Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton Church 800 Portion Road, Lake Ronkonkoma, NY 11779-1997 SUMMER WEEKEND MASS & CONFESSION SCHEDULE: For the month of July, August, and the weekend of September 3rd/4th, we have changed our Mass schedule. Masses will be as follows: Saturday 5:00pm Sunday: 9:00am & 11:00am Confessions Saturday at 4pm ONLY WEEKDAY MASSES Monday to Thursday - 9:00am SUMMER PARISH OFFICE HOURS: Mon to Fri 9:00am to 12:30pm; 1:30pm to 4:00pm OUR PARISH MISSION STATEMENT Striving to make Jesus known by our response to the Gospel, and guided by the Holy Spirit, the community of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton is committed to being a vibrant, worshipping family that reaches out in love and friendship to all of God s people. MSGR. DANIEL A. PICCIANO, PASTOR REV. VITUS EZEIRUAKU, WEEKEND ASSISTANT DEACON JOSEPH MAFFEO DEACON JOHN GREBE DEACON DAVE VALLONE PHYLLIS BENANTI, MUSIC DIRECTOR PAT MYSTKOWSKI, PASTORAL ASSOCIATE MICHELE HAHN, DIR. OF RELIGIOUS FORMATION MARY ANN O CONNOR, OUTREACH COORDINATOR BARBARA WELLS, RELIGIOUS EDUCATION SECRETARY LORI MARANDO, BUSINESS MANAGER SACRAMENTS Outreach Hours: Mon. & Wed. 9:30am to 12:30pm, 1:30pm to 3:00pm Tuesday & Thursday: 1:30pm to 4:30pm, CLOSED Friday Religious Education Hours: Monday Thursday 9:00am 12:30pm; 1:30pm 5pm. CLOSED Friday PARISH DIRECTORY Office: 737-4388 Fax: 737-4389 Religious Education: 737-8915 Outreach: 737-4416 E-Mail: steas@optonline.net www.steas.org TODAY: Sacrament of Baptism: Visit our website at www.steas.org for information and follow the instructions. It is highly recommended that this be done during the pregnancy. Sacrament of Marriage: A couple must make arrangements for their wedding at least 6 months in advance. ***Please secure your wedding date at the Church before reserving a reception date*** A marriage preparation program is required for every couple intending a Catholic Wedding. Visit our website at www.steas.org for information and follow the instructions. Sacrament of Reconciliation: Saturday at 4:00 PM & Sunday following the 10:00 AM Mass. The priest will remain in the Reconciliation Room only until the last confession has been heard. Sacrament of Anointing of the Sick: Is offered to Parishioners who are seriously ill or in danger of death. Please call early in the illness of a loved one to arrange for the Sacrament. The Sacrament is administered to the living. In the event of death prayers are offered. WELCOME New Members (RCIA) Anyone interested in becoming a member of the Catholic Church is invited into the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults Process (RCIA). We also invite baptized persons who wish to receive Eucharist and Confirmation to become part of this process. Please call Gerry at 585-9291. Parish Registration: It is important to belong to our parish Family. Please call the office if you are not registered or pick up a registration form after mass. Twenty-first Sunday in OrdinaryTime August 21, 2016 Turn your ear and answer me, my God!
SUNDAY, August 21st, 2016 MASS INTENTIONS THIS WEEK Today, Sunday, August 21st 9:00 a.m. Betty Wilson 11:00 a.m. Ray Hirt, Jean Scollon Monday, August 22nd 9:00a.m. John Wessels Tuesday, August 23rd 9:00 a.m. Wednesday, August 24th 9:00a.m. People of the Parish Thursday, August 25th 9:00 a.m. Carmela Messina Saturday, August 27th 5:00 p.m. Leroy Johnson, Manuel Pelaez Sunday, August 28th 9:00 a.m. Marco Pane 11:00 a.m. REMEMBER A LOVED ONE MEMORIAL DONATIONS AVAILABLE for: Announced Masses Bread & Wine 1 week Missalettes - 1 month Flowers 1 week, Charcoal - 1 month 7-Day Sanctolites 1 week Altar Candles 1 month Contact the Parish Office to reserve your memorial. 7 Day Sanctolites for the week of August 21st to August 27th have been donated in loving memory of BETTY WILSON, requested by The Ladies of the Wool Prayer Blanket Ministry. WELCOME! The following families have registered with the Parish this past week: Mr. & Mrs. Janvion & Chakkalaka Jacob Mr. Gary Laverty Mr. & Mrs. Herbert & Luz Lawrence-Brown Mr. & Mrs. Christopher & Janice Esposito Mr. & Mrs. Christopher & Tracy Wharton Mr. Nicholas Szewczyk Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth & Lisa Gomez Mr. Gregory Morales Mr. & Mrs. Keith & Colleen Bellois Mr. & Mrs. Giovanni & KatyAnn Tirado Ms. Melissa Wrigley Ms. Cynthia Edwards WEEKLY SACRIFICE for the PARISH Last Week = $6,676.00 Credit Card/Automated donations= $ 264.00 (10 contributed) Total Last Week= $6,940.00 # of Envelopes returned: 230 Last Week s Expenses Paid = $8,480.00 Expenses include payroll, Gas for Church, Maint supplies, Air/Heat contract, etc.. CELEBRANTS for weekend of August 27th & 28th SATURDAY, August 27th 5:00 PM: Msgr. Joseph Curley SUNDAY, August 28th 9:00 AM: Fr. Vitus Ezeiruaku 11:00 AM: Fr. Vitus Ezeiruaku NOTE: SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE
TWENTY-FIRST SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME FOR THE RIDE HOME First Reading: IS 66: 18-21 Second Reading: Heb 12: 5-7 Gospel: Lk 13:22-30 Many claim to be spiritual while they reject organized religion. Some claim religious traditions stifle the human spirit. Others claim, that since all religious traditions have the same goal, choosing any, or choosing one's path, will achieve the same end. At worst, religion is rejected as a burden. At best, it is treated as one of many different options for life. America seems to currently be filled with this line of reasoning. Poll after poll shows that the majority of people in the United States pray on a weekly basis, while fewer than half attend religious services on the Sabbath. Being religious is not enough. Jesus pointed this fact out in Luke's gospel. Have you ever met the person who has faith, but holds religion in disdain? How do you think the person would change if he or she accepted a religious tradition? YOUTH GROUP COME JOIN US! If you or anyone you know may be interested in becoming part of this wonderful Ministry please call Joy Milillo at 585-0938 or send an email to joym8103@yahoo.com Parish Outreach Ministry Food Pantry: Our pantry supply has been quite low these past few weeks. Thank you for all the donations given this past week that were very much needed and appreciated. We are still in need of the following items: toilet paper, scott towels, jelly, shampoo, soup, canned spaghetti o s, tuna, juice, macaroni & cheese, coffee, tea, and toothpaste. Back-to-school drive: School supplies can be expensive for families who are on a fixed income. Therefore, with your help, Outreach will be assisting approximately 75 children with these items. It would be very much appreciated it if the following supplies could be donated: -crayons -pen, pencil -loose leaf paper -binders-all sizes -notebooks -loose-leaf folders-all sizes -index cards -scissors/rulers -back-packs Please return any of the above items this weekend after all the masses. Items can be left in the Church lobby or the downstairs outside lobby. God Bless JOIN US!!! The Diocese of Rockville Centre will host a Year of Mercy Diocesan Pilgrimage to the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C., on September 24th, 2016. $50.00 per person includes tip. Departs from St. Elizabeth Ann Seton @ 6:45am and return bus departs the Basilica @ 5:30pm. For more information email our Pilgrimage Coordinator, Rose Dugan at rosiedugan@yahoo.com Home# 631-780-5629
SUNDAY, August 21st, 2016
TWENTY-FIRST SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME 9th ANNUAL SUPER BONANZA $25 winners Sunday, 8/14 #05499 M & M Alberico Monday, 8/15 #02281 Peter Grimaldi Tuesday, 8/16 #15280 Rose Marie Sciacca Wednesday, 8/17 #04419 Peter Kohler Thursday, 8/18 #12919 Robert Kammerdener Friday, 8/19 #11810 Carole Smith Saturday, 8/20 #05100 Healy Family CONGRATULATIONS! 9th Annual Super Daily Bonanza Drawing Every day until May 31, 2017 we will draw a winning ticket number. The owner of that ticket will win the prize for that day. Then the ticket will be put back into the drum for the next drawing, giving you another opportunity to WIN. MEMBERS NAME PHONE NUMBER ADDRESS Number of Tickets x $25.00= 5 for $100.00= TOTAL = Please mail your check to: St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Church, 800 Portion Rd, Lake Ronkonkoma, NY 11779 BAPTISMS Sean Patrick Fox Natalie Rose Jantzen Emma Rose Heyman Savannah Marie Cicerelli Melanie Adeleith Matute Jensen Dario Guerron Hayley Christina Hill Greyson Brett Laverty Prayer Blanket Ministry Meetings are held on Saturdays from 9:30am to 12:30pm. Next meeting is August 27th. New members are always welcome. Come join this exciting ministry we create prayer blankets, lap robes, baby blankets, preemie hats, Christmas stockings, pink scarves, etc. and donate them to various organizations, nursing homes, etc. We also share ideas, patterns and offer instruction for anyone wishing to learn to knit or crochet or brush up on their skills. For more information call the Parish Outreach. If you have yarn to donate, we will gladly accept it and use it. ARE YOU A REGISTERED PARISHIONER? Many parishioners support St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish in the weekly collection and we do not have them listed in our census. We would like to make sure you are given proper credit for your donations. Please fill in the bottom of this page and we will send you a registration form. ***You are not automatically registered if you received a sacrament in the parish, i.e. Baptism, Confirmation, Matrimony, etc. NAME ADDRESS Email Phone Join Us With Mary When life got overwhelming and too big for us as children, we turned to our mother for support and guidance. As adults, we thank her for all she had done for us. Now we are blessed with the opportunity to turn to our Heavenly Mother Mary to ask for her support and guidance, and thank her for the many blessings she has given us. Every Wednesday after 9:00 AM mass (at 9:30), you are invited to join us as we pray the rosary to ask for her help and guidance and to thank her for her abounding love.
Mercy is the force that reawakens us to new life and instills in us the courage to look to the future with hope - Pope Francis **One Faith, Family and Community is the theme around which we are sharing the inspiring story of the Catholic Ministries Appeal. **As One Faith Family, we are called as a community to show mercy to others as Pope Francis has asked us to do in this extraordinary Jubilee Year of Mercy. **Supporting the Catholic Ministries Appeal gives each of us a remarkable opportunity to show mercy to others and touch the lives of so many who are in our family of faith and in our community a neighbor in need of food or shelter, a young man or woman finding their way to God through our youth or campus ministry programs, or a deacon or seminarian studying to serve in our Diocese. TOTALS for the 2015 APPEAL Parish Goal: Number of Pledges: Total Amount Pledged: Total Amount Paid: Parish Rebate: 2016 TO DATE Goal: Number of Pledges: Amount Pledged: $50,000 292 $50,941 $50,770 $10,616 $50,800 187 $44,376 60,000 50,800 50,770 44,376 40,000 20,000 0 GOAL TO DATE LAST YEAR Thank you for your support and continued generosity. - John Romaine, CMA Chairperson Did you know because of the Catholic Ministries Appeal last year. We delivered or served more than 550,000 meals to senior citizens and young families. Parish outreach centers, including our food pantries, assisted more than 100,000 families. Our Office of Hospital Ministry served more than 300,000 people in local hospitals. 12,000 volunteer Catechists taught Religious Education to more than 110,000 of our children in public schools. In our 133 Parishes there were more than 17,000 Baptisms, 17,000 First Communions, 19,000 Confirmations and 3,000 Weddings. We provided safe and affordable housing for struggling seniors through 15 housing facilities with more than 1,200 affordable apartments. Our parish received a cash rebate of more than $10,000 which helped to offset expenses needed to maintain our building and to fund the many programs we offer. Please consider making a pledge to this most worthy charity. We need the help of every parish family to reach our goal of $50,800. You have until January 31, 2017 to pay off your pledge. No down payment is necessary. The Diocese will send monthly reminders. Keep in mind this is not a legal document. If you feel you cannot keep up your payments, simply discontinue them. To help you decide here are some suggested gift plans: **$120 pledge $20 per month, ** $60 pledge $10 per month **One time payment = any amount Whatever you are able to give, large or small, will be accepted gratefully. Please keep in mind your gift is payable over ten months. To make a pledge, simply fill out the form below and place it in the collection basket or mail it back to the parish office. Please make check payable to: Catholic Ministries Appeal Parish: Pledge: $ Down Payment: $ Balance: $ Payment Plan: Monthly Quarterly Annually Other Name: Address: City, State, Zip: Phone: Donor Signature Date
RELIGIOUS FORMATION FAMILY + PARISH = PARTNERS IN FAITH CHECK OUT THE PARISH WEBSITE FOR REGISTRATION FORMS AND MORE INFO! Go to www.steas.org click on Religious Formation banner Summer Office hours: Monday thru Thursday 9 to 12:30; 1:30 to 4 (July & August) (631) 737-8915 LATE REGISTRATIONS (after July 1st) We cannot guarantee placement in all class options offered in the Spring. It is STRONGLY recommended that registrations be received as soon as possible. Formal Religious Formation begins in FIRST GRADE. Preparation for First Communion is a two-year process as per Diocesan guidelines. Our program is continuous, much like school, where students advance from one grade to another until they receive Confirmation in 8th grade. A look Ahead to September for Catechists... Catechist intro to new series event - Thurs. 9/8 at 7 PM - Hall Commissioning of Catechists - Sun. 9/18 at 10 & 12 Noon Masses First Catechist Meeting for Levels 1 through 6 only - Tues. 9/20 at 7 PM in the Hall* *Spirit Night Leaders(Lev. 7) meeting - t/b/a
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TWENTY-FIRST SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME FISHING TRIP SUNDAY, August 28, 2016 4pm-8pm Squeeze in that last little bit of summer fun! Date: Sunday, August 28, 2016 Time: 4:00 p.m. 8:00 p.m Cost:: $25 per person Matthew 419 And he said to them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men. The Family Activities Committee is excited to invite everyone to St. Elizabeth s Ann Seton s Fishing Trjp. We will be going on a fishing boat out of Captree State Park. So come aboard The Yankee III and enjoy a beautiful summer night and watch the sunset on the bay as you fish with fellow parishioners and their families. The price includes four hours of unlimited fishing no need to bring your own rods or bait, the crew will take care of that. The crew on The Yankee III is exceptionally patient with children and first timers in assisting them with their rods and giving them fishing tips. Feel free to bring your own dinner onboard. Snacks and water will be provided. This is a family event which means alcohol will not be permitted on the boat. Members from the Family Activities Committee will be selling tickets in the lobby after all masses starting Saturday, August 6 through Sunday August 21st. When purchasing tickets please try to have exact amount or please pay by check. Unfortunately, we were only able to get one boat this year. So, tickets will be sold on a first come first serve basis, limited to 60 tickets. Please bring a non-perishable food donation for the STEAS s Food Pantry.
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