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. 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. COMMENCEMENT This Tuesday, May 27th, St. Francis College will celebrate its’ Commencement Mass here at Assumption at 11:00 A.M. We are honored to host this important event in the life of St. Francis College. Text Box: Most Holy Body & Blood of Christ Text Box: BVM Text Box: Assumption Text Box: From the Pastor’s Desk Dear Friends: We live in a world in which hunger haunts billions of people. We have access to worldwide news - to media, information, and resources more numerous and farther reaching than those available to any other people who have walked on earth. We live in a world in which w can be paralyzed by the enormity of the suffering we see. So many people need help. Where can we begin? Today’s feast of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ (Corpus Christi), is at the core of who we are as a people of faith. The Lord is risen! We are called out to become His hands, His eyes, His feet. The Scriptures tell us God operates directly in our world. In the sacrament, God is present here and now. If we eat His body and drink His blood, today God will operate in the world through us. We can see patterns in this divine touch. Freedom from slavery, freedom from hunger, freedom in oneness, freedom in a new sort of food. We are brought to the table of Christ to find life. We are brought to the table to become what he is. He started simply. He talked to crowds, but He touched the sick and lonely one person at a time. He still works through real flesh and blood. Yours in Christ, Rev. Michael A. Carrano