December 21, 2014 - St. Frances de Chantal

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The Parish Family of St. Frances de Chantal
PaStoral Staff
Rev. Gregory Cappuccino
Pastor
ON BECOMING A CATHOLIC
If you or someone you know is thinking of becoming a Catholic,
come and experience the RCIA (The Rite of Christian Initiation of
Adults). The RCIA is a journey experience for those adults who are
non-baptized, baptized in another Christian tradition, or baptized
Catholics who have not received the Sacraments of Confirmation
and Eucharist. Please contact Sr. Jocelyn Panzetta (X206) for more
information.
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Rev. Francisco Gius Garcia Associate Pastor
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Rev. Aloysius Pakianather
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Associate Pastor
Deacon Robert O’Donovan Pre-Cana, CYO
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Deacon Joseph Torres
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Baptism Program
Deacon Thomas Anderson Youth Spiritual Dev
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Msgr. John Rowan
Sunday Associate
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Sr. Lauren Hanley
Spiritual Dev. Director
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Sr. Jocelyn Panzetta, CIJ
Faith Formation (Adults)
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Mrs. Lucy Vavosa Creed
Faith Formation (Youth)
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Mrs. Donna Mugno
Faith Formation (Children)
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Mrs. Amy Markin
Business Manager
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Ms. Ele Ruth Melendez
Parish Social Ministry
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Ms. Elisa Vignali
Liturgical Music
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Welcome to our Parish Family! Families/Individuals who have
moved into the area and are interested in registering may download
and fill out the Parish Census Form from the Parish Website and
mail it to the Parish office. You may also drop by the Parish Office
and fill out the form. After which, expect a call from one of the
pastoral staff members and an email (if you have provided an email
address) welcoming you into the parish. You will also receive by
mail a packet containing basic information about the parish and
possibilities of involvement.
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Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ:
On this fourth and last Sunday of Advent, we once again hear
the story of the Annunciation of the Birth of Christ, made
known by a message of an angel, to the Virgin Mary. Glad
tidings of great joy! This announcement, which became flesh
by the total yes of Mary, would further be announced to the
shepherds abiding in the field. It would be a star that would
lead the strangers from the east, who we call astrologers or
wise men (Magi) or possibly kings, to the birth place of a
stable in Bethlehem. It would be Joseph, the protecting father
figure, who would believe in a message which came from a
dream, to be not afraid to take Mary as his wife and to believe
that all which was taking place was of God. This coming of
God, in the flesh of the Christ child, comes in messages, stars
and dreams. Such ways of knowing are indeed mysterious,
hidden, and truly quite personal to those who encounter the
Divine. Ways far other than the world of clever thinking,
power and wealth. Even Jesus, in his public teaching, which
was yet to happen, said that the things of God are hidden from
the clever and revealed to little ones, the lowly, and those who
yearn and seek God to come and reveal himself.
As we approach Christmas, we are reminded that empires
and people of power come and go. The great Emperor Caesar
Augustus, whose father was Julius Caesar, declared by the
ancients to be divine, and that we hear about in the Lucan
Gospel story of the Incarnation, are no more and their power
gone. So to, are Constantine, Charlemagne, Napoleon, Hitler
and Stalin. The empires of European Kings, totalitarian states
of the past century, are no more. Power, greed, control have a
moment on the stage of history and then fade into dust. Only
Christ, who appears as the humble son of a carpenter with
few possessions and nothing of earthly power, has remained
as the one who claims and seeks human hearts as his only
throne.
As it was in the events that surrounded the first coming of the
Christ, so it is today as we wait for His coming even now. For
He is seeking to find, in your hearts and mine, a new humble
heart like the first manger to make a home. The message is
that God is with us, Emmanuel! Have we prepared and are
we waiting and longing for the great appearance of our God
and savior Jesus Christ? He truly remains and abides in those
who still seek him. Can he count us among the hidden ones
who, in our dreams and prayers, perceive the message and the
person who, in time, first dwelt in the womb of Mary? The
one that Joseph trusted was of God. Are we proceeding in
haste like the shepherd to behold what God has done? Can
we follow mysterious signs of nature and the universe leading
us to a place of encounter with the Divine?
The ages and the mysterious plan of the Creator of the
universe continues to unfold. Can we wrap ourselves in so
vast a mystery? Can we see that it still comes with a simple
yes? A yes that leads to a seed, then a birth, then a disciple,
then a people and then a world truly redeemed and conformed
to the mind and heart of God? A God that loves us and is, in
fact, is Love? Let us all open our hearts to this King of Glory.
May he reign in us so that his Kingdom may come!
A blessed Christmas to you and to the whole world
When we let him live in our hearts we are called to become
heralds and makers of that reign of God. Can we bring peace?
Do we work for justice? Do we forgive and reconcile? Do
our talents and gifts just build us up and produce false security
and happiness? Can we allow the Holy Spirit, promised by
this Christ, to truly make us new once again this Christmas?
Love,
Fr. Greg
READINGS FOR THE FOURTH SUNDAY OF ADVENT
1st Reading: 2 Samuel 7:1-5, 8b-12, 14a, 1
2nd Reading: Romans 16:25-27
Gospel: Luke 1:26-38
Reflection Questions for this week
Adults: Name one area of your life where God has surprised you with love, abilities, or even a
pregnancy. How is God’s Spirit upon you in this dimension of life?
Children: If you were to tell someone one thing about Jesus’ mother, Mary, what would you say?
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Mass Intentions
Monday December
22
7:00 AM
Alicia O’Boyle
9:00 AM
John & Helen King
Tuesday December
23
7:00 AM
Bernard Tracey
9:00 AM
Eileen & Neal McCarroll
Wednesday December
24
7:00 AM
Adeline & Frederick Cassola
9:00 AM
Richard O’Connor
4:00 PM
Christmas Spiritual Bouquet (Church)
4:00 PM
Christmas Spiritual Bouquet (Auditorium)
6:00 PM
12:00 AM
Thursday December
Christmas Spiritual Bouquet
8:30 AM
10:00 AM
12:00 PM
12:00 PM
Christmas Spiritual Bouquet (Auditorium)
Stephan Sica
9:00 AM
Deceased Members of Giovanniello
& Schiralli Families
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House, and St. Frances Parish Program. Online giving is available to all
parishioners! Please visit our website at www.saintjanefrances.org and click
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Carmela & Albert Avezzano
4:00 PM
Angie Scotto
5:30 PM
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7:00 AM
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Financial & Living Stewardship
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7:00 AM
Friday December
We are grateful this week for all stewards
in our Parish who recognize the gifts and fruits of the
Holy Spirit in daily life. Your gift of your 5 loaves
and 2 fish support the various programs of our parish.
Amidst the economic difficulty the entire
country is going through, let us do whatever we can
to support our Parish.
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Scott Koponen & Family
8:30 AM
For the People of the Parish
10:00 AM
Sarah & Tom Tufano
12:00 PM
Megan Lapicki-Landers
5:00 PM
Nicholas P. Monteleone
We continue to pray for:
Readings for The Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph
Weekend of December 27 - December 28, 2014
1st Reading: Genesis 15:1-6; 21:1-3
2nd Reading: Hebrews 11:8, 11-12, 17-19
GOSPEL: Luke 2:22-40
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Michael J. Aguanno, Lt. Richard Bruno, Robert Cirolia,
Tyler Daly, Scott Dickson, Valerie Dickson, Ian Sage
Donley, Kieran J. Grogan, Jack Hall, Steven John, Joseph
Morcerf, Brian Paduano, Capt. Joseph M. Palumbo,
Christopher Piegari, Christopher Price, Sean Patrick
Riordan, Noel Sawyer, Joshua Sider, Corporal Craig
Torres, Monica Tretola, CW02 Jason P. Williams, Michael
Perez, SRA. Kristopher Duer , P.V.T 2 Brian Witte, LCPL
Brian Terra, LCPL Douglas Terra
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ejemplo de María y José sea el modelo para todas nuestras familias. Y que nos encuentre
adorando al Príncipe de la Paz, mientras los ángeles cantan y el mundo entero se regocija pues A nosotros
se nos ha dado un Hijo, a nosotros nace un niño y es el Salvador, Dios Omnipotente, Príncipe de Paz.
Cristo,

Fielmente suyos en
B
ishop of Rockville Centre

Obispo de Rockville Centre
Frances
Chantal
RC Church
RockvilleSt
Centre,
Newde
York
11571–9023
• telephone 516.678.5800 • fax 516.678.3138 • www.drvc.org
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Saint Frances Cares
PARISH SOCIAL
MINISTRY CALENDAR
December 2014
AA
Friday, December 5, 12, 19, 26*
9:45 AM to 12:00 PM
8:00 PM to 10:00 PM
INCLUSION
Monday, December 1st
Smulski Room
7:00 PM to 8:00 PM
APHASIA SUPPORT GROUP
Tuesday, December 9th
Room 10
7:30 PM to 9:00 PM
Sunday, December 7, 14, 21, 28
7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
Room 15
*Hawthorne Living Room
MS YOGA
Monday, December 1, 8, 15, 22
Smulski Room
12:00 PM TO 1:00 PM
BAGELS AND BINGO
Wednesday, December 17th
Room 12
10:00 AM to 12:00 PM
ALANON
Monday, December 1, 8, 15, 22,
29
Room 15
12:30 PM to 2:00 PM
STROKE SUPPORT
Wednesday, December 3rd
Room 12
11:00 AM to 1:00 PM
YOUNG VINCENTIAN’S
WREATH SALE
Saturday/Sunday, December 6th
& 7th
Outside the Church
After all Masses
CENTRAL NASSAU
GUIDANCEHURRICANE SANDY
RESOURCE SUPPORT
GROUP
Monday, December 1, 8, 15, 22,
29
Hawthorne Living Room
7:00 PM to 8:00 PM
MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS
SUPPORT
Smulski Room
11:00 AM to 1:00 PM
RECOVERY GROUP
FOR ANXIETY AND
DEPRESSION
Friday, December 5, 12, 19
7:30 PM to 9:00 PM
Saturday, December 6, 13, 20
1:00 PM to 3:00 PM
SENIOR HAPPY HOUR
Friday, December 12th
Room 12
9:30 AM to 11:00 AM
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STROKE CO- SURVIVOR
GROUP
Wednesday. December 3rd
Room 10
11:00 AM to 12:00 PM
OPIATE ANONYMOUS
SUPPORT
Wednesday, December 3, 10, 17,
24, 31
7:30 PM to 9:30 PM
PARENTS OF HOPE
PRAYER SERVICE
Smulski Room
7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
ST. VINCENT DE PAUL
MEETING
Tuesday, December 2nd &16th
PSM Conference Room
7:30 PM to 9:00 PM
WANTAGH DEAF SENIOR
GROUP
Thursday, December 4, 11, 18
Smulski Room
8:00 AM to 3:00 PM
NICOTINE ANONYMOUS
Wednesday, December 3, 10, 17
Room 23
11:00 AM to 1:00 PM
Parish News
PRAYER FOR PEACE
IN IRAQ
Lord,
the plight of our brothers and sisters
is deep and the suffering of Christians
is severe and frightening.
Therefore, we ask you Lord
to spare their lives, and to grant us all patience,
and courage to continue our witness to Christian values
with trust and hope.
Lord, peace is the foundation of life;
grant us the peace and stability that will enable us
to live with each other without fear and anxiety,
and with dignity and joy.
Glory be to you forever.
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ATTENTION!
THE 4:00 P.M. MASS ON CHRISTMAS EVE WILL
BE A FAMILY MASS WITH THE CHILDREN’S
CHOIR AND PARTICIPATION BY THE
CHILDREN AT THE MASS.
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ADORATION
DUE TO THE DECORATING OF THE CHURCH
FOR CHRISTMAS EVE, THERE WILL BE NO
ADORATION ON MONDAY, DECEMBER 22ND.
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BLESSING OF FIGURES FROM YOUR HOME
NATIVITY SCENE
Saint Francis of Assisi introduced us to the Christmas
Crèche. At Greccio near Assisi, around the year 1220,
Francis celebrated Christmas by setting up the first
known presepio or crèche (nativity scene). His nativity
imagery reflected the scene found in traditional paintings.
He used real animals to create a living scene so that the
worshipers could contemplate the birth of the Child Jesus
in a direct way, making use of their senses, especially
sight. Thomas of Celano, a biographer of Saint Francis
and Saint Bonaventure both, tell how he used only a
straw–filled manger (feeding trough) set between a real
ox and donkey. According to Thomas, it was beautiful in
its simplicity, with the manger acting as the altar for the
Christmas Mass. This tradition has become a wonderful
spiritual part of most nativity scenes prominently
displayed in our homes and/or on our lawns.
It is also a Saint Frances de Chantal parish tradition
to bring one or more of our personal crèche figures to
a Christmas Mass to have them blessed as part of the
Christmas Mass celebration.
All are invited to bring in a figure(s) to any of our parish
Christmas Eve or Christmas Day Masses, and when
requested, hold them high so that they may be blessed
along with our Parish Crèche. Let us all join in this
profoundly beautiful tradition together and may the
blessings of the Infant Jesus remain upon you and yours
throughout this Christmas Season and the New Year.
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CHRISTMAS SPIRITUAL BOUQUET CARDS
Christmas Spiritual Bouquet cards are now available at
the Church doors.
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SUNDAY’S WORD/BREAKING BREAD BOOKS
If you would like to have the Sunday readings in print,
copies of Sunday’s Word books are available at the
church doors for a small donation of $3.00 to help cover
our cost.
Please do not remove the Breaking Bread books from the
church. They are needed for masses and cost the parish
approximately $5 to replace each one that is removed.
If you need a Sunday’s Word/Breaking Bread book for
your ministry, please contact Cookie Reisert at 785-1309.
Thank You.
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BAPTISM MINISTRY
The Baptism Ministry is in need of people willing to help
out at our Baptisms which are celebrated on Sundays at
1:30 p.m. We are looking specifically for help as Master
of Ceremonies, Lectors, helpers and computer persons.
Please contact Deacon Joe at 785-2333 ext. 517 for
further information.
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WANTED!
Eucharistic Ministers are desperately needed to bring
Communion to the homebound. If interested, please
contact Rita Aragona at 735-3198
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Parish Social Ministry
today.
SOCIAL MINISTRY IN NEED OF FOOD AND GAS CARDS
OUR TIME
One of the unique offerings of our school is a parent and
child program called Our Time. This program offers a
variety of age-appropriate activities for two and three
year olds, such as arts and crafts, live music, story time,
playtime and prayer. The classes are conducted in a wellstructured classroom setting and taught by Sabina Lamb,
Director of Family Music at St. Barnabas Church. The
session is once a week from 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.
during the months of September through June, Monday,
Tuesday and Wednesday. Call (516) 781-9834 for
information. Ask the rectory for our new brochure!
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Parish Social Ministry is in desperate need for donations
of gas and supermarket gift cards. We distribute the gift
cards to those who require items we do not carry in our
pantry. Any denomination would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you for your continued support.
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Bulletin Board
COME PRAY WITH US
The Passionist Fathers of Bishop Molloy Spiritual Center,
Jamaica, New York, invite the men of the parish to a
weekend retreat on January 23rd, 24th and 25th. It begins
with supper at 7:00 p.m. on Friday, and concludes at noon
on Sunday. Join us for a weekend of prayer, rest, good
company and hopefully many spiritual blessings. The cost,
a free will offering, is $195. A non-refundable deposit of
$50. is required at the time of reservation. For information
call Charles at (516) 781-9610 or Tim at (516) 826-4772.
You may also call the Retreat House at (718) 739-1229 or
browse the Retreat House website at www.bishopmolloy.
org. Other retreats for men or women are also available.
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SAVE THE DATE!!
The Diocesan Choir and Music Ensemble, under the
direction of Michael Wustrow, will present a Twelfth
Night concert for Epiphany at 4:00 p.m. on Sunday,
January 4, 2015 in the beautiful Sacred Heart Chapel on
the grounds of the Sisters of St. Joseph, 1725 Brentwood
Road, Brentwood. All are invited! If you need further
information or have any questions, please contact Sr.
Jeanne McGorry, CSJ at (631) 273-1187 ext. 140 or
email at mcgorry@csjbrentwood.org.
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THE LONG ISLAND CATHOLIC
In The Long Island Catholic December Edition, in addition
to compelling columns and news about our Diocese, read
about how to build a Sacraments Keepsake Box, explore the
sacred and rarely seen treasures of Immaculate Conception
Seminary, see how two families prepare for His coming
through Advent traditions in the home and read about the
final report from the Extraordinary Synod on the Family.
To subscribe to the monthly magazine of the Diocese of
Rockville Centre, visit licatholic.org or call 1-800-443-2155
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St. Elizabeth Ann Seton
ST. ELIZABETH ANN SETON REGIONAL
CATHOLIC SCHOOL
Where we “BUILD” upon Respect, Responsibility &
Reverence
SEAS Half-day Children’s Activity - January 8th, 12
to 2pm at Ballocity, 2710 Hempstead Tnpk., Levittown.
Enjoy 3 areas: Bounce, Laser Tag & Ballocity plus pizza/
soda and arcade fun! Payment of $15pp. by January 5th
Attn: Rosalia Melaccio c/o Frank K-1.
Father’s Club Annual Wine Tasting – Saturday, January
10th 7:00 PM school cafeteria. Enjoy an array of wines
selected by Ace’s Wines & Spirits of Merrick. There
will be hors d’oeuvres, raffles & more. Invite friends &
family. Open to all parishioners, adults over 21. $25/pp
pre-registered, $30 at door. Make check payable to SEAS
Father’s Club. Send into school Attn: A. Cantelmo c/o
Julianna 3-2 or mail: 1865 Gardenia Ave, Merrick NY
11566. Please come out to support this important event.
All proceeds go back to the school.
SAVE THE DATE - Jan. 31st, 2015 – SEAS Bi-Annual
GALA!
IN THE PAST & NOTABLE – We beat our goal! We
packaged up 670 boxes for Operation Christmas Child!
Thank you to everyone who contributed donations
and time! 670 children will have a merrier Christmas
because of you!
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Dear St. Frances Parish Family,
It is with sincere gratitude that we can share the
news that we have reached our goal amount of
$127,300 in our annual Catholic Ministries Appeal
campaign!
We will provide a final total once all pledges have
been paid.
Your support of this Appeal makes it possible
to serve God’s people here on Long Island as we
educate our children, support our seminarians and
deacon candidates, provide funds for Parish Social
Ministry, and assist our campus ministers in their
work with our young adults.
THANK YOU !!!!
With deep appreciation,
Deacon Tom and the St. Francis Parish Staff