Salus Animarum Suprema Lex Douglaston-Little Neck

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Douglaston, NY 11362Douglaston, NY 11362Douglaston, NY 11362Douglaston, NY 11362----1135113511351135 Phone: (718) 631Phone: (718) 631Phone: (718) 631Phone: (718) 631----4454445444544454

Fax: (718) 631Fax: (718) 631Fax: (718) 631Fax: (718) 631----1774177417741774 Email: info@stanastasia.infoEmail: info@stanastasia.infoEmail: info@stanastasia.infoEmail: info@stanastasia.info

Rev. Msgr. George J. Ryan, Pastor

Rev. William A. McLaughlin Rev. Chris J. Piasta, OFM

Rev. Msgr. Michael J. Cantley, S.T.D., Pastor Emeritus

Rectory Office Hours:Rectory Office Hours:Rectory Office Hours:Rectory Office Hours: Monday to Friday 9:15 AM to 8 PM

Saturday 9:15 AM to 1 PM

Mrs. Betty Harris, Secretary

Mrs. Ann Larkin, Accounting Admin.

St. Anastasia School:St. Anastasia School:St. Anastasia School:St. Anastasia School: 45-11 245th Street

Mrs. Lucy Mihulka, Principal Mrs. Cindy Roma, Assistant Principal

Phone: (718) 631-3153; (718) 631-3155 Email: school@stanastasia.info

Religious Education & CCD Office:Religious Education & CCD Office:Religious Education & CCD Office:Religious Education & CCD Office: Mrs. Janine Kramer, Directress

Phone: (718) 225-5191 Email: dre@stanastasia.info

Music Minister:Music Minister:Music Minister:Music Minister: Mr. Joseph C. Extejt

Weekend Masses:Weekend Masses:Weekend Masses:Weekend Masses:

Saturday Vigil at 5:30

Sundays 8 AM, 10 AM, 12 PM & 5 PM

Weekday Masses:Weekday Masses:Weekday Masses:Weekday Masses: Monday thru Saturday at 8:30 AM

Sacrament of Reconciliation:Sacrament of Reconciliation:Sacrament of Reconciliation:Sacrament of Reconciliation: Saturdays 44:30 PM

Holy Days and Special Liturgies:Holy Days and Special Liturgies:Holy Days and Special Liturgies:Holy Days and Special Liturgies: Mass schedules will be printed in the

Bulletin at the appropriate time.

Devotions:Devotions:Devotions:Devotions: Miraculous Medal Novena:

Mondays after 8:30 AM Mass

PARISH MEMBERSHIP:PARISH MEMBERSHIP:PARISH MEMBERSHIP:PARISH MEMBERSHIP:

All new families are welcome to the Parish and every family should be properly registered.

Registration forms are available at the Rectory.

Use of the electronic giving (Faith Direct) or envelope system is required if statement of

contribution is sought for tax purposes. All parishioners should use either one of the do-

nation forms. If you move or change your address, please notify the Rectory by mail.

SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM:SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM:SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM:SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM:

First Sunday of each month at 1:30 PM only. Parents should make arrangements by call-

ing the Rectory no later than 2 weeks before the Baptism.

Parents mustmustmustmust attend the Baptism instructions beforebeforebeforebefore Baptism

SACRAMENT OF MATRIMONY:SACRAMENT OF MATRIMONY:SACRAMENT OF MATRIMONY:SACRAMENT OF MATRIMONY:

Time available: Saturday 11 AM-3 PM; Sunday 2:30 PM-3 PM

Couples must make arrangements six months prior to the selected date of their marriage

and fullyfullyfullyfully participate in the Pre-Cana Parish at home.

R.C.I.A. (Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults)R.C.I.A. (Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults)R.C.I.A. (Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults)R.C.I.A. (Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults)

It is the process for adults wishing to become Catholic, complete their sacramental initia-

tion, or attain full membership in the Church. For further information, please contact

Ms. Janine Kramer

September 7, 2008

Twenty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time

ANNOUNCEMENTS September 7, 2008 ST. ANASTASIA BULLETIN

Pilgrimage to the Holy Land

F ather Tom McNamara, a Capuchin from St. Joseph the Worker in East Patchogue, Long Island, is leading a pil-grimage to the Holy Land. Nonstop flight from JFK. Sites to be visited: Sea of Galilee, Jordan River, Bethlehem, Naz-areth, Jericho, Jerusalem, Ma-sada, Dead Sea, and more. Date: January 11-20, 2009 For more information, call Mike Milano (M & M Travel) at 1-800-773-2660.

Leisure Club News

T he first meeting of the Leisure Club will take place on Tuesday, September 9, 2008 in Fr. Smith Hall at 1:454:00 PM

S how "The Producers" Wednesday, September 24, 2008 at Westchester Dinner Theater Cost: $75 per person (includes all).

T rip to Nashville, Tennes-see October 1218, 2008 Cost: $595 pp all included ex-cept dinners.

Anyone interested in any of them, please call Peggy McKeon at (718) 428-2833.

Capuchin Pilgrimages

C apuchin Franciscan Fri-ars: Fr. Michael Marigli-ano, Fr. Michael Sevigny, and Fr. Phil Romano will be lead-ing pilgrimages to Holy sites around the world this fall: Pro-ceeds benefit the work of the Franciscans. For more informa-tion, please contact Franciscan Spirit Tours at (646) 736-7964 infor@FranciscanSpiritTours.com or on the web at: wwwFrancis-canSpiritTours.com

Tea with Spirit

T he former students and Staff of Dominican Com-mercial High School are in-vited to attend a special cele-bration at the Queen of the Rosary Motherhouse of the Sisters of St. Dominic at 555 Albany Avenue, Amityville , on Sunday afternoon, Septem-ber 21, 2008 Please call Benin-casa Family Services at (631) 842-6000 Ext. 351 or email degrads@yahoo.com if you would like to receive an invitation.

Spirituality of Relationships

R etreat for he weekend and join us as we explore the spiritual principles that lead to healthier and happier relation-ships in all areas of our lives. The Spirituality of Relation-ships: Finding Peace With God, Ourselves and Others, will take place on September 12-14 (beginning Friday eve-ning at 7:30 PM and conclud-ing with lunch on Sunday) at the Immaculate Conception Center in Douglaston. Cost is $200. For more information or to register visit www.spiritualitymatters.org, or call Lisa at (516) 672-3851 as soon as possible.

Pilgrimage to Mexico

N ovember 5th-11th, 2008 Spiritual Director Fr. Joseph Franco from Sacred Heart Church in the Bronx: Join Rosary For Life to Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Mexico City, Puebla, Ocotian Tiaxcala, Taxco, Pyramids of Sun and Moon, and more... Call Susan at: Little Flower Tours and Travel(718) 761-1251

Promote our Bulletin!

D o you own a business? Do you advertise in our Bulletin? Have copies of our weekly publication at your office! Show your customers your involvement in our Par-ish. Be proud of our commu-nity! Share the good news from St. Anastasia! Call the Rectory for details.

What is the Blue Mass?

T he Blue Mass originated at St. Patrick Church in Washington, DC. Between 19341975, police officers would congregate annually to pray for their comrades who had fallen in the line of duty and to ask Gods continued blessing for their own safety. The name of the Mass comes

from the blue color of police officers uniforms. After the tragic events of September 11, 2001, the Blue Mass honors all firefighters and police officers, including those who have died over the past year.

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Glorious St Paul, Most zealous Apostle, Martyr for the love of Christ, Give us a deep faith, A steadfast hope, A burning love for our Lord So that we can proclaim with you It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. Help us to become apostles Serving the Church with a pure heart Witnesses to her truth and beauty Amidst the darkness of our days. With you we praise God our Father To Him be the glory, in the Church and in Christ Now and for ever. Amen.

Welcome Back! Mrs. Lucy Mihulka Principal, St. Anastasia School

G rades Kindergarten through 8th started school last week. The faculty and staff eagerly wel-comed back their St. Anastasia families.

PreK classes begin on Monday, September 8 and Nurs-ery begins on Tuesday, September 9. Separate PreK and N schedules will be distributed during their orienta-tion on Thursday, September 4. Nursery orientation is scheduled for 10AM and PreK orientation is scheduled for 12Noon on Thursday, September 4th. A separate communication was sent to Nursery and PreK parents with all the pertinent information.

The opening school liturgy will take place on Wednes-day, September 10 at 11AM. All are invited.

A Catholic education is a life changing opportunity. The students at St. As stand out academically, techno-logically, culturally and spiritually. You want to give them every opportunity. A limited number of scholar-ships are available please call the office and inquire.

Our state test scores show that we meet or exceed the area schools, both public and private. We provide many extras such as a brand new state of the art computer lab, SMARTboards, a new science lab, art and music pro-grams, library program, extra curricular activities and much more. As our Middle School parents have been communicated, their new Math and Science Teacher, Mr. Abaya will also be teaching Math 9 to the eligible students this year. Please take a tour of the school and consider becoming part of the St. Anastasia family.

Volunteers would be appreciated for the new school year to help with lunch duty, morning duty (we offer free morning care from 7:30AM on) and to help on the various fundraising committees. Please consider giving your time to benefit the students.

A special thank you to Mrs. Carroll Adams, Ms. Connie Cannone and Ms. AnneMarie Tschinkel for their suc-cessful academic summer program in Math and English language arts classes and for their generosity in donat-ing a portion of their tuition proceeds to the school. St. Anastasia was also the proud recipient of 3 grants over the summer: an Art grant from Airborne, the Ital-ian language grant from the Italian American Commit-tee on Education and a grant from Target that will allow students in the 5th to 7th grades to visit the Brooklyn Museum as enrichment to the Social Studies curricu-lum.

Please continue to keep the students in your prayers as they begin another exciting year with academic and spiritual growth at St. Anastasia School.

Our state test scores show that we meet or exceed the area schools, both public and private

GOOD NEWS FROM THE SCHOOL PRINCIPAL, MRS. MIHULKA

Evening Spirituality Series

Each session will explore unique ways to enrich our faith, through reflection, prayer and sharing, using Joyce Rupps May I Have This Dance?

Tuesday, September 9th Instruments of God Tuesday, October 7th The Falling Leaves Tuesday, November 18th Faithful Love Tuesday, December 2nd Homecoming

Time: 7:30 PM Place: St. Robert Bellarmine School Hall Facilitator: Maryann Villanti, (718) 423-5272 Materials will be supplied

SPIRITUALITY

Spirituality for Women

BOY SCOUTS

St. Anastasia sponsors Scouting for boys of Cub Scout age (first through third grades), We-

belos (starts in 4th grade) and Boy Scouts, around 11 to 18. Our Pack and Troop 153 have

been busy all summer, camping and hiking in the Catskills, earning merit badges, learning to

swim, attending Scout camp as a family and going to a camp just focused on aquatics. It

was a great time! Thank you for your support. We are proud to announce that there are two

new Eagle Scouts in the Troop: Kenneth Beattie, and Kevin O'Connell.

Information on joining for September can be obtained by calling Tom McGlinchey, the parish

Scouting representative, at (718) 224-9634.

Join the Boy Scouts!

This years Fall Carnival will Provide fun for all , but in order to make it as big a success as it has been in the past we are in need of Volunteers Food and Beverage Court and Security we cant do it without Helpers! Please call Betty the Rectory (718) 631-4454 If your child attends the school the hours will count toward your volun-teer time.

CARNIVAL

Volunteers needed

MOVIE CLUB

Yesterday Yesterday is the first international feature film ever shot in the Zulu language, and is the first South African film to receive an Oscar nomination (in the category of Best Foreign Language Film). Equally important, Yesterday was made with the support of Nelson Mandela and the Nelson Mandela Foundation, marking an impor-tant new commitment by Mandela (and South Africa) to attempt to erase the long- standing stigma of AIDS in a country that has been ravaged by it, primarily from lack of knowledge about the disease.

Thursday, September 18 at 7 PM Youth & Young Adults Center (Entrance adjacent to the church, 2nd floor) $3 cover wine, soda & snacks

Movie Club is offered to adults only. We are selecting movies that are interesting, inspiring, sometimes forgotten, thought-provoking and artisti-cally significant. We use the Youth Center, which is equipped with AC, comfy couches, decent stereo sound and big-size projection screen. Snacks, wine and soda are served.

This week:

Leisure Club on Tuesday School Opening Mass on Wednesday Mommy & Me on Wednesday Spanish Prayer Group on Thursday Youth Group on Sunday

SUNDAY, Sep. 7 8:00 AM Mass 10:00 AM Mass (Coffee & donuts after Mass) 12:00 PM Mass 1:30 PM Baptisms 5:00 PM Mass 6:00 PM Youth Group (Youth Center)

Monday, Sep. 8 Late Registration for Religious Education Classes 8:30 AM Mass

Tuesday, Sep. 9 8:30 AM Mass 1:45 PM Leisure Club (Fr. Smith Hall)

Wednesday, Sep. 10 8:30 AM Mass 11:00 AM New Years Opening School Mass (Church) 11:00 AM Mommy & Me

Thursday, Sep. 11 8:30 AM Mass 7:00 PM Spanish Prayer Group (Church)

Friday, Sep. 12 8:30 AM Mass 7:30 PM Al Anon (Annex)

Saturday, Sep. 13 8:30 AM Mass 4:00 PM Reconciliation 5:30 PM Mass

SUNDAY, Sep. 14 8:00 AM Mass (Coffee & donuts after Mass) 10:00 AM Mass 12:00 PM Mass 5:00 PM Mass 6:00 PM Youth Group (Youth Center)

Monday, Sep. 15 8:30 AM Mass

Tuesday, Sep. 16 8:30 AM Mass 1:45 PM Leisure Club (Fr. Smith Hall)

Wednesday, Sep. 17 (Parish Carnival 610 PM) 8:30 AM Mass 11:00 AM Mommy & Me 7:30 PM Religious Ed Parent Orientation Night (Fr. Smith Hall)

Thursday, Sep. 18 (Parish Carnival 610 PM) 8:30 AM Mass 7:00 PM Spanish Prayer Group (Church) 7:00 PM Movie Club (Youth Center)

Friday, Sep. 19 (Parish Carnival 611 PM) 8:30 AM Mass 7:30 PM Al Anon (Annex)

Saturday, Sep. 20 (Parish Carnival 611 PM) 8:30 AM Mass 4:00 PM Reconciliation 5:30 PM Mass

SUNDAY, Sep. 21 (Parish Carnival 29 PM) 8:00 AM Mass 10:00 AM Mass 12:00 PM Mass (Coffee & donuts after Mass) 5:00 PM Mass

Monday, Sep. 22 8:30 AM Mass

Tuesday, Sep. 23 8:30 AM Mass 1:45 PM Leisure Club (Fr. Smith Hall)

Wednesday, Sep. 24 8:30 AM Mass 11:00 AM Mommy & Me 2:30 PM Religious Ed Classes 7:00 PM Religious Ed Classes 8:30 PM RCIA Program begins (Religious Ed Office)

Thursday, Sep. 25 8:30 AM Mass 7:00 PM Spanish Prayer Group (Church)

Friday, Sep. 26 8:30 AM Mass 7:30 PM Padre Pio Group (Church) 7:30 PM Al Anon (Annex)

Saturday, Sep. 27 8:30 AM Mass 4:00 PM Reconciliation 5:30 PM Mass

SUNDAY, Sep. 28 8:00 AM Mass 10:00 AM Mass 12:00 PM Mass 5:00 PM Mass 6:00 PM Youth Group (tentatively)

Monday, Sep. 29 8:30 AM Mass 8:00 PM Baptismal Prep Class (Rel. Ed Office)

Tuesday, Sep. 30 8:30 AM Mass

September 2008

MASS INTENTIONS September 613, 2008

SATURDAY WEEKDAY

5:30 PM Nicholas Gugliariello and Patricia & Salvatore Porrazzo

SUNDAY TWENTY-THIRD ORDINARY SUNDAY

8:00 AM Rachelle Hagan

10:00 AM Daniel & Mary Walsh and Frank Toscano

12:00 PM Paul Di Scala and Deceased Members

of the Sperangeo Family

5:00 PM Eileen Russell

MONDAY THE NATIVITY OF MARY This 5th c. feast marks the anniversary of the dedica-tion of a basilica in Jerusalem built, according to tradition, on the location of the home of St. Anne, the mother of Mary

8:30 AM Antoinette McLaughlin and Amy Lagares

TUESDAY PETER CLAVER ( Sept. 8, 1654) Catalonian Jesuit who served in the Colombian mis-sion in Cartagena; for thirty-eight years devoted to caring for African slaves, baptizing over 300,000; called himself the slave of the slaves forever; pa-tron of Colombia and of all missions to black peoples

8:30 AM Lina Reali and Joseph Starcic

WEDNESDAY WEEKDAY

8:30 AM Joseph Gallagher, Jr. and Robert J. Taylor

THURSDAY WEEKDAY

8:30 AM Christopher Racaniello and Paul J. Battaglia

FRIDAY WEEKDAY

8:30 AM Alexander & Paul De Rege and Sylvia Snyder

SATURDAY JOHN CHRYSOSTOM ( Sept. 14, 407) St. John: an outstanding preacher, thus surnamed Chrysostomos, or golden mouthed) defended the poor, sought reform of the clergy; twice exiled due to royal opposition; authored ascetical, apologetic and polemical treatises and letters; one of the four doc-tors of the Eastern Church; patron of preachers and of Istanbul, Turkey (former Constantinople)

8:30 AM Thomas Cunningham and Angela, Michael & Guiseppina Corso

Bread & Wine Memorial

IN THANKSGIVING FOR *** Anna Gambeski ***

SEPTEMBER 713, 2008

{ Remember } Please remember in your prayers all the sick of our Parish Community, especially:

Ruth Marchese Annette Montello Joan Radjieski

And those who have died, especially:

Hedwig (Heidi) Ruggiero Agatha DiSanto Luciano Schiff

New features in the Bulletin

With the new school year we would like to intro-duce new and exciting features in our Bulletin. We would like to insert four new sections in a form of one page (section) a week. Every section would focus on one subject, such as cooking, home care, pet care, health advises, season advises etc. With your help, these thematic sections would be pub-lished regularly on a monthly basis, such as e.g. cooking on the first Sunday of the month and so on. That is why we invite you to join us in publishing these sections. We are looking for all sorts of help, as short as your recipes, and as elaborate as monthly columnists. We have an impressive local and church publica-tion, that can reach out much further to many resi-dents of Douglaston, Little Neck and neighborhood areas. With your help, we can become even better tool for our Parish and our community. Please help us. If interested, call Fr. Chris at (718) 631-4454.