St. Vincent de Paul Roman Catholic Church

1502 DePaul Street

Elmont, N.Y. 11003

“A Parish with Heart” www.stvincentdepaulparish.org

Pastoral Staff Rev. Msgr. Richard M. Figliozzi Administrator

(516) 352-2127

Parish Social Ministry Monday, Wednesday and Thursday

9:00 am to 1:00 pm

(516) 354-4976

From Msgr. Figliozzi:

Thirty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time

November 6, 2016

Last Weekend’s Collection and Attendance Parish: $3,348.00 All Souls Novena: $875.00 Attendance: 4:00pm — 158 8:30am —108 10:00am - 120 Total: 386

Thank you for your support.

Scriptural Reflection for the Week “We are ready to die rather than transgress the laws of our ancestors”. (See 2 Maccabees 7:1-2) To some people the above words sound antiquated and idealistic; no longer applicable for our lives today. Yet, such a person could be considered quite naïve or even ignorant when it comes to the state of the world today. Each day we hear of the per-secution and killing of people of Faith in many parts of the world. But even with such awareness, we may only see the problem as somewhat removed and distant from us. But this would be a mistake. Because whereas we may not have a gun pointed at us or a knife at our throat, there is just as insidious a threat that comes from a prevailing cul-ture where God is not allowed to exist right here, in a coun-try founded upon the premise of religious freedom for all. We know how those who truly aspire to live in accord with the moral dictates of their religion can be penalized and ostracized. Because many are weak and/or ignorant of their Faith, there is little or no courage to resist the powers that be wishing to deny this most basic of human rights. Would we all be willing to die for our Catholic Faith? Would we all be willing to speak up when needed and necessary? Hour of Prayer for Our Country at St. Catherine’s Please join us in prayer on MONDAY, November 7th from 7:30pm to 8:30pm in the Saint Catherine Chapel as we offer prayer for our country as we are about to elect a new president. May we all be responsible in forming our con-sciences according to the teachings of our Lord and His Church so as to make the best possible choice in voting on Election Day. Congratulations! to Maureen Hannah of our Parish who will be receiving the St. Agnes Medal of Service award from Bishop Murphy on November 20th at St. Agnes Cathedral in recognition of their service to our Parish. Community Bible Study Spread the Good Word! Come and see what is helping people discover God’s love as they break open the Word of God! Every Thursday at 7:30pm in the school cafeteria. Hurricane Relief Donations Those wishing to assist those affected by the recent hurri-cane should place their offering in a simple white envelope and mark it “HURRICANE RELIEF”. You may place it in any collection between now and November 6th. Thank you for your help to those in need.

Sanctuary Redesign Started this past Monday and is expected to last approxi-mately three months. All Masses will continue to be held in the church during that time period. Thank you for your patience and understanding.

One Final Thought “God loves a cheerful giver, He gives most who gives with Joy. If in the work He gives you, you have difficulties and you can accept them with joy, with a big smile - in this as in any other good thing - others will see your good works and glorify the Father .” — Saint Teresa of Calcutta

Stewardship…

Reflection In today’s second reading, St. Paul prays that the Thessalonians may be strengthened “in

every good deed and word.” May we, too, be strengthened and empowered to use our time

and talents for the good of others.

Living Stewardship We are grateful this week for all stewards in our parish who take the time to perform random acts

of kindness with a joy-filled heart.

MISSION STATEMENT

As members of St. Vincent de Paul Roman Catholic Parish we are committed to assisting our

members in both the spiritual and temporal needs of life.

We are a parish with heart who are committed to

“Let all things be done with Charity” and show we are disciples of

Christ by our love for one another.

Saturday November 5 4:00 pm Anthony Jakuc Jr.; Estelle & Anthony Jakuc Sr. Mary & William Medlow; Anthony Citera People of the Parish Sunday November 6 8:30 am All Souls Novena (4) 10:00 am Correale & Zavaglia Families Peter O’Hara; Mule Family Sharyn Gevero SAINTS AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCES Sunday: Thirty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time; National Vocation Awareness Week Daylight Saving Time ends Tuesday: Election Day Wednesday: The Dedication of the Lateran Basilica Thursday: St. Leo the Great Friday: St. Martin of Tours; Veterans Day; Saturday: St. Josaphat

Monday November 7 8:30 am All Souls Novena (5) Tuesday November 8 8:30 am All Souls Novena (6) Wednesday November 9 8:30 am All Souls Novena (7) Thursday November 10 8:30 am All Souls Novena (8) Friday November 11 8:30 am All Souls Novena (9) Saturday November 12 4:00 pm For the Living Intentions of the Children & Grandchildren of Warren & Elsie Vaas People of the Parish Deceased Members of the Knights of Columbus Sunday November 13 8:30 am Anne Giacalone 10:00 am For the Living Intentions of Tatiana Merores Nicola & Bruno Varano; Andrea Lijoi

PARISH ‘IN HOME’ PRAYER PROGRAM

Host Family/Individual

PILGRIM STATUE OF OUR LADY OF FATIMA

Gloria Farrell

BREAD & WINE

For the week of November 6 thru November 12 Is in Loving Memory of

Francis & Joan Hannah As requested by Maureen Hannah

ALTAR CANDLES

For the week of November 6 thru November 12

Is in Loving Memory of Paul Howfield

St. Vincent de Paul Society & Parish Social Ministry

(Outreach)

Today’s Gospel is about hope. Jesus has risen and is with us, therefore, at no time should we be without

hope. In giving to the poor, we are giving hope to those who have little.

This week the pantry is in need of jelly, cake mix, pork and beans, canned pasta, canned fruits, spaghetti,

and turkey gravy. All non-perishable food items are gratefully received. We especially thank those parish-

ioners who bring food items each week. They make it possible for us to assist others.

The preparation for the Thanksgiving baskets is beginning. The pantry will need all those food items

that make for a festive Thanksgiving dinner including turkeys. The baskets will be delivered on

November 19, the Saturday before Thanksgiving. Please volunteer to deliver the baskets that morning.

Please let anyone who might be in need know that confidential assistance is available. The pantry is open

Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays between 9 am and 1 pm. Everyone is welcome to visit during those

times.

Today we support our family and friends who have served this na on with dis nc on. The Collec on for the Archdiocese for the Military Services will pro-vide the Gospel, the sacraments and other forms of spiritual support to the men and women of the United States armed forces wherever they serve, no ma er the circumstances. Please prayerfully consider a gen-erous contribu on to the first-ever na onal Collec on for the Archdiocese for the Military Services.

Saints Explosion By Youth Ministry &

Faith Formation Students Grades 1 to 6 and RCIC 1 & 2

Our Faith Formation Students guided by their Parents, Catechists and Aides researched facts, and revealed truths and interesting information about their individual Saints. Each class dramatically presented the story of their ‘Saint’ during their class time; in front of the other classes during their session. “You are never too old, or too young to be a saint.”

Catechetical Service

Bishop Nelson J. Perez presented awards at St. Agnes Cathedral, Rockville Centre. These Awards are given out annually to those in our Diocese who contribute Outstanding Volunteer Service in the Catechetical Ministry. Congratulations and Gratitude to the Awardees from our Faith Formation Ministry. Thank you especially for your Sacrifice and Commitment.

Bishop John R. McGann Award—honors those who contributed 30 or more years of ser-vice. This Award was presented to Virginia Hernandez for 40 years as a Catechist. St. John XXIII Award—honors those who have contributed 25 years of service and was presented to: Helen Crume and Eleanor Molina. St. Pius X Award—honors those who have contributed 10 years of service and was presented to: Rosemary Barbosa, Emilia Pinello, Maria Viti, and Maria M. Viti. Pope Paul VI Award—honors those who have contributed 5 years of service and was presented to: Christine Abruzzo, Theresa Bacchi, Camille Benincasa, Alessandra Bevinetto, Luis Bonilla, June Dolgos, Charlene Farrell, Olga Gatto, Maribel Hernandez, Patricia Johnson, Anne Karcinski, Catherine Lang, Martha Muller, Pamela O’Boyle, Deborah Paino, Mary Pizzo, Mary Anne Royes, Kim Stein, Gabrielle Thomas, Dora Vamvaketis, and Frances Weis-Garcia.

(L-R) Patricia Johnson, Maribel Hernandez, Martha Muller, Maria M. Viti, Maria Viti, Helen Crume, Luis Bonilla, Eleanor Molina, Virginia Hernandez, & Pamela O’Boyle

Mary Matters! Thursday November 10th

7:00pm in the Sienna Center - St. Catherine of Sienna Presenter: Saverio Grosso

Come and encounter the story of Mary who said “Yes” to God.

She shows us how to believe and how to follow God’s lead, without holding on to anxiety about what the future might hold. Mom, Dad or both, you may bring friends and family. (if you don’t have a baby sitter you can bring the children)

NOTRE DAME SCHOOL

Position available

♦ Main Office of Catholic Elementary School ♦ Part-time, Monday through Friday 12:00—4:00 pm ♦ School year schedule ♦ Office Work/ Reception ♦ Interested parties please email a resume to

cbreen7211@ndsnet.org or fax to 516-354-5373

Please pray for the deceased and her family:

♦ Patrice M. Gaffney May she rest in peace...

How Justice Scalia suffered the 'contempt of a sophisticated world'

Washington D.C., Nov 1, 2016 / 08:03 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Catholics in Washington, D.C. recently paid tribute to Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia – both for his life of faith, and how he stood firm in his beliefs amid criticism from the cultural elite.

“Antonin Scalia was a man of faith and reason,” said Ed Whelan

in the keynote address Oct. 26. Whelan is the President of the

Ethics and Public Policy Center and a former clerk for Justice

Scalia. “May we all be inspired by his example to live Catholic

lives of integrity. May we see not with the eyes of men but with

the eyes of faith. May we be wise in Christ,” Whelan said. “And

may we, too, have the courage to suffer the contempt of the so-

phisticated world.” Scalia was honored with the John Paul II

New Evangelization Award at a dinner given by the Catholic

Information Center in Washington, D.C. The center is a nonprof-

it affiliate of the Archdiocese of Washington, and serves as a

bookstore as well as a host for cultural and intellectual events for

Catholics in the D.C. area.

Justice Scalia died Feb. 13 at a resort ranch in West Texas at the

age of 79. He was the longest-serving justice on the Supreme

Court, having served since 1986. A lifelong Catholic, Scalia at-

tended the Jesuit-run Xavier High School in New York City and

then Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. for undergrad-

uate studies. Also speaking at the recent tribute event were the

Archbishop of Washington, Cardinal Donald Wuerl, who gave

the invocation, and Princeton professor Robert P. George, who

served as the master of ceremonies. George commented that his

late friend was not afraid to stand up to cultural and legal forces

that threatened to push religion out of the public sphere. Legal

decisions that condemn religious expression in public places,

George said, have “become such a normal and accepted position

in our society that we forget what Justice Scalia's great predeces-

sors, the jurists and statesmen, had to say about the good place of

faith in our public life.” He lauded Scalia’s recognition that “our

welfare, our very survival as a nation, depended upon us being a

nation under God, that recognizes God's sovereignty and realizes

that we are under God's judgment.” Whelan also praised Scalia’s

robust defense of the role of religion in public life in his time on

the court. Quoting from one of the justice’s minority opinions,

Whelan stated that religion is not “some purely personal avoca-

tion that can be indulged entirely in secret, like pornography, in

the privacy of one’s room. For most believers it is not that, and

has never been.” Whelan also praised the justice’s opposition to

the decisions that denied the right to protect the unborn in Roe v.

Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey, as well as more recent

rulings that challenged the understanding of marriage as an insti-

tution between a man and a woman.

But Justice Scalia, Whelan added, “would dismiss the idea that

he deserves any special thanks for his positions on these issues.

As a matter of constitutional law, these questions were easy, he

would say, and he was just doing his duty of interpreting the

Constitution impartially.” Whelan also recounted Scalia's bris-

tling at being called a “Catholic Judge,” quoting Scalia’s asser-

tion that “There are good judges and bad judges. The only article

of faith that plays any part in my judging is the commandment,

'Thou Shalt Not Lie.'” However, Scalia's life did bear out his

Catholic witness, Whelan offered, sharing a story of the late jus-

tice nudging a young Whelan to attend Mass on a Holy Day and

a speech Scalia often used at Catholic gatherings contrasting

“The Two Thomases” – Thomas Jefferson and St. Thomas More.

Thomas Jefferson, Scalia would point out, created a highly edit-

ed version of the Bible, cutting out miracles and the resurrection

itself as being irrational. “What is irrational, it seems to me,”

Scalia would say, “is to reject a priori, with no investigation, the

possibility of miracles in general, and of Jesus Christ’s resurrec-

tion in particular – which is, of course, precisely what the world-

ly wise do.”

On the other hand, St. Thomas More died for a reason that was

“silly” – at least in the eyes of his peers. “In what he did, More

was unsupported by intelligent society, by his friends, even by

his own wife,” Scalia said. “But of course More was not seeing

with the eyes of men, but with the eyes of faith.”

Whelan quoted Scalia, saying: “For the courage to suffer the

contempt of the sophisticated world for these seeming failings of

ours, we lawyers and intellectuals – who do not like to be regard-

ed as unsophisticated – can have no greater model than St.

Thomas More.”

Rev. Msgr. William Jablonski ♦ Abigail Budram ♦ Albert Bartlett ♦ Alice Matera ♦ Amanda Rose Augello ♦ Angelo DiGrigoli ♦ Ann Donahue ♦ Ann Mitarotonda ♦ Anna Christina Diaz ♦ Anthony Gangemella ♦ Arlindo Marcelino ♦ Barbara Dailey ♦ Barbara Ostipwko ♦ Betey Bomilla ♦ Bob Soveign ♦ Bridget Corrigan-Brassel ♦ Brittany Wilson ♦ Carlos Mackey ♦ Charlotte Orlando ♦ Diane Drescher ♦ Diane Wilson ♦ Dominick Consolazio ♦ Dorie Harbin ♦ Dorothy Mink Honald ♦ Eugenia Lane ♦ Fran Roberts ♦ Frances Oliva ♦ Francine Lupo ♦ Frank Saccone ♦ Garrett Fitzgerald ♦ George McAuliffe ♦ Helen Strohm ♦ Janet Falco ♦ Jeanette Longobardi ♦ John Ciotti ♦ John Corrigan Jr. ♦ John Cusack ♦ John White

♦ Kaelyn Judith Donlon ♦ Karen Carlucci ♦ Karen Hoffmeyer ♦ Madeline Corrigan ♦ Madelyn Kushner ♦ Maria Rossi Pashayen ♦ Mary Italo ♦ Matthew Noah ♦ Michael O’Malley ♦ Raul Matos ♦ Shane Harbin ♦ Theresa Chevalier ♦ Theresa Porri ♦ Thomas Fagan ♦ Tom Camberiarti ♦ Tommy Lannan ♦ Tommy Lopiccolo ♦ Vincente Mejias ♦ Walter Kucharczyk ♦ William Ross Please call the office to update names on the lists @ 352-2127.

Please Pray for our Women & Men

in the U.S. Armed Forces:

• Aaron J. Shattuck

• Arlindo Almida

• Brian Kevin Corrigan

• Carlos Felix

• Christopher Messano

• Diane Rosemary Patrick

• Frankie Umile

• James E. Allen

• Jimmy Bustamante

• John Marco Militano

• Joseph A. Galante

• Joseph Giordano

• Latasha Coward

• Max Haerter

• Michael Arana

• Michael Borg

• Nicholas Russo

• Peter Dilos

• Rev. David Kruse (Chaplain)

• Thomas Bradshaw

• Thomas Lainis

Welcome to St. Vincent de Paul Parish

The Clergy from St. Catherine of Sienna who assist here at St. Vincent de Paul are as follows:

Pastor/Administrator Rev. Msgr. Richard M. Figliozzi

Associate Pastors

Rev. Allan Arneaud Rev. Johnny Mendonca

Deacons Joseph Benincasa Frank Gonzalez

Parish Office – (516) 352-2127 - 1510 DePaul Street Hours: Monday thru Thursday - 9:00 am to 2:00 pm

Saturday - 9:00 am to 2:00 pm Friday and Sunday – Closed

Fax – (516) 305-5474 Email: svdp1500@optonline.net

Web: www.stvincentdepaulparish.org We Celebrate the Eucharist Saturday Vigil – 4:00 pm Sunday – 8:30 am & 10:00 am Weekdays: Monday thru Friday 8:30 am Holy Day Mass Schedules will be announced in the Bulletin on the prior Sunday.

We Celebrate the Sacraments Sacrament of Reconcilia on – Saturdays immediately after celebration of the Vigil Mass, or by calling the Parish Office for an appointment with a Priest. Sacrament of Bap sm – call the Parish Office to arrange for an interview. This should be done while awaiting the birth of your child. Sacrament of Marriage – call the Parish Office to make an appointment with a priest before making social arrangements.

Visitation of the Sick and Homebound call the Parish Office to arrange for a visit by a Priest to receive the Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick, and also to receive Holy Communion.

Holy Hour – on the first Friday of the month after the 8:30 am Mass with Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament and concluding with Benediction.

Devotions The Rosary– is recited daily before the 8:30 am Weekday Masses. Miraculous Medal Novena and Special Prayers to St. Anthony are said on Thursdays after the 8:30 am Mass.

Please Pray for our sick Relatives & Friends:

Diocese of Rockville Centre Day of Prayer and Healing for Women 1 The Day of Prayer and Healing for Women is a opportunity to experience the loving mercy of God in a safe and sacred space. The day is directed by faithful priests who have a sensitivity and a heart for those who suf-fer. The day includes witnesses of mercy, Scripture sharing, personal prayer, opportunity for Sacramental Confession, and the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass.

2 Date on Saturday, December 10, 2016 on Long Island 3 To register by: 4 Filling out the online form 1. Contacting Project Rachel by phone:1-888-456-4673 Contacting Project Rachel by email: projectrachel@drvc.org

A woman or couple facing an unexpected preg-nancy may feel anxious and overwhelmed, with a multitude of worries. It may be a single woman who had very different plans for her future, a teen-ager wondering how she will tell her family, or a couple already struggling to make ends meet. All too often, those in this situation feel pressure from friends, family members and others to termi-nate their pregnancy.

POPE FRANCIS HOSPITALITY CENTRE

We have started this center for seniors, veterans, those in need and for anyone wishing to share a simple meal.

It is open on Saturdays from 9:30am to 1:00pm. The Center meets in the school cafeteria.

1510 DePaul Street, Elmont

All are welcome!