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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-McCann, Assist. Princ.

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 4—4:30 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 21, 2008

Twenty-Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time

■ ANNOUNCEMENTS September 21, 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

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 12—18, 2008 Cost: $595 pp all included ex-cept dinners.

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

G etting to Know You Want some company?

Need some help?

Have a neighbor in need? Want to help? Let us know! The Outreach Committee Hotline is (347) 481-5477. St. Anastasia’s Outreach Com-mittee is a group of parishion-ers who have come together to offer services (visits, errands, etc.) to those in need. We’re ready and waiting for your call! New Features in the Bulle-tin in the October 5 Edition

W ith the first Sunday of October, we will begin

publishing new features in our Bulletin. They will focus on important, useful and interest-ing issues, which many of us are dealing with on a daily basis. It is supposed to be in-formative, helpful, sometimes thought-provoking or funny. We would like to use the gifts of our parishioner’s expertise, passion, knowledge and will to share with all of us. Our first one-page addition will be moderated by Beth Chi-ariello, who as a professional occupational therapist, will focus on various ideas concern-ing safety at home, at school etc. You may find her tips on e.g. back pack safety for kids or fall prevention for the eld-erly very appropriate and help-ful. Look for them in every first Sunday of the month edi-tion of our Bulletin. At this time we would like to invite you to join us in publish-ing other features. We are looking for all sorts of help, as short as your recipes, and as elaborate as monthly colum-nists. We hope to have as many new features as it is only possi-ble. By sharing your gifts, hob-bies or expertise with our com-munity you may not only en-rich all of us, but at the same time you may promote your business or services.

Pick copies of our publication and have them available at work! Show your customers your dedication to the commu-nity, which can only further validate your great attitude and respectful position. Let our publication help you as well… We would like to expand St. Anastasia Bulletin onto many new sites outside of our church and make our publication reaching out to many residents of neighborhoods. Join us and experience the ex-citement of being members St. Anastasia Parish! If interested, call Fr. Chris at (718) 631-4454 or email at youth@stanastasia.info Volunteers Needed

W e are in need of a cou-ple of volunteers to help

the refreshment committee after 10:00 AM Family Mass on the first Sunday of each month. Please call Betty at the Rectory at (718) 631-4454. Family and Individual Therapy

T he Blanton Peale Institute offers therapy for fami-

lies, teens, Married Couples and individuals. Fees are deter-mined by income and family size. Sacred Heart parishioner Mary Kane LM SW is now on staff at the Douglaston Office located at the Community Church of Douglaston on 39-50 Douglaston Parkway. For appointments or informa-tion call the Douglaston Office

at (718) 237-3078 or contact Mary Kane directly at (914) 562-9638. Italian Classes Offered

R egistration for classes will be held on Monday, Sep-

tember 22nd & 29th 6:30—8:30 PM at St. Luke’s School in Whitestone. Classes begin On Monday, October 6th at 6:30 PM. For information please call: Damiana Testa (718) 746-6269. Special Retreat Day or Evenings with Authors

S t. Robert Bellermine, Bay-side – Saturday October 4th

10 AM—12:30 PM – Mini Brunch Retreat with Author Dr. Paul Aston & Sister Ave Clark, O.P. on the Gift of Wonderful HOPE! Call (718) 428-2471. Our Lady of Mercy, Forest Hills - Tuesday, October 7th at 7:30 PM Autumn Evening of Prayer with Joyful author Fa-ther Bob Lauder and Sister Ave Clark, O.P. At Marion’s in Whitestone – Saturday, October 18th with author Toni Bosco and Sister Ave Clark, O.P. a Mini Brunch. Retreat called –With Bells On! Call: (718) 767-5956.

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Meet the School, and Meet the Teachers! Mrs. Lucy Mihulka Principal, St. Anastasia School

O ur Opening School liturgy was an inspiring celebra-tion of what our students think about their school and how happy they were to be back. Banners were

made from Grade levels K to 8 illustrating what they have learned at St. A’s and why they believe that they are in the “best school”. Thank you to the teachers and students. Diocesan Standardized testing begins on Monday, September 22 for grades 3 to 8. Students will be tested on their English Language Arts and Math abilities. These tests correlate to the New York State tests and provide a valuable early planning tool for the teachers by identifying areas of strengths and weaknesses.

The Paul Effman band program demonstrated the instruments grades 3 to 8 can learn as part of our music pull-out program. Band will begin in October. The Carnival was earlier this year. Thank you to all who worked so hard to make this a successful event. The proceeds benefit the school directly. Friday, September 26th is Catholic Schools Night at Shea Sta-dium. The New York Mets will play the Florida Marlins. Thank you to those who purchased tickets since a portion of the proceeds will come back to the school and will be put in a technology fund to continue our technological advances. Over the summer, our school installed wireless technology. Our new computer room was set up with new flat screen computers and SMARTboards were installed on portable stands. Our teachers had training sessions and some have begun SMART lessons which are a joy to behold with regard to student engagement.

Meet the Teacher’s night for grades K to 8 is scheduled for Thursday, September 25th at 7 PM in Father Smith Hall. (Orientation for Nursery and PreK took place at the beginning of September). There will be a short assembly, a SMART-board illustration and the announcement of the new Home School Board prior to meeting the Teachers. After the Teach-ers are introduced, parents may visit their children’s class-rooms. This meeting is vital towards opening the lines of communication between teachers and the parents for the benefit of the students. Please make every effort to attend. Parents of Middle School, grades 6, 7, and 8 will remain in FSH to meet with all their child’s teachers. The 8th grade parents will then receive information on High Schools. We had a special “Student of the Month” in September to welcome all of our new students in grades K to 8. St. Anasta-sia School is honored to welcome the following to our family: Grade K: Caterina Fox; Grade 1: Gina Hernandez, Karis Kim and Bianca Sealey; Grade 3: Ramanee Bramwell, Nico Carlino, Pil Gu Choi, Lois Kim and Nicole Shin; Grade 4: Chretien Brown, Patricia Cerri-Droz, Stephen Hwang, and Tonia Thomas; Grade 5: Nicholas Angeles, Ruben Cerri-Droz, Moon Gu Choi, Paul Hwang and Tamia Nurse; Grade 6: Kang Hyun Aum, Angelica Carpenter, Tanina DiLeo, Kathryn Flannigan and Sung Ho Shin; Grade 8: Benjamin Hong and Daniel Song. The students at St. A.’s have been told that Student of the Month recognition for October will be given to those students who are the most helpful in welcoming the new students to the St. A.’s family. Our Teacher of the Month for September is Mr. Abaya. He teaches Math and Science for the Middle School and is pre-paring to bring Math 9 instruction to St. A.’s. With the Carnival and the wrapping paper sale, the school fundraisers have begun. We appreciate any help you can give us and we thank you for supporting the school. An exciting start to the new school!

■ GOOD NEWS FROM THE SCHOOL PRINCIPAL , MRS. MIHULKA :

Our school installed wireless tech-nology; our new computer room was set up with new flat screen computers and SMARTboards were installed on portable stands.

Evening Spirituality Series Each session will explore unique ways to enrich our faith, through reflection, prayer and sharing, using Joyce Rupp’s “May I Have This Dance?’ 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 Bayside Hills, NY Facilitator: Maryann Villanti, (718) 423-5272 Materials will be supplied

SPIRITUALITY

Spirituality for Women

BOY SCOUTS

The parish community of St. Anastasia runs a fun and exciting program for boys from the first grade right into fifth grade (when they graduate

into our Boy Scout Troop). The program is open to all boys in the community.

So you and your parents or guardians can make a visit with you (this is a must, both boy

and adult), the Cub Scout Pack has arranged a special night for you to visit. Information about the program, costs, etc, is available. Our boys are active 12 months of the year, even going to summer camp for young boys ... a pool, pirate ship, fort, old western mine, nature center, tur-key and deer, mess hall ... the whole thing (but right across the George Washington Bridge in

Alpine, New Jersey)! Please visit us in Father Smith Hall on Sunday, September 21st, in Father Smith Hall. Further

information is available by calling Tom McGlinchey, Parish Scouting Representative,

at (718) 224-9634. The Cub Scouts will meet in FSH at 6:15 PM.

Calling All Boys!

ALTAR SERVERS

Attention Altar Servers The Altar Servers will meet in the church on Tuesday 9/23 at 7:00pm for the opening meeting of the school year. All servers and parents are asked to attend. St. Anastasia Altar Servers will be installed at the 10:00 am Mass on Sunday September 28. All servers and their families are en-couraged to be present for this ceremony. Light refreshments will be served in Fr. Smith Hall after the Mass.

YOUTH GROUP

St. Francis Preparatory School: 61 00 Francis Lewis Blvd. Fresh Meadows, NY 11365 Saturday, October 18th 12:00—4:30 PM Auditorium presentations at 12:15 PM, 1:15 PM, 2:15 PM, and 3:30 PM. Regis High School 55 East 84th Street New York, N.Y. 10028 Phone: (212) 288-1100 Email: edimiche@regis-nyc.org Regis High School, an all scholarship Jes-uit secondary school for Catholic boys, an-nounces its Open House for 8th graders and their parents, to occur on Columbus Day, Monday, October 13th 1—4 PM. For additional information, please write or call Eric Di Michele, Director of Admissions Dominican Academy Catholic College Preparatory School for Girls 44 East 68th Street New York, NY 10065 Phone: (212) 744-0195 Web site: www.dominicanacademy.org Saturday, October 18, 2008 10:30 AM—1:00 PM Holy Cross High School 26-20 Francis Lewis Blvd. Flushing, NY Guidance phone: (718) 886-7250 Ext. 571 College Fair Monday September 22, 2008 7:30—9:00 PM in the Gym

HIGH SCHOOL OPEN HOUSES

HISTORICAL SOCIETY

The Douglaston and Little Neck Historical Society in-vites you to join in a celebration of Little Neck History

with a House Tour and Reception on

Saturday, October 18, 1—5 PM.

Tour the Wright properties at 251st Street and North-ern Boulevard. Visit the original carriage house and wagon shop, now the Arash Real Estate Company, see the exhibit of photos and memorabilia from the Wright family archives, on loan from Jennie Wright Cooper, granddaughter. Tour other houses in the

Westmoreland are, and enjoy the reception on Iowa Road around the pool with food and drink by the Fran

Zaslow firm.

See our website at www.dlnhs.org, or call (718) 225-4403 for information.

October 11—12: Clarence Fahnestock State Park Join us for a Columbus Day weekend of fun and relax upstate

New York. We will be leaving St Anastasia at 9:30 AM on Satur-day and return on Sunday around 2 PM.

This 14,086 acre park, covering land in Putnam and Dutchess counties, boasts hiking trails, a beautiful beach, picnic areas, scenic campground, and abundant opportunities for boating,

hunting, fishing, and birding. The scenic campground, formed along the park's natural rock ridges, provides alcoves of privacy

and tranquility for campers. Although there are no hookups available, restroom and shower facilities are centrally located to

all tent sites. Get your sleeping bag and marshmallows and join us for a fun-

filled weekend with the nature. Cost: $30.00 covers all. For more information and sign-up form go to www.matthew267.net or visit us at one of our youth group

meetings. Sign-up deadline: October 1, 2008.

Camping Trip

MASS INTENTIONS September 20—27, 2008

SATURDAY KOREAN MARTYRS

5:30 PM Angelina & Joseph Locetta, Mary Tranchida & Janet Orlandi

SUNDAY TWENTY-FIFTH ORDINARY SUNDAY

8:00 AM Stacey Foureynoli and Tony

10:00 AM Abraham Irizarry

12:00 PM Eileen Finley and Robert G. Taylor

5:00 PM Janet Pata

MONDAY WEEKDAY

8:30 AM Joseph Cacciola and Christopher M. Knecht

TUESDAY PADRE PIO OF PIETRELCINA Padre Pio was born in 1887 in the small Italian vil-lage of Pietrelcina. A Capuchin priest who had re-ceived the stigmata, he spent 50 years in the monas-tery of San Giovanni Rotondo, where he was much sought as a spiritual advisor, confessor and interces-sor. His life was devoted to the Eucharist and to prayer.

8:30 AM Pietro Nardozi and Angelo Manniello

WEDNESDAY WEEKDAY

8:30 AM Abraham Irizarry and Madeline Turilli

THURSDAY WEEKDAY

8:30 AM Gail MacNeil and John & Mary Finnegan

FRIDAY WEEKDAY

8:30 AM Maria Cardillo and Marta Calmi

SATURDAY VINCENT DE PAUL Died in 1660 in Paris; renewed the clergy and de-fended the poor and the abandoned; in 1625 he founded the Congregation of the Missions (Vincentians); today numbering some 4,050 mem-bers; mission preachers and educators. In our area they have founded St. John’s University.

8:30 AM Raymond J. O’Connor and Peter Miller

Bread & Wine Memorial

IN THANKSGIVING FOR

*** Thomas P. Larkin *** SEPTEMBER 21—27, 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:

• Irene Baker

This week:

■ Leisure Club on Tuesday

■ Mommy & Me on Wednesday

■ Religious Education Classes on Wednesday

■ Spanish Prayer Group on Thursday ■ Padre Pio Group on Friday

■ Youth Group on Sunday

As a matter of courtesy and respect for your friends, neighbors and all who attend Mass we would like to remind you to please turn off the cell phones when you come into the church. It is im-portant for all to maintain a quiet atmosphere to insure prayerful and meaningful worship. Thank you.

The Eleventh Commandment: You shall not use cell phone in the church...

There will be a meet-ing of the Padre Pio Prayer group this Fri-day evening at 7:30 PM followed by Mass at 8 PM