Text Box: SUMMER SCHEDULE We will begin our Summer Mass Schedule on the weekend of June 14 - 15th. Starting that weekend we will have the 5:00 P.M. on Saturday and just the 10:00 A.M. Mass on Sunday. CELEBRATION FOR SISTER MARIA On Sunday, June 15th we will honor Sister Maria for her years of service to our parish and on the occasion of her 50th Jubilee. Please return your responses in the special box that is in the back of the church. WANTED!!! Wanted: someone who has a background or knowledge in fundraising on any and all levels. If this is your interest or background or hobby, please contact Father Carrano at the rectory (718) 625-1161 as Father is interested in doing some research in this area. Text Box: PASTORAL COUNCIL NOMINATIONS We are now preparing to choose four new persons for the Pastoral Council. Carol Danko, Michael Drerup, Coleen McGrath and Tony Molestina will be completing their term. We thank them for the wonderful service they have provided. We invite all of our parishioners to please consider nominating someone to this very consultative and important decision making body of Assumption Parish. Nomination Forms are in this week’s bulletin. Please return the Forms by placing them in the special box at the back of the church by June 1st. PASTORAL COUNCIL MEETING The Pastoral Council will meet this Monday, June 2nd at 8:00 P.M. in the rectory. The minutes from the previous meeting and the agenda have been emailed. Text Box: Tenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Text Box: BVM Text Box: Assumption Text Box: From the Pastor’s Desk Dear Friends: On this day in the Church calendar, we have now completed the Easter season and are back to “ordinary” time. We can learn a great deal from our elder brothers and sisters in faith about how to live in the ordinary world. How best should we remember what God has done so that, in season or out, especially during ordinary times, we won’t forget? How do we keep the words of God in front of our eyes? We have just experienced the serious, sobering reflections of Lent followed by the surprise and delight of the resurrection at Easter. The Sundays of Pentecost, Trinity, and Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ have unfolded before us like the glimpse the transfiguration gave to the disciples of Jesus - a look at where we are headed. It might be tempting to ask to camp at the top of the mount where we have found extraordinary revelations. But from the liturgical heights of our biggest season, we climb back down to our usual, ordinary patterns. Enjoy this Ordinary time of the Church year! Yours in Christ, Rev. Michael A. Carrano