.7974 561.368.6671 Fax • Sacred Scripture and the frequenting of the Sacraments of the Eucharist and Confession. What Monday - Friday 8:00am to 4:00pm are the results of doing these things one might question? I am glad that you asked. The results of cooperation with the Holy Spirit are the “fruits” of the Holy Spirit, some of which the Bible tells us Mass Schedules Saturday Vigil: 4:30pm, 6:30pm (Spanish) are love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, and faithfulness. I do not know a single person Sunday: 7:30am, 9:15am, who could not use a bit more of one or more of these qualities. 10:45am, 12:15pm & 5:00pm Monday-Friday: 6:45am & 8:15am May we all become more familiar with the person of the Holy Spirit within us as to become filled Saturday mornings: 8:15am with the gifts and graces that He alone can give us. When we allow ourselves to be filled with the Eve of Holy Days: 6:00pm Holy Days: 6:45am, 8:15am, Holy Spirit we will become better evangelizers and call all those around us to faith if not by our 9:15am, & 12:15pm words then by the “way that we love one another!” Holidays: Only one Mass at 9:00am Baptisms Deacon Bill Watzek Sunday (English): 1:30pm 3rd Saturday (Spanish): 12 noon Confessions Saturday: 3:15 - 4pm & 5:30 - 6:15pm MAY 15, 2016 YOUR CATHOLIC COMMUNITY IN DOWNTOWMANY B 1O5C A• SRTA.T JOONAN OF ARC • 1 MAY 15 MASSES FOR THE WEEK OF MAY 16, 2016 MONDAY – May 16 Ralph Scholtz 6:45am by The Hernandez Family Mother’s Day Novena 8:15am Helen Longazel Shirley Zimmerman We extend a warm WELCOME to all newcomers and visitors! by Dennis Longazel by Her Cursillo Sisters 8:15am Elcie Leon If you are a new member of our St. Joan of Arc Parish Family or are visiting us for Tim & Amy Kelleher by Dr. Emilie St. Simon Razafikely the first time, be sure to stop-by our Parish Office. There, a member of our parish Wedding Anniversary leadership team will be happy to inform you about our parish life, ministries, John Coleman SATURDAY – May 21 organizations, and service opportunities. We look forward to meeting you! by The Cremin Family 8:15am Rolando Mestre Our Sunday Liturgy is the very heart of life here at St. Joan of Arc, the source and TUESDAY – May 17 by Marjorie Mestre summit of all we do. We gather in prayer, in service, to praise, and to give thanks. 6:45am Elcie Leon We are pleased that you have come to St. Joan of Arc and hope that you will soon call this Mother’s Day Novena by Dr. Emilie St. Simon Razafikely Priests & Religious 4:30pm faith community your home. All are welcome at St. Joan of Arc Catholic Church & School! Ana Antonia Jimenez Anna Longhi by Deyanira de la Cruz by Anna & Tom McKenna Last week the following families registered in our Parish: 8:15am Ibrahim Marquez Jack Casey by Mary Connors by Mary Feliz 6:30pm Mr. Richard DeCoatsworth Mr. Alejandro Eastman William Jenkins Familia Vargas Luna by Mitch & Julie Smith by Jorge Vargas Martha Saucedo WEDNESDAY – May 18 by Luis Saucedo 6:45am Thomas P. Keery SUNDAY – May 22 by Dennis & Ana Hawkins 7:30am Mary Cammarata Ruth Evans by The Humeston Faculty by Daughter 8:15am Elcie Leon Bella Desiderio by Dr. Emilie St. Simon Razafikely by The Family 9:15am Elcie Leon Helen Brede by Dr. Emilie St. Simon Razafikely by Mark & Eileen Duffy Christine Beck THURSDAY – May 19 by Laura Ligouri 6:45am 10:45am Robert Michael Sadusky Jack Regan To our Pastor Msgr. Michael D. McGraw: by Claudia Pardo by Judy Lane Robert Forsyth Rachel Marco by Mr. & Mrs. Richard Hofmann by Doreen Covino Blessings on the 41st Anniversary 8:15am 12:15pm Mary Riccio Emanuel Lena of your Ordination. by Gracie by Franco Lofria Elcie Leon Mikey McGinley May God continue to bless you by Dr. Emilie St. Simon Razafikely by The Molloy Family for your faithful ministry. 5:00pm FRIDAY – May 20 Lauren Marzak 6:45am by The Lo Prete Family Richard & Rich Lachmann Bill Brisson In appreciation for all you do: by Sara L. by The Hagan Family Your St. Joan of Arc Parish Family BULLETIN EDITOR: PATTY DELANEY “...Serve the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul.” Please email Bulletin material to: [email protected] Deuteronomy 10:12 *We reserve the right to edit and publish such materials at our discretion. 2 ST. JOAN OF ARC MAY 15 • • PASTOR’S MESSAGE PENTECOST MERCY During this Year of Mercy, we are invited to appreciate in a deeper way the role of the Holy Spirit in our individual lives and in the life of our parish. The color of Pentecost is fiery red. This is in remembrance of the tongues of fire that hovered over the apostles in the locked room and of the powerful wind that also signaled the Holy Spirit’s presence. That this was a transformative event for the apostles is clear. They were His closest collaborators and friends. In the physical absence of the Risen Christ, they were praying and seeking a new purpose and direction. They were not yet sure of their new role as testifiers to the life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. They didn’t understand yet how they were to witness, where and in what capacity. Tradition suggests that they were also anxious, fearful of persecution and death. Into this world of fear and uncertainty, the Holy Spirit descended and changed everything. The Gift of Tongues was characterized by many different languages spoken in praise of God but miraculously understood by all present as their own language. The confusion of languages that had occurred in the Tower of Babel story was now overturned by a different experience of languages that did not result in confusion but exultant praise in a miraculous harmony. This event was also a foreshadowing of the apostolic responsibility of preaching the “Good News” to peoples of every race and language. One of the most powerful sermons presented in the Acts of the Apostles is Peter’s Pentecost Address. It is a crystallization of post-Resurrection Faith that is most inspirational and challenging. “THEREFORE LET THE WHOLE HOUSE OF ISRAEL KNOW FOR CERTAIN THAT GOD HAS MADE HIM BOTH LORD AND MESSIAH, THIS JESUS WHOM YOU CRUCIFIED.” Peter then goes on to invite all of his listeners to follow the New Way and have their lives changed forever. “REPENT AND BE BAPTIZED, EVERY ONE OF YOU, IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST FOR THE FORGIVENESS OF YOUR SINS, AND YOU WILL RECEIVE THE GIFT OF THE HOLY SPIRIT.” This declaration of faith and call to conversion would be echoed over and over again throughout the known world and was spread like wildfire in a movement like the world had never seen before. Pentecost is often described as the “Birthday of the Church” because the preaching, witnessing, conversions and baptisms would build the early Church. This is forever the model of earliest Christianity for all ages to imitate. We are to be an evangelizing people, a missionary people, and a joyful people. - Msgr. Michael D. McGraw MAY 15 • ST. JOAN OF ARC • 3 WEEKLY TREASURE The Weekly Offertory Collection for May 7/8 totaled $20,119. 629 envelope users contributed $16,265. and non envelope users contributed $3,854. PARISH DIRECTORY ANNULMENTS MULTICULTURAL MINISTRY Deacon Bill Watzek 561-952-2828 Constanza Preble, 561-859-4666 2016 DIOCESAN SERVICES APPEAL by appointment only HOMEBOUND/PASTORAL VISITATION BAPTISMAL ARRANGEMENTS Fr. Wesler Hilaire, 561-392-0007 561-392-0007 Ext. 2824 (English) Baptism class for parents 1st Thurs. each month, 7pm. MUSIC MINISTRY 561-392-0007 Douglas Byers, 561-952-2856 Constanza Preble (Spanish) Director of Liturgical Music Baptism class for parents 3rd Tues. each month, 7pm. PARISH SOCIAL MINISTRY 561-392-0007 Deacon Bill Watzek, 561-952-2828 CARE MINISTRY 561-962-6000 PHYSICAL PLANT DIRECTOR Paul Micelli, 561-392-0007 ext. 2850 CATHOLIC CHARITIES COUNSELING CENTER SCHOOL PRINCIPAL Maria T. Isava MA, LCSW - Mrs. Caroline Roberts, 561-392-7974 561-215-0208 Thanks to the generosity of many parishioners we have RELIGIOUS ARTICLES STORE almost reached our Diocesan Service Appeal Goal. COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR Laura Watzek, 561-393-0006. Patty Delaney, 561-952-2868 Hours: Mon. - Wed. 7:30am to 4:30pm Any surplus will be divided equally between the Diocese Closed Thursdays and St. Joan of Arc. We will use our portion of any surplus to DEVELOPMENT & Fri. 7:30am to 3:30pm replace the 30 year old drinking fountains and filters and to STEWARDSHIP DIRECTOR Sat. 9am to 5:30pm Wendy Horton, 561-952 2838 Sun. 9am to 1:30pm offset the cost of repairing the sound system in the church. Special Projects: Diane Salerno 561-952-2848 SACRAMENTS Anointing of the Sick and Elderly: THANK YOU FOR YOUR GENEROSITY. FAITH FORMATION MINISTRY First Saturday of the month following Sr. Vivian Gonzalez / Director the 8:15am Mass. Rosa Davidson / Admin. Asst. Please call the Parish Office to 561-952-2872 request a priest if you are a patient at Boca Regional Hospital. ASSISTANCE NEEDED FAMILY LIFE MINISTRY FOR THE ALTAR SOCIETY Tessie O’Dea, 561-952-2852 SISTERS OF MERCY Sr. Ellen, Sr. Josephine, Sr. Kathleen Assistance needed for the Altar Society. FINANCE & HUMAN RESOURCES DIRECTOR 561-392-7974 Would you like to assist with maintaining altar Patricia Suau, 561-952-2806 linens for the church and chapel? Your rotation WEDDING PREPARATION in assisting could be once every 6-8 weeks. HIGH SCHOOL YOUTH MINISTRY Rosario Gonzales, 561-952-2854 Parents a great way to earn service hours. Cecilia Chinchilla, 561-952-2858 6 Months notice required for marriages Detailed instructions will be provided. USHERS MINISTRY Please contact Laura Watzek for details. Javier Palomo, 561-445-1782 Phone: 561.393.0006 4 ST. JOAN OF ARC MAY 15 • • FROM THE SJA DIRECTOR OF MUSIC MINISTRY Jesus had promised the Apostles He would send His Spirit, and on Pentecost they received the gifts of the Spirit, preaching the Gospel in languages all could understand. These gifts were WISDOM, UNDERSTANDING, COUNSEL, FORTITUDE, KNOWLEDGE, PIETY, and FEAR OF THE LORD. It is said that thousands of people were converted and baptized on that day. Pentecost is often called “the birthday of the Church” because with the descent of the Holy Spirit, Christ’s mission is completed. Thus, the new Covenant is set in place which means we are now given the opportunity to receive salvation as a free gift. Through the Holy Spirit that lives in all believers we can now share and enjoy a permanent and unbroken relationship with our God. Christ has died as a ransom to set us all free from sin. LET US ALL BE VIGILANT. BE BLESSED. BE FOREVER CHILDREN OF THE MOST HIGH GOD. Every year 50 days after Easter and 10 days after the Ascension of the Lord we celebrate Pentecost Sunday. In fact, this celebration is old enough that it is talked Did you know there are Fruits of the Holy Spirit? There are twelve of them about in Acts 20:16. “For Paul had decided to sail past Ephesus in order that he and they are works that we can perform only with the aid of the Holy Spirit. might not have to spend time in Asia; for he was hurrying to be in Jerusalem, Thus, when we perform these works it is an indication that the Holy Spirit truly if possible, on the day of Pentecost.” It is also old enough to be mentioned in I dwells within us. We are not perfect and are not expected to be perfect in the Corinthians 16:8. “But I will remain in Ephesus until Pentecost.” performance of these works, but even the thought is an excellent guideline to how we should live our lives. These works are as follows: Charity, Joy, Peace, Patience, Remember that the Apostles and Mary had seen Jesus after His resurrection in the Kindness, Goodness, Long Suffering, Mildness, Faith, Modesty, Self-Restraint, and Upper Room. It was there that they were gathered when “suddenly there came Chastity. Holy Spirit lead us and guide us. from the sky a noise like a strong driving wind, and it filled the entire house in which they were. Then there appeared to them tongues as of fire, which parted and came to rest on each one of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Doug Byers Spirit and began to speak in different tongues, as the Spirit enabled them to proclaim.” Acts 2:2-4. SJA Director of Music Ministry CROWNING OF MARY MAY 15 • ST. JOAN OF ARC • 5 FAITH FORMATION & RELIGIOUS EDUCATION IMPORTANT NOTE TO PARENTS WITH CHILDREN IN 1ST GRADE AND 7TH SR. VIVIAN GONZALEZ GRADE IN PUBLIC OR NON-CATHOLIC PRIVATE SCHOOL Director of Faith Formation (561) 952-2870 The sacramental preparation for First Communion and Confirmation is a mandatory two year program. [email protected] If your child will start the 1st grade (First Communion Year 1) or 7th (Confirmation Year 1) grade in August 2016 NOW is the time to register them for the Sacramental Preparation. ROSA DAVIDSON, Administrative Assistant (561) 952-2872 • [email protected] The Children’s Liturgy for the 10:45am and 12:15pm masses will be discontinued during the summer months. We will come back with the Children’s Liturgy when Religious Education classes resume in September. PLEASE Religious Education SUMMER Office Hours NOTE Monday - Thursday: 9am - 5pm NEW Friday: 9am - 2pm HOURS Saturday: CLOSED Sunday: By Appointment PRE-BAPTISMAL PREPARATION SCHEDULE The following dates are scheduled for the 2016 Pre-Baptismal classes for 2016-2017 Jun. 2 Classes are given on the 1st Thursday First Communion children come on Mother’s Day to the 10:45am Mass to participate Jul. 7 of every month. Please call the main in the Crowning of Mary, wearing their First Communion garb. office to register before attending. Classes are in Conference RELIGIOUS EDUCATION (CCD- CATECHESIS) IS OVER UNTIL SEPTEMBER 2016...BUT... Room A from 7:00pm - 8:30pm. So “CCD” is over... finito... kaput... se acabó...no more coming on Sunday mornings or on Wednesday afternoons week after week from September to May. What a relief no? REGISTRATIONS ARE ALREADY OPEN FOR I know many of us feel that way... the children because it’s VACATION time...The parents because there’s no more driving to RELIGIOUS EDUCATION 2016-2017 church and waiting around for an hour and half while the children are in classes, or getting emails about meetings and notices from Sister’s office...The Catechists because they now have 4 months away from having to prepare classes, and a full Sunday or a Don’t wait till the last minute to register your children to Wednesday afternoon with no commitment... continue their Faith Formation. Catechism classes are open We all deserve the time off, however, plans are already underway for next year’s 2016-2017 Religious Education program. for PK-4 to 9th Grade. High School Students who need Registrations need to be filled out again, new lists need to be put together, Catechist panels prepared, who will teach what, and their sacramental preparation should register also. how many new volunteer catechists will need to be recruited for next year, religion books and bibles ordered, crayons, pencils, staplers, construction paper etc. bought... The work put in to prepare a good Religious Education program never ends. INTERESTED IN LEARNING MORE Over the summer weeks when we don’t need to make announcements of classes to come to, or meetings to attend, I would like ABOUT THE CATHOLIC FAITH? to take some of the space of the Religious Education bulletin page to have a conversation with our “CCD families” and all our parishioners about what this ministry is about. Do you want to receive Baptism, Communion, or Confirmation? Adults desiring to explore the Catholic • What is Religious Education? • What do kids learn in Catechesis? Faith, or are wondering how to become Catholic are • Why do we at times call it CCD, at times • Why do we “charge” tuition for Religious Education? invited to obtain more information on the RCIA process Religious Ed., and at times Catechesis? • How does the family benefit from the commitment for 2016-2017 by emailing Sr. Vivian at • Why is it important to send the children of bringing their kids week after week from [email protected] or calling and youth to Religious Education? September to May to religion classes? Rosa 561-952-2872 to make an appointment • Is Religious Education only for children? • How does one ‘become’ a catechist? for an interview with Sr. Vivian. We are already taking registrations for next year’s RCIA These will be some of the topics of conversation I want to have in this space and I hope you will look classes. Classes will begin in late August 2016. forward to them as much as I look forward to sharing them with you. 6 ST. JOAN OF ARC MAY 15 • • CINDERELLA The SJA School Drama Club’s presentation of Cinderella received a standing ovation! Our talented students did a great job, and the audience was thoroughly entertained. There were many stand-out performances by our young St. Joan of Arc School actors, and the fantastic costumes and scenery made everyone feel as if they were part of the story! PRIEST NUMBERS HOLDING STEADY WORLDWIDE WASHINGTON (CNS)—It’s ordination season and Catholics have reason to be the quantity of priests are not as abundant in other continents, pleased with the numbers of priests who will serve the church well into the future. such as in parts of North America, Father Sullins said. In recent years, the numbers of priestly ordinations have given Catholic Church “We are importing priests from areas of the world where young observers reason to believe there is not a global vocations crisis, but they still vocations are booming, or at least more prevalent than in the acknowledge that there is a need for more clergy. U.S.,” he said.“ In 2014, almost a third of priests ordained in the U.S. were foreign-born and that does not count foreign-ordained “The good news is that the global number of priests stopped declining about five priests who serve in the U.S. on assignment.” years ago,” said Father Paul Sullins, associate professor of sociology at The Catholic University of America in Washington. Many U.S. dioceses also are faced with a disparity in the number of new priests being ordained and the number who are retiring or Since 2012, the total has been stable at about 415,000 priests worldwide, a leaving ministry, said Father Carl B. Fisette, director of vocations number that is the net of new ordinations and retirements or deaths, Father Sullins for the Diocese told Catholic News Service. of Providence, R.I. “The church now has about the same number of priests that it had in 1970,” he The church also has more than 18,000 permanent deacons today who perform said. “The bad news, though it is not really bad news, is that the global population many functions, like homilies, baptisms and marriages, that were reserved to of Catholics has grown dramatically since then, so today we have far fewer priests priests in the 1960s, when the church did not have permanent diaconate in place. per Catholic.” Though the global numbers are currently strong and vocations are Originally Published May 8, 2016 in FAITH LIFE, plentiful in some regions of the world, such as Africa and Asia, Bi-weekly newspaper of the Diocese of Erie MAY 15 • ST. JOAN OF ARC • 7 8 ST. JOAN OF ARC MAY 15 • • Please plan to attend the 12:15pm Mass on Sunday, May 15th. This will be a farewell Mass for Sr. Ellen Murphy as she will be returning to Ireland for her retirement. A reception will be held for her immediately following the Mass in Mercy Center. Please remember Sr. Ellen in your prayers as she begins this next period of her life on her beloved emerald island! ANNUAL MARIAN FESTIVAL The St Joan of Arc Women of Grace Ministry represented our parish during the Annual Marian Festival at Emmanuel Church. It was a wonderful experience to hear the Rosary prayed in so many languages and to witness the beautiful representation of Our Lady under so many images. MAY 15 • ST. JOAN OF ARC • 9 ESTABLISHED IN 1960 BELIEVE IN YOUR FAITH • BELIEVE IN YOUR CHILDREN U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION BLUE RIBBON SCHOOL OF ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE ENRICHMENT PROGRAMS •STREAM And LEgo RoboTicS •HydRoponicS & AERoponicS Once again... 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