Salus Animarum Suprema Lex

Douglaston-Little Neck

www.stanastasia.info

saint nastasi church

A A 45-14 245th Street Douglaston, NY 11362-1135 Phone: (718) 631-4454 Fax: (718) 631-1774 Email: 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: 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: 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: Mrs. Janine Kramer, Directress Phone: (718) 225-5191 Email: dre@stanastasia.info

Music Minister: Mr. Joseph C. Extejt

Weekend Masses: Saturday Vigil at 5:30 Sundays 8 AM, 10 AM, 12 PM & 5 PM

Weekday Masses: Monday thru Saturday at 8:30 AM

Sacrament of Reconciliation: Saturdays 4—4:30 PM

Holy Days and Special Liturgies: Mass schedules will be printed in the Bulletin at the appropriate time.

Devotions: Miraculous Medal Novena: Mondays after 8:30 AM Mass

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: 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 must attend the Baptism instructions before Baptism 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 fully participate in the “Pre-Cana” Parish at home. 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

December 7, 2008

Second Sunday of Advent

■ ANNOUNCEMENTS December 7, 2008 ST. ANASTASIA BULLETIN

Help the Homeless

H omeless men living under Flushing Meadow

Bridges need clothing For a number of years now and thanks to the generosity of our parishioners; every Sunday morning during the winter months, we bring hot choco-late, a sandwich and some warm clothes to a group of homeless men living under the bridges and surrounding areas of Flushing Meadows Corona Park. These are men who for different reasons have given up on life and seen unable to cope with it. As the cold weather approaches, once again we are preparing to start our mission and we need clothing. If you have warm clothes and blan-kets that are clean and in good condition and would like to donate them please call us and we will pick them up. For more information call Jorge at (718) 224-8187 or (718) 423-5988. Annual Coat Drive

T he coats are dropped off to needy parishes in Queens

and Brooklyn, visiting Nurse Early Head Start program in Rockaway, St. John’s Bread and Life Ministry, and other spots that are in need of help. The coats can be left at my office at Bryce Rea Associates, or if you can’t come to me I will go and pick them up; just call my cell phone: Carolyn Meenan at (917) 796-2990. Thank you again for your gen-erous help by keeping someone warm this winter. Need a ride to Church?

C entury Car Service is of-fering a special rate to

parishioners who need a ride to Sunday Mass. This offer is only available to get to St. An-astasia Church for Sunday Mass. The fee is $5.00 plus any gratuity they choose to

give. (This is a 16% reduction in their usual rate. Just advise the dispatcher that you are go-ing to St. Anastasia Church in Douglaston in order to get the discount.) Century Car is lo-cated at Springfield Blvd and Union Turnpike in Bayside Call: (718) 740-6600 or (718) 428-1010. Christmas Giving Tree

T he Giving Tree which has gift tags is once again a

Reminder of the rapid ap-proach of Christmas. It is very important to remember that we would like to get the wrapped gifts back by Monday, Decem-ber 15th, so that all those peo-ple that you are helping will get the gifts before Christmas. Please remember that you are doing a good thing giving a part of yourself by shopping, wrapping, & returning back to us. You will be blessed for your kindness. The tree is lo-cated in the hallway next to the Church please stop after Mass to pick up your tag(s). Add a Soldier to your Christmas Card List

W hen doing your Christ-mas Cards this year,

take one card and send it to this address. If we pass this on and everyone sends one card, think of how many cards these won-derful, special people who have sacrificed so much would get. On your card list please include: A Recovering Ameri-can Soldier, c/o Walter Reed Army Medical Center, 6900 Georgia Avenue N.W., Wash-ington, DC 20307. Apprentices Wanted

N ew York State Depart-ment of Labor has an-

nounced that Electrician Local #3 is looking for 500 appren-tices and will issue 2,000 appli-cations for the prized slots in

the immediate future. Applica-tions may be obtained by send-ing a request by registered let-ter to The Joint Apprenticeship Committee, P.O. Box 560249, College Point, NY 11356. They must include a non-refundable $25.00 application fee. For more information, prospective applicants should contact their nearest Depart-ment of Labor Office in Flush-ing (718) 321-6307 or Jamaica (718) 557-6735. Leisure Club News

T rip to Atlantic City on Monday, December 15th,

$30 pp., For more information, call Peg McKeon at (718) 428-2833. St. Nicholas Dinner Dance

S t. Josaphat Church in Bay-side is hosting a St. Nicho-

las Day Dinner Dance on Sun-day, December 14th, 2:00—6:00 PM at Parish Hall on 35th Avenue & 210th Street. For more information, call Steve at (718) 224-3052.

Youth Lock-in: “iLock”

T his time it will take place on Saturday night, De-

cember 13, 2008. The lock-in begins at 3 PM at the Youth Center. We will wrap up on Sunday around 10 AM. Some-time at night we will celebrate candle-lit Mass, which tradi-tionally is one of the most memorable features of the re-treat. In a session and follow-ing discussions we will address the issue of people, both young and not-so-young, communi-cating and at the same time having ever more growing hun-ger for real communication and relationship. Bring your sleep-ing bag, be ready for pizza, ping-pong, and some scram-bled eggs in the morning. The price is $15 per person, which covers snacks, Saturday dinner, Sunday breakfast and drinks. More information, consent form and everything else about our youth group is available at www.matthew267.net.

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T his month, students are be-ing recognized by their homeroom teachers for their

generosity, which exemplifies the spirit of the season. Congratula-tions to: Grade 1 Mark Huber Grade 2 Patricia Mattone Grade 3 Kathleen Cunniff Grade 4 Amanda Stoner Grade 5 Janai Chandler Grade 6 Kristin Barnikel Grade 7 Joseph Chong Grade 8 Caroline Gawlik The Teacher of Month being recog-nized for December is Ms. Connie Cannone. We thank her for exem-plary Science lab activities at the 4th and 5th grade levels and for her leadership in setting up of the Sci-ence lab for all the students of St.

A.’s. Congratulations! Thank you to those that partici-pated in the NY Mets Catholic Schools night in September. The school received a rebate check for $366. We also received $952 from the Energy Curtailment Specialists for participating in energy saving measures in the school up through October 31st. The Honors assembly for grades 5 to 8 will take place on Friday, De-cember 12 at 9AM in Father Smith Hall. Those students that have achieved the 90% honor status will be recognized as well as those with exemplary effort. Parents are in-vited. Students in the second grade will receive the sacrament of First Pen-

ance on Saturday, December 13th. Please keep them in your prayers. The St. John’s University Speech and Hearing center located at 152-11 Union Turnpike will be holding two free information sessions for parents only entitled, “Ask the Speech-Language Pathologist Days” on Tuesday, December 9th from 10 AM to 12 Noon and on Wednesday, December 10th from 1 to 3 PM.

Good News from the School Principal

Students and Teacher of the Month By Lucy Mihulka, Principal

CHRISTMAS SCHEDULE 2008

SACRAMENT OF PENANCE Monday December 22, 2008

7:30 PM Communal Penance Service

CHRISTMAS EVE MASS Wednesday, December 24, 2008

4:00 PM 6:00 PM

CHRISTMAS MIDNIGHT MASS

December 25, 2007 Doors will open at 11:15 PM

St Anastasia Choristers will sing Christmas Music before Mass

CHRISTMAS DAY Thursday, December 25, 2008

8:00 AM 10:00 AM

12:00 Noon No Evening Mass

Saturday, December 27, 2008

5:30 PM Vigil

Sunday, December 28, 2008 8:00 AM 10:00 AM 12:00 PM 5:00 PM

NEW YEAR’S Eve

5:30 PM Vigil

NEW YEAR’S Day 9:00 AM

12:00 Noon No Evening Mass

P ediatric occupational therapy improves chil-dren’s ability to partici-

pate in day to day activities in spite of limitations or special needs they may have. As chil-dren grow and develop, the range of the activities they participate in expands, placing ever increasing demands on them. The day to day activi-ties that occupational thera-pists often become in involved are typically in the areas of play, self-care and later, school.

An occupational therapist will evaluate the strengths and vulnerabilities of each child. The therapist will work with the parent and child to make a better fit between the child’s abilities and the demands of every day situations. Parents are the experts on their chil-dren’s performance in daily activities and the occupational therapist will work with par-ents, as a team, in the treat-ment of their child.

When a child is identified as having special needs, various programs and systems come into play. Occupational thera-pists work through Early In-tervention (EI), Committee on Preschool Special Education (CPSE), Committee on Spe-cial Education (CSE) and in

private practices. It is impor-tant for parents to remember that once their children are in elementary school, the goals for all therapies are directed towards academic success. Eligibility for services pro-vided by Early Intervention, Committee on Preschool Spe-cial Education and The Com-mittee on Special Education require that a child has scored in the bottom 20th percentile for his/her age.

When a child is denied ser-vices, it does not necessarily mean they can’t benefit from supportive services. Parents can challenge the results of formal assessments if they believe that they are not an accurate representation of their child’s abilities or limita-tions. Parents may also wish to provide support privately to children who are having diffi-culty meeting the demands in every day living situations but do not test low enough to qualify to receive services through the system. Finally, when children are school aged and all therapy is directed at academic performance, par-ents may want to supplement services that are not typically provided in schools.

An example of an occupa-tional therapy intervention for

a baby having trouble sitting in a high chair to eat due to low muscle tone may be to simply put a piece of sticky material called dycem on the seat of the high chair to keep the baby from slipping. The occupational therapist would also make sure the foot rest is in the proper position to sup-port the baby’s feet. The bene-fits of this simple adaptation to the high chair enable the baby to maintain a position that provides better support. By providing this stable base of support for the baby, he/she would then need to use less energy in holding the up-right position in the high chair. The result is more en-ergy available for hand use,

eating and interacting with the caregiver.

Typical areas that occupa-tional therapists evaluate are activities of daily living, in-cluding the child’s ability to participate in dressing, eating, personal hygiene. These are the skills required for a child to participate in play, pre-school and school. It is now understood that early child-hood play is the foundation for all areas of development (motor, social and cognitive). The occupational therapist will work with the child and family to develop the child’s skills including fine motor and gross motor coordination,

motor planning, visual percep-tion, eye-hand coordination, sensory processing and inte-gration and/or in modifica-tion of the activity.

The focus for the occupa-tional therapist is always on the ‘goodness-of-fit’ between the demands of the different activities children engage in, the environments in which children participate and the child’s abilities. The occupa-tional therapist, by supporting skill development and/or modifying environmental de-mands, provides opportunities for the child to learn he/she can succeed. Success builds self-esteem, which helps a child to meet new challenges.

Dr. Krauss is the Chair of the Occu-pational Therapy Department at York College CUNY. She has been working with children and their fami-lies for over 25 years in her Great Neck, Long Island private practice.

Building Skills for Everyday Living

Pediatric Occupational Therapy

By Andrea Krauss, DSW, OTR/L, Certified RDI Consultant

MASS INTENTIONS

December 6—13, 2008

SATURDAY WEEKDAY

5:30 PM Mary St. John, and the Biemer & Tommaso Families

SUNDAY SECOND SUNDAY OF ADVENT

8:00 AM Luciano Schiff 10:00 AM Michael O’Shaughnessy

12:00 PM James P. Quigley, Sr.

5:00 PM

MONDAY IMMACULATE CONCEPTION Holy day of obligation

9:00 AM Charles Freeman & Frank Capella & Michael Corso 7:30 PM Lawrence & Elizabeth Lundy

TUESDAY ADVENT WEEKDAY

8:30 AM Stefana Oddo

WEDNESDAY ADVENT WEEKDAY

8:30 AM Irene Baker and Maria Cozzi

THURSDAY ADVENT WEEKDAY

8:30 AM Rose & John Slevin

FRIDAY OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE Apparitions of Mary at the hill of Tapeyac De-cember 9-12, 1531 to the native convert Juan Diego; known to the Aztecs as Tecoatlaxope, meaning “she will crush the serpent of stone”; Patroness of the Americas.

8:30 AM Henry Lewondoski

SATURDAY ADVENT WEEKDAY

8:30 AM Susan Kearns

Bread & Wine Memorial

IN THANKSGIVING FOR

*** Lawrence G. Lundy *** DECEMBER 7—13, 2008

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

Ruth Marchese Annette Montello Mary Ann Inguagiato

and those who have died, especially:

Anne C. Gagen Elaine C. Wyckoff

A Ceremony of Lessons and Carols

Sunday, December 7 at 3:00 PM

Please join us to herald in the Advent and Christmas sea-son by hearing the prophets of old as well as the Christmas story. These nine readings will be interspersed with Advent anthems and Christmas Carols performed by our music minister and the Choir.

We’re Here Where Are You? Have You Heard

What We Do?

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Need A Ride To- You Name It…… Call Outreach 347-481-5477

We’re Here: Call Us – We’ll Be There!

The next recipe section will be published in the De-cember 21 edition of our Bulletin. This time we will focus on Christmas recipes. If you would like to share your “secret formulas”, leave them at the Rectory or email us at info@stanastasia.info by December 18.