Church of Saint Teresa of the Infant Jesus and St. Nicholas Chapel Served by Msgr. William J. Belford...Pastor Father Jean-Marie Vianney Uzabakiriho Parochial Vicar Father John Kallattil, VC...Parochial Vicar Deacon Phillip Maroon... Permanent Deacon Mrs. Anna Simione...School Principal Mrs. Lisa Rametta...Religious Ed. Coordinator Mrs. Lisa Naughton...Parish Manager Sister Margaret Mary... Pastoral Care Mr. Edward Morand...Director of Music Mr. Lal (Anthony) Anton...Custodian St. Teresa of the Infant Jesus 1634 Victory Boulevard Castleton Corners Staten Island, NY 10314 December 3, 2017 St. Nicholas Chapel La Bau Avenue and Northern Boulevard Rectory Office Hours: Monday thru Friday, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm Confessions: Saturdays: 12:00 noon to 1:00 pm or by appointment. Please call the rectory. Eucharistic Adoration: Eucharistic Adoration on the First Friday of the month, beginning with the 8:30 am Mass and concluding with a Divine Mercy Holy Hour and Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament at 3:00 pm. Novena Services: Miraculous Medal Novena and the Saint Teresa Novena, with veneration of the relic of Saint Teresa, every Monday following the 8:30 am Mass. Baptisms: Every Sunday of the month 1:30 pm following the 12:30 pm Mass. Parents are asked to contact the rectory and schedule an appointment with one of the parish priests to make arrangements for the celebration of the Sacrament and to register for the Baptism preparation class. Marriages: Please contact the rectory at least one year in advance of the wedding to schedule an appointment with one of the parish priests. Participation in the Marriage Preparation Program offered by the Archdiocese of New York, along with Natural Family Planning classes, is required. To register for Marriage Preparation sessions, contact the Family Life / Respect Life website at www.flrl.org. Parish Membership: New parishioners are warmly welcomed. Those already enrolled in the school, CCD Program, sports or other parish activities are not automatically registered in our parish. Please stop by the parish office or call for a membership form. It is important that all parishioners are registered. Rectory...718-442-5412 School...718-448-9650 CCD Office...718-981-2632 Fax...718-442-9041 Website...www.saintteresasi.org Email... rectory@saintteresasi.org Mass Schedule Saturday... 4:00 pm, Vigil Mass Sunday St. Teresa... 7:30 am 10:00 am 12:30 pm 5:00 pm St. Nicholas... 9:30 am & 10:30 am Eve of Holydays... 4:00 pm Holy Days... As announced in bulletin. Daily Masses... 8:30 & 12 Noon Saturday, 8:30 am only First Friday Masses 8:30 am and 12 Noon, followed by Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament. Exposition continues throughout the morning and early afternoon hours, concluding at 3:00 pm with a Divine Mercy Holy Hour and Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament.
Church of Saint Teresa of the Infant Jesus and St. Nicholas Chapel Staten Island, NY Do Whatever He Tells You! (John 2:5) SATURDAY, December 2 SUNDAY, December 3 SUNDAY, continued 4:00PM Vito Marrone 7:30 AM Genevieve T. Lewis (Living) 10:00 AM For the People of Our Parish 12:30 PM Peter DeCesare 5:00 PM Arielle Newman St. Nicholas Chapel 9:30 AM Louis Tushag 10:30 AM Joseph and Nancy Albunio MONDAY, December 4 TUESDAY, December 5 WEDNESDAY, December 6 8:30 AM William Einstman 12 Noon Terry McComiskey 8:30 AM Aurora and Fedirico Guno 12 Noon Josephine and Millie Lentini 8:30 AM Salvatore Torre 12 Noon John Tobin THURSDAY, December 7 FRIDAY, December 8 SATURDAY, December 9 8:30 AM Louise Wickert Murphy 12 Noon Valerie King (Living) 4:00 PM Anne Colini 7:00 AM For the People of Our Parish 8:30 AM Thanksgiving Mass for the Perera Family 12 Noon Elsie Gleason 7:30 PM Jeremy Kosniac 8:30 AM Segundo Parilla Your prayers are requested for all who are sick in our parish and community, especially: Grace Agalo-os, Karen Bertuzzi, Vincent Borzumato, Nicholas Crispiano, Nicholas Ciricirillo, Kevin Dunne, Patricia Dunne, Joanie Edwards, Augustine Ferrer, Mark & Arlene Fileccia, Josephine Greco, Elaine Guarlino, David Hall, Vincent Hicks, Barbara Hicks, Jennifer Johnson, Caitlin Kaht, Donnalyn Lawton, Catherine Leone, Edward Lewis, Genevieve Lewis, Linda Mahoney, Paul Mahoney, Emma Jane Mannix, Bill McMillen, Susan Morris, Helen Nadeau, Josephine Nastasi, Ryan Pizzaro, Sal Prestigiacomo, Edwin Rodriguez, Jerry Scattaglia, Joseph Tirone, Alex Valenti, David Valle, Margaret White. Members of our Legion of Mary are willing to visit the sick at home. For additional information please contact Marie Razza at 718-442-5421. MASSES FOR NEXT SUNDAY December 10 Priest Saturday 4:00 PM Msgr. Belford Sunday 7:30 AM Msgr. Belford 10:00 AM Msgr. Belford 12:30 PM Fr. Kallattil 5:00PM Fr. Challman St. Nicholas 9:30 AM Fr. Jean-Marie 10:30AM Fr. Jean-Marie Thank you for your faithful Pray for Our Parishioners in the Military Private Daniel A. Hughes, U.S. Army, Ft. Jackson, S.C. Lance Corporal Connor M. O Brien, U.S. Marine Corp., Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, GA. support of our parish. Last week s collection was $11,159. - 2
December 3, 2017 Dear Parishioners and Friends of Saint Teresa Church, Welcome to the First Sunday of Advent, a new beginning to a short season. We will reach the celebration of Christmas Day in just over three weeks! Let me give you a few highlights of this important time for us to prepare ourselves spiritually for the first coming of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Remember that we must always be ready for the Second Coming of Jesus our King, when the Lord will return in power and glory to judge the living and the dead. He was born once, he died once. The time of his second coming is unpredictable. That is why the first days of Advent tell us to look forward to the end of this world and its eternal rewards and punishments. After that beginning about the end of time, we can then refocus on the awesome joyful moment when the Son of God was born in the little town of Bethlehem to the Virgin Mary and her husband Joseph. During this first week of Advent we have a special feast of the Blessed Mother and a holyday of obligation this Friday. We will have Masses on Thursday afternoon at 4pm and on Friday at 7am, 8:30am, Noon, and 7:30pm. What we celebrate is something that took place years before Jesus was born. So to help people like us who may be confused about the holyday of THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION, let me explain. Our divinely established Church believes and teaches that Mary - given the fact that God the Father chose her to be the Mother of His Son - was conceived without original sin. Tradition says that the names of her parents were Joachim and Ann. They were people who conceived her in the normal way - but she did not have any sin on her soul. As we say so often, she was conceived without original sin. She is the only person like that. All the rest of us are born with the stain of original sin on our souls, a legacy from the decision of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden to disobey God. Mary did not have this original sin on her soul. And though she had freedom to sin, she did not disappoint God or harm us. Because when she was asked by the angel Gabriel to be the Mother of His Son - she said Yes, and took on her mysterious life-giving service to all of us. She became the Mother of our Savior. So, in anticipation of what she would do with her life, Mary was conceived without sin. Then she lived her life loving God completely and saying yes to Him every day - which is another way of saying that she lived without sinning. And while she was still a young woman, engaged but not yet intimate with Joseph her husband-to-be, she gave her greatest Yes ("Let it be done to me as you say") to the divine messenger we call the Angel Gabriel. And then our Lord and Savior, Jesus the Son of God, was conceived in her womb through the power of the Holy Spirit. Why was she sin-free? If you were God and choosing someone to be the mother of your only Son - wouldn't you want the best? Mary proved to be wonderful in her faith and love and goodness. And she is not just the Mother of Jesus she has the title of Mother of the Church. She is our Lady, our Queen, our Intercessor. That us why we should come on Friday: to praise God, to honor her, to pledge our loyalty and our love to her and to her Son. Friday December 8 is not just a holyday; it is also the first day of our Saint Teresa School Christmas Fair. Friday hours are 8am to 4pm. Then on Saturday, all the food, chances, and shopping continue from 1pm to 7pm, with the lighting of the Christmas Tree display outside Conran Hall following the 4pm Mass. And then there is one more opportunity for all these exciting activities on Sunday, from 10am to 3pm. Special thanks to all the great parents and school supporters who are doing so much to make this Christmas Fair, our biggest fundraiser, a very happy experience for children and visitors, and a beneficial event for the support of our school. Please know that your visit to our Christmas Fair is very desired and will be very appreciated. Part of getting ready for Christmas is cleaning the house and straightening everything up. So besides offering the Sacrament of Reconciliation every Saturday from noon to 1pm, in two weeks we will be having our useful annual ADVENT DAY OF RECONCILATION with private confessions from 4pm to 8pm, on Monday December 18. Finally, next Sunday we invite you to take home a beautiful religious calendar for 2018. We chose a calendar showing wonderful scenes of our country, with inspiring verses from Scripture. Our thanks to Casey Funeral Home for again providing these free calendars for our parishioners. Catholic saints and seasons are all shown, with space for your own notes on important days. Here is a suggestion: as you put your new calendars into use, offer up a prayer that many good things will happen for you and for all of us in the months to come. - 3 Msgr. William Belford
Church of Saint Teresa of the Infant Jesus and St. Nicholas Chapel Staten Island, NY Holy Day Schedule + December 8th A Holy Day of Obligation Feast of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary is this Friday, December 8. We will have Masses in our church at these times: Thursday December 7 at 4pm Friday December 8 at 7am, 8:30am, 12 Noon, and 7:30pm Our @nnu[l P[rish Christm[s Tr Lighting will t[k_ pl[]_ n_xt S[tur^[y, D_]_m\_r 9, imm_^i[t_ly following th_ 4PM M[ss. St. Teresa School HSA CHRISTMAS FAIR Friday December 8th 8am-4pm Saturday December 9th 1pm-7pm Sunday December 10th 10am-3pm *Hundreds of Raffle Sweeps including 50/50 *Vendors for last minute Christmas Gifts *Kids Corner with Games and Prizes *Have your picture taken with Santa *Eat at our Christmas Café *Christmas Tree Lighting & Caroling Saturday at 5pm PRAYER FOR THE WEEK Let us pray that this important season of Advent will help us to think about the fact of mortality, lest we be so consumed by trivial matters that we are unprepared for the day of our judgment... Today is the first Sunday of the month and so Sister Margaret Mary s Food Pantry will be accepting food or money after Masses. Please continue to be generous for the needs of others. FORMED.ORG is the name of a wonderful free site for parishioners of Saint Teresa Church to access a large number of interesting Advent and Christmas movies to entertain you and continue your faith formation. You can access free materials whenever you want to. Try this soon. Type in FORMED.ORG, and then use the password below. Write it down, keep it in a safe place, use it often. Our Saint Teresa Parish password for FORMED.ORG is... FQ8VRF. We have a nice tradition of people helping to pay for the Christmas Flowers that will decorate our church and chapel. Christmas Flower Memorial Envelopes are available now. The suggested flower offering is $20, and donors names will be displayed by Christmas on a poster at the entrances in both church and chapel. To have the list made on time, we need to receive your name and offering by Monday morning, December 18. Travelling for the holidays? READ OUR SUNDAY BULLETIN ONLINE You can read all our recent parish bulletins at: saintteresasi.org. You can also access our parish calendar and view our activities. - 4 The winner of our October 50/50 Drawing was: Mr. and Mrs. John Rothmund. The prize was $350. If you would like to participate in this monthly activity that benefits our parish and makes people happy, look for the 50/50 envelopes in the vestibule. The next drawing will be at the end of November.
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