1. religion and spirituality
2. christianity
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Sunday, October 12, 2014
St. Kilian, Feast Day - July 8
It is generally recognized that
from childhood, Kilian exhibited a
great zeal to the understanding of
the Christian Faith. He was
motivated by the words of Jesus:
“If anyone wishes to come after
me, let him deny himself and take
up his cross and follow me.” Kilian
was consecrated bishop before
leaving Ireland and given the name
“Kilian” which means “hammer.”
Kilian, the hammer, was to destroy
paganism by his preaching.
At that time, missionaries were
to be commissioned by the Pope.
They received the blessing of Pope
Conan for their preaching in Germany. Kilian and
eleven companions set out and when arriving in
Franconia (today Bavaria), Kilian and two
companions, Kolonat, a priest and Totnan, a
deacon, settled in Wurzburg where they were the
first missionaries to the people of that area.
Many people were converted to the Catholic faith
in the next few years. Kilian baptized the reigning
Duke Gosbert. The duke, however, was
married to his sister-in-law that which was
forbidden by both Franconia and Church law.
Since the duke had become a strong
Christian, he was resolved to separate from
his wife, Gailana. W hen she heard of
Gosbert’s intention she was furious and
arranged for Duke Gosbert to be on a
crusade, and when he was absent arranged
for the beheading of Kilian, Kolonat and
Totnan.
W hile awaiting their execution, Kilian
heard the voice of Jesus: “Friend Kilian,
arise. I do not want you to exert yourself any
longer. Just one more battle and you will
march in as victor with me.”
During the night the murderers broke in
and Kilian encouraged his companions with
the words: “Do not be afraid of those who
kill the body but cannot kill the soul.” They
were martyred in the year 689. Kilian is
pictured with a sword, the instrument of his
martyrdom.
Serving St. Kilian’s
Parish
Father Bruce Powers
[email protected]
Father Duffy
[email protected]
PARISH TRUSTEES
Mr. Victor Albanese
Mr. Pierre Lehmuller
PASTORAL COUNCIL
Mrs. Carol Budinoff
Mrs. Anne Carter
Mrs. Addie DeVincentis
Mr. Timothy Fierst
Mr. Brian McKenna
Mrs. Elizabeth Noveck
Mrs. Suzi Picciano
Mr. James Porter (Chairman)
Mr. David Rodenburg
Mrs. Terri Romano
Pastoral Council e-mail
[email protected]
Sacraments
Baptism
Baptisms are celebrated on the 1st, 2nd and 3rd
Sunday of the month at 2:00 p.m. in the church.
Spanish Baptisms are celebrated on the 4th Sunday
of the month at 2 p.m. Parents are required to
participate in one Sacramental Preparation session.
These meetings are held on the first and third
Sunday of each month. After attending the
9:30am Mass, parents should proceed to the Parish
Center (below the church) for the Baptism
Preparation Class. Godparents are welcome. Please
call the rectory to arrange an interview with a deacon
or priest to register for the preparation session and
the Baptism ceremony. Additional information on
Baptism is available on the parish website:
www.stkilian.com
be given over the phone. The bride, the groom,
or their parents must be a member or former
members of St. Kilian Parish. Note: The
interview to schedule the marriage date at St.
Kilian should be completed before commitments
are made with a catering hall. All couples are
required to participate in a Foccus Inventory
prior to attending a diocesan approved Pre
Cana Program in preparation for this sacrament.
Additional information is available on the parish
website: www.stkilian.com.
Anointing of the Sick
FINANCE COMMITTEE
Mr. Victor Albanese
Deacon Frank Barone
Mr. Richard Merzbacher
Mr. Edward A. Smith
Deacon William Weiss
Mr. Stephen G. Wilson
Support Staff
Mr. Frank Shanley - Business
The Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick Manager - [email protected]
may be received by any Catholic who is
Mrs. Eileen Donohue preparing for surgery, or is of advanced age, or
Bulletin/Communications
is seriously ill. The sacrament is the Church’s
[email protected]
prayer for health and healing and should not be
Mrs. Barbara Geary - Secretary
delayed until there is danger of death. Please
[email protected]
Reconciliation
call the rectory to speak with a priest. Also, to
Confessions are heard in the church on Mondays, arrange for Communion to be brought to the Mrs. Maureen Ihm - Secretary 1:00-2:00 p.m.; Saturdays, 4:00-4:45 p.m.; and in shut-in, please call the Parish Social Ministry/
[email protected]
the rectory by appointment. Confessions are not Outreach Office.
Mrs. Antoinette Pusateri heard on Mondays that are Holy Days or public
Accounting Admin. holidays. Confessions in Spanish by appointment. Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults –
[email protected]
Please call the rectory.
RCIA
Anyone who wishes to become a Catholic and
who has not been baptized or who has been
Marriage arrangements should be made with a
baptized in another Christian community is
deacon or priest at least six months before the
invited to inquire into the RCIA. Please call the
proposed wedding date. No dates for marriage will
rectory for information.
Matrimony
St. Kilian Parish Web
Site:www.stkilian.com
Parish e-mail address:
[email protected]
Rectory - (516) 249-0127 X
Religious Education Office - (516) 694-0633
X
Parish Outreach (516) 756-9656
Music Office - (516) 420-0950 X
Youth Ministry - (516) 249-0127
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St. Kilian Catholic Church
Sunday, October 12, 2014
“For this is the Will of God, that you become holy....” (1st
Thessalonians 4. 3)
A recurrent theme in Pope Francis’s homilies and instructions
is encounter with Christ. Developing an ever deepening friendship
with Jesus is our first priority as Catholic Christians. The Pope
relates that whenever he traveled to Rome from his archdiocese
in Buenos Aires, he would visit the church where Caravaggio’s
masterpiece, The Call of Matthew the Tax Collector, was
displayed. He would make a holy hour in the church reflecting
prayerfully on the painting which depicts Jesus entering a room
where Matthew is seated at a table covered with gold coins. The
loving gaze of Jesus is fixed on Matthew; his hand points directly
at him. Pope Francis believes that the essence of prayer begins
with the recognition “I am a sinner” and continues with the
awareness “a sinner upon whom the Lord looks with love”. The
pastor of the parish is charged with the responsibility of acting as
a kind of conduit for the Holy Spirit; constantly searching for
ways to draw parishioners into God’s loving embrace.
I had been an associate pastor at four parishes before I arrived
at St. Elizabeth of Hungary parish in Melville, New York in 1990
at age 43 and 17 years ordained. The religious education programs
in each of those four parishes involved some adult education and
faith formation, but seemed minimal to me. Decreasing mass
attendance had been a steady and disconcerting phenomenon. I
was determined that when I became a pastor, I would engage the
Pastoral Council and the Pastoral Team in developing a Faith
Formation Program that would involve both the children preparing
for sacraments - and their parents. Each of my previous parishes
had a “drop off religious education program.” In other words, 20
times a year, parents dropped their children off for an hour or so
at the Parish School or Center to be taught by a lay catechist.
Sometimes this drop-off program was accompanied by a halfdozen parent faith formation meetings. When I was a boy we called
it “released time CCD”.
With the involvement of the Pastoral Team, made up of the
priests of the parish, the DRE, and others, we developed a Faith
Formation Program that was directed at parents and their
children. As a team, we all believed in Lifetime Faith Formation.
While the children were preparing for the sacraments with a lay
catechist in the Parish Center (or school), and using ageappropriate children’s religious education material, the parents
were simultaneously meeting in a classroom with one of the
members of the Pastoral Team. The parents learned about the
Catholic faith on an adult level: prayer, liturgy and sacraments,
spirituality, Old and New Testament, church history, morality, and
more. Of primary concern for the Pastoral Team was
evangelization. In other words that parents and children would
encounter the infinite love of God, and be transformed in every
way by that encounter. This was our goal and our constant, fervent
prayer.
Since we knew that there would be
resistance on the part of parents, we
offered an alternate religious education
program. We would supply the needed
religious education material, and the
parents could teach their own child in their
home preparing the child for the
sacraments of our church. Periodically we
would test these children on their
understanding and internalization of the Catholic faith.
Most parents chose the first option. About 10% did not. More
than 20 years later, this “Family Program” continues at St.
Elizabeth. Was the goal achieved? Did hundreds of young parents
come to understand the love of Christ, and their Catholic faith;
and become engaged, committed and churchgoing believers?
The answer is yes and no. Yes they came to know their faith,
and most can give a good account of it in words. But no, the
majority did not become committed, engaged churchgoing
believers. But some did, perhaps as much as 10%. Deep faith, in
fact any kind of faith is a pure gift from God. We can dispose
ourselves to encountering God or not. God gives us a great gift,
free will. God does take the initiative, but does not force himself
on anyone. God does not coerce. Rather God is eminently
respectful and infinitely committed to our well-being. We can
say yes to Christ or no. From the very beginning of this Family
Program, we were met with resistance and hostility on the part of
a minority. Some young families, perhaps as high as 10%, left the
parish for a neighboring one. Over time that resistance has
diminished significantly. Now it is seen as the custom or “what
we do” at St. Elizabeth. But conversion to Christ is more
mysterious than getting information about Catholicism.
Is the “Family Program” worth doing at a parish like St. Kilian?
We certainly have the facilities to try it with 23 classrooms
available in our school building. We also have the personnel for
the adult education component. At present, other than preparing
their children for 1 st Communion, Reconciliation and
Confirmation, we are not reaching young parents at all. And it’s
convinced and practicing Catholic parents that bring their children
to mass and the sacraments. It is the parents who create a Catholic
home, a little church, where God’s love can be felt and caught in a
Christian atmosphere. Very few of these Catholic parents with
their young children can be found at Sunday Eucharist.
Nothing ventured nothing gained. What are your thoughts
on this idea? What are the positives and negatives? Do the
positives outweigh the negatives? You can find the Pastoral
Council chair- Jim Porter’s email address in the bulletin, as
well as mine: [email protected]
Next week’s pastor’s page: Arise: encountering Christ-a
parish three-year spiritual renewal
Peace, Father Bruce
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Sunday, October 12, 2014
SUNDAY - October 12 - Twenty-Eighth Sunday in
Ordinary Time - Readings: 1st—Isaiah 25:6-10a; 2nd—
Philippians 4:12-14, 19-20; Gospel—Matthew 22: 1-14 or
22:1-10
7:00
George Markunas - Fr. Gus
8:00
St. Kilian Women’s Guild - Fr. Antonio
9:30
John Yager, Sr. - Bishop Dunne
11:00
For the Parishioners of St. Kilian - Fr. Duffy
12:30pm Joseph Trudden, Jr. - Fr. Bruce
Robert Joseph Michels
James Ross
Louis Ryf
The following are the weekly collections for:
Oct. 4, 5, 2014 .....................$23,332.15
(Last year 2013) ..................$22,984.00
Attendance
Oct. 4, 5 2014 ...................2151
(Last year 2013) ...............2082
Parish Collection report - Weekend of Oct. 4, 5, 2014
Amt. in Env
Cash/Checks
Loose
Cash
Total
146
$3615.00
$468.00
$4083.00
6:15pm - Sat.
15
$123.00
$525.00
$648.00
7:30pm - Sat
57
$2061.00
$136.00
$2197.00
7:00am
45
$1916.00
$235.00
$2151.00
WEDNESDAY - October 15 - St. Teresa of Jesus
8:00am
71
$2305.00
$329.00
$2634.00
7:00
9:00
9:30am
102
$2791.00
$435.00
$3226.00
11:00am
153
$4420.00
$335.00
$4755.00
12:30pm
91
$3186.15
$452.00
$3638.15
MONDAY - October 13 - Weekday
7:00
Ralph F. Iorio
9:00
Beatrice Kenny
Mary D’Andrea
Leonard Olivieri
THURSDAY - October 16 - Weekday
7:00
Vito & Rosa Mastrorocco
9:00
Richard H. Wider
Mail in Envelopes: $0
Total
$23,332.15
FRIDAY - October 17 - St. Ignatius of Antioch
7:00
Jacquelyn Carvo
9:00
Kenneth Stedman
Bulletin Reflection:
In today’s second reading, St. Paul thanks the Philippians for
being willing to share in his hardships and promises that God,
in turn, will fully supply all their needs. Our God truly cannot be
outdone in generosity!
SATURDAY - October 18 - St. Luke
7:30
Jacquelyn Carvo
5:00pm
Richard Ihm - Fr. Bruce
Maureen (Arico) O’Keefe
Anthony Trupiano
Henry, Rose & Rosemary Joseph
6:15pm
- Fr. Antonio
7:30pm
James Schaeffer - Fr. Duffy
SUNDAY - October 19 - Twenty-Ninth Sunday in
Ordinary Time - Readings: 1st—Isaiah 45:1, 4-6; 2nd—1
Thessalonians 1:1-5b; Gospel—Matthew 22:15-21
7:00
For Parishioners of St. Kilian - Fr. Antonio
8:00
Ruth M. Jeffery - Fr. Gus
9:30
James Forgione - Fr. Duffy
11:00
Ralph Porpora - Fr. Duffy
12:30pm Damian (Sam) Aiello - Fr. Bruce
Pat Pedone
Lorraine Schumeyer
James Ross
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Number of
Envelopes
5pm - Sat.
TUESDAY - October 14 - Weekday
7:00
Richard H. Wider
9:00
Ronald Demuth, Jr.
*The schedule of priests celebrating Mass
is subject to change as parish needs arise.
Mass
Living Stewardship:
We are grateful this week for all stewards in our parish who
share their gifts by cooking or providing meals for the
homebound or those in need at soup kitchens or community
centers.
ST. KILIAN PARISH MEMORIALS FOR HOSTS
AND WINE to be used at all WEEKEND Masses
(Oct. 11, 12, 2014) were donated in Memory of
+ Ann Lo Piccolo
Gift of: JoAnn, Sal, Marie, Linda, Brian
ST. KILIAN PARISH MEMORIALS FOR HOSTS
AND WINE to be used at all WEEKDAY Masses
(Oct. 13, 17, 2014) were donated in Memory of
+ Ann Lo Piccolo
Gift of: JoAnn, Sal, Marie, Linda, Brian
St. Kilian Catholic Church
Sunday, October 12, 2014
Baptisms
Fr. Powers Installation
Mass
Sunday, October 19, 2014
at 12:30 P.M. Mass
Shane William Burdi
Jameson Frogge
As a praying community, we
automatically ask prayers for all
those who are ill. Names added to
the list will remain on for a
maximum of 3 weeks. If the
individual is still in need of prayers,
the office would have to be notified to continue for an
additional 3 weeks. If you do not desire to be listed, please
inform us.
PRAY FOR:
Frank Burnside; Msgr. Tom Hartman; Sarita Donald;
Denise Wagner; Helen Norjen; John Peters; John Nelson,
Jr.; John Nelson; Kerri Ihm; Rosemarie Oliver; Matthew
Malley; Fred Schumeyer; Christine Fitzgerald; Fred
Rigolini; Sonia Thalappillil.
All Parishioners are invited to attend the Installation
Mass of our new pastor, Fr. Bruce Powers. A reception
will follow in the Parish Center, Room A.
STEWARDSHIP RENEWAL IS ON ITS
WAY!
Next week, we begin our time of
stewardship renewal. Let us pray for all people in
our parish as we reflect together on God’s
generosity in our lives, and our response to that
generosity as we “belong more deeply.”
And prayers for the children: Gwendolyn Rose; Kyle
Patrick Johnson; MacKenzie Jordan Borchers.
Rest in Peace
Please pray for the repose of
the soul of:
Banns of Marriage
Ray Formisano
Mary Stutzenstein
Louis Schiano
Wesley R. Carlton
Theodore A. Rybacki
Catherine M. Heckman
Maria Cavaliere
First Announcement
William Scott Sucarino & Colleen Bridget Carroll (St. Kilian)
Matthew Candela (St. Kilian) & Lauren Flanagan
Second Announcement
Michael Robert Erhardt & Jennifer Marie Sabatelli (St. Kilian)
Marco Rabie (St. Kilian) & Mandy Kassis (St. Kilian)
Eternal Rest grant unto them O Lord, and let the Perpetual
Light shine upon them. May their souls and the souls of all
the faithful departed through the mercy of God Rest in
Peace. Amen
The rectory will be closed on
Monday, October 13th in
observance of the Columbus
Day Holiday. The 7am Mass
will be in St. Benedict Chapel and there will be no
confessions in the afternoon.
Third Announcement
Adam Segall & Kathryn Weiss (St. Kilian)
Alex Nartowicz & Rory Lyons (St. Kilian)
Collection Envelopes
It helps our counters to keep an accurate
account of your donations if you write the
amount of your donation on the space provided on the front of
your envelope. Also, please do not tape your envelope closed.
Thank you for your generosity to St. Kilian Parish.
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Sunday, October 12, 2014
SAINT KILIAN’S IS IN NEED OF NEW
VESTMENTS FOR THE CELEBRATION OF
MASS
Just like a family who outgrows articles of clothing or
replaces things as they become worn, our parish needs
to purchase vestments from time to time for use in the
sacred liturgy.
The following vestments are available to
memorialize:
Red Set
1 x Red *Dalmatic - $600 each
2 x Red Deacons Stoles $300 each
Violet Set
1 x Violet Dalmatic - $600 each
Communion Stole
2 x White Stole for Communion help $300 each
4 x Violet Stole for Communion help $300 each
3 x Green Stole for Communion help $300 each
4 x Red Stole for Communion help $300 each
Please contact the rectory at (516)249-0127, if
you are interested in memorializing a vestment. You can
make your gift In Memory of, or In Honor of a family
member or friend or as a Gift of and the vestments will
bear a label memorializing your support.
This is also a great way to see your gift “in use”
for many years to come, since good quality vestments will
last for generations. When calling the rectory, please let us
know which item you would like to memorialize.
Eucharistic Ministers Needed
Mercy Medical Center is in need of Eucharistic Ministers to
volunteer on a permanent and substitute basis. The Diocese of
Rockville Center Training Program - Session “A” will take
place on Sept. 27th and Session “B” on Nov. 1st, 9am - 1pm at
Kellenberg Memorial H.S. Evening sessions are available at
St. Elizabeth’s in Melville, Session “A” Oct. 15 and Session
“B” Oct. 29, 7pm - 10pm. You can find all the details and
download a flyer on the Diocesan Website at: www.drvc.org/
worship.
In addition to training, volunteering at a hospital requires
an annual Doctor’s Health Assessment/Physical, Hospital
Application, Orientation and I.D. Badge. If you are a
trained Eucharistic Minister at your church and would like
to volunteer at Mercy, only Session “B” is necessary
which we can schedule. Please contact Jamila Shivers at
Mercy Medical Center at 516-705-1414 or email
[email protected] with any questions and for
further informaton.
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Do good on earth...”
Pray and give generously
WORLD MISSION SUNDAY
The Society for the Propagation of the Faith
a Pontifical Mission Society
Sunday, October 19, 2014
Next Sunday, World Mission Sunday, our Holy Father, Pope
Francis, calls every Catholic to celebrate at the Eucharist,
our vocation to be missionary and to help the Missions.
As Catholics around the world, here at home and in the
Missions, gather at the Eucharistic table, let us pray for
the Church’s worldwide mission and offer financial help
through the Propagation of the Faith for more than 1,150
dioceses in Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Pacific
Islands. Thank you for your generosity.
There will be a second collection next weekend for
World Mission Sunday. Thank you for your generosity.
Girl Scout Awards for
Daisy and Brownie scouts
...
Now is the time to order books for
girls to work on awards in order to receive pins at the annual
parish Girl Scout mass on March 8, 2015. Books may be
ordered through mail by contacting the catholic scouting
office 516-678-5800 ext 245; email [email protected]. For
further information and to register to receive awards at the
annual st. Kilian mass please contact the parish coordinator
Maryellen [email protected]
The Daisy award “Jesus Loves Me” is for first
graders and is intended to introduce the girls to connections
between scouting and spiritual life.The brownie award “Ave
Maria” is for second graders who are interested in learning
about the Blessed Mother and ways in which to worship and
“The Family of God” award is for third graders who intend
to explore ways in which the scout and her family may
become closer to God. Girls may work independently or
with others in their troop.
Patches may be ordered for all those attending the
mass on March 8th
ST. KILIAN SENIORS
There are still openings for the Senior
Tuesday Meetings. Noon to 3 p.m. in the Church
basement. Meeting, play bingo, go on trips, luncheon.
Call Marie Gilmore at (516)249-8536.
St. Kilian Catholic Church
Sunday, October 12, 2014
SOCIAL MINISTRY/OUTREACH
Outreach is our parish community’s response to the Gospel call to help those in need.
We serve anyone who lives within our parish boundaries regardless of religion, race or ethnicity.
We are located at 140 Elizabeth Street but our main entrance is in the parking lot facing Conklin Street.
OUR FOOD PANTRY AND OFFICE IS OPEN MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, 10AM-2:30PM.
We are also available certain Saturdays by appointment only. Spanish translators are available Tuesdays and Fridays.
For further information please call 516-756-9656
Nina Petersen, Director of Outreach
We thank you in advance…..This week our pantry could use the items listed below. Just drop your donation
in the bin in the gathering space of the church or bring it to Outreach during our regular business hours.
Potatoes (Canned or Instant)
Ketchup
Sugar
“Bear one another’s burdens, and so you will fulfill the law of Christ.” Galatians 6:2
Our Fiscal Year completed in August and I would like to share the following statistics with you, since it is ONLY through your
generosity that we are able to provide our Outreach services in answer to God’s call.
-Thank You for allowing us to help an average of 456 people each month during 2013-2014, which increased from our
monthly average of 407 individuals during 2012-2013.
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Thank You for helping us to provide a total of 14, 918 services this past fiscal year, as compared to 13, 915 during the
previous year. Some of the services provided include: food pantry and food stamp application assistance, case
management, advocacy, clothing, employment counseling, transportation, heating assistance and applications, and
information and referrals to government and non-profit resources.
-Thank
You, St. Kilian Parish, for Helping Us Help Others!
Thank you to Catholic Health Services and the volunteer nurses from St. Francis Hospital in Roslyn who
assisted at our Health Fair last weekend, giving out flu vaccines and doing blood pressure screenings.
We are grateful for the generosity of their time and talents!
“To Ms. Pat G. – Thank you for helping me with the resume. I got a job with benefits!”
Did you know we offer Employment Assistance (resume writing, interview coaching, job search tips)? Our Employment
Counselor is here Thursdays from 11:00am to 2:30pm. If interested, call for an appointment.
Join our vibrant and loving groups for women for lunch and/or dinner and discussions on improving our relationships at home,
work and in all areas of our lives. Both groups meet on the 1st and 3rd Thursdays of the month in the lower level of the
Church. “Love & Lunch” meets from 10:00 am to 12:30 pm and “Love & Dinner” meets from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm.
MARK YOUR NOVEMBER CALENDARS
Our HOLIDAY FOOD DRIVE will be held in the Outreach building on
Saturday, November 8th, from 3:30 pm to 7:30 pm and Sunday, November
9th, from 8:30 am to 2:00 pm. Please look for more information in our
upcoming bulletins on this much-needed drive.
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Sunday, October 12, 2014
ST. KILIAN WEEK AT A
GLANCE
Oct. 12 (Sunday)
Respect Life Meeting - 10:30am - Parish Ctr.
SKYouth - 6pm - Cafeteria
Alanon Meeting - 7:30pm - Parish Ctr.
Oct. 13 (Monday) - Columbus Day - Rectory
Closed
Oct. 14 (Tuesday)
NA Meeting - 7:30pm - Parish Ctr.
Oct. 15 (Wednesday)
Social Ministry - Holiday Registration - 3pm 7:30pm - Social Ministry Conference Room
AA Support Meeting - 7pm - Parish Ctr.
Boy Scouth Catholic Emblem - 7:30pm - Parish
Ctr.
Oct. 16 (Thursday)
Love & Lunch - 10am - Parish Ctr.
Love & Dinner - 6pm - Parish Ctr.
Oct. 17 (Friday)
AA Spanish Support Meeting -7pm-Parish Ctr.
Oct. 18 (Saturday)
CYO Basketball - 5:30pm - Auditorium
Spanish Youth Group - 7:30pm - Cafeteria
Oct. 19 (Sunday)
Baptism Preparation - 10:30am - Parish Ctr.
Fr. Bruce Powers Installation Mass - 12:30pm Church - reception to follow
SKYouth - 6pm - Cafeteria
CYO Boys Basketball - 7pm - Auditorium
Alanon Meeting - 7:30pm - Parish Ctr.
At St. Kilian’s Auditorium
Sponsored by the
St. Kilian’s Pastoral Council
Saturday, November 8, 2014
7:00pm to 11pm
Live Music by The Electric Dudes
Choice of 6 Entrees, Bread, Salad
Beer, Wine & Soda
Homemade Desserts - Coffee/Tea
Lots of Raffle Prizes
$40.00 per person
This year we are collecting non-perishable
food and/or toiletry items for Outreach.
BULLETIN DEADLINE: The deadline for
submissions to the weekly bulletin is Tuesday
morning. Your announcement may be emailed
to [email protected] or dropped off in the
rectory, but it must be received before noon
on Tuesday to be included in the next bulletin.
The bulletin is published each week on our
web site at www.stkilian.com. You may
also email any questions or requests to the
rectory office at [email protected].
Please consider remembering St. Kilian
Parish in your will. Catholics of generations to come will thank you for your
thoughtfulness and remember you in
prayer.
PLEASE PATRONIZE OUR
SPONSORS
Let us say THANK YOU by supporting their
businesses. Please let them know that you saw
their ad in our Parish Bulletin.
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KilianFest Reservation Form
Name ____________________________________________
Address _________________________________________
Telephone No.___________________________________
No. of people attending ____
Please seat me with _____________________________
__________________________________________________
Reservation deadline Nov. 3, 2014. Make Checks payable to
St. Kilian Church. Mail to or drop forms at St. Kilian Rectory,
485 Conklin Street, Farmingdale, NY 11735
Attn. Patti Starkie.
St. Kilian Catholic Church
Sunday, October 12, 2014
St. Kilian Roman Catholic
Church
Blood Drive
Sunday,October 26, 2014
8:00am - 12 Noon
St. Kilian Auditorium,
Cherry St., Farmingdale
Your donation will help to save up to THREE
lives. Our community hospitals need your help.
Please share this lifesaving gift! Thank you for
caring!
Eligibility Criteria:
•
•
•
Bring ID with signature or photo.
Minimum weight 110 lbs.
Age 16-75 (16 year olds must have parental
permission. Age 76 and over need doctor’s note)
•
Eat well (low fat) & drink fluids
•
No tattoos for past 12 months
For questions concerning medical eligibility call 1-800688-0900.
New York Blood Center
DIOCESAN & COMMUNITY
World Youth Day - Krakow Poland
July 24 - August 2, 2016
Join the Diocese of Rockville Centre on this
amazing pilgrimage. Please join us on October
22, 2014 at 7:30pm in St. Agnes Parish Center to
hear more about this pilgrimage! 206 Tours will
be on hand to address any questions or
concerns you may have. Please rsvp to
Marianne Sheridan, Director for Youth Ministry at
[email protected] no later than Oct. 21.
Calling All Jaspers!
Manhattan College invites you to attend a
reception for alumni and friends on Wednesday, Nov. 19 at the Rockville Links Club from
6:30 -8:30pm at $30 per person. Visit
manhattan.edu/alumni for more information
and to register.
St. John Paul II Relic
St. John Paul II first class relic is coming to
Long Island. The Vatican allowed us to view
for the first time his holiness blood stained
shirt. Locations are: Oct. 17 at 7pm at St.
Francis de Chantal in Wantagh; Oct. 18 at
7pm at St. Edwin Polish Church, Floral Park;
Oct. 20th at 7pm at St. Brigid’s, Westbury.
Take advantage of this rare event. He is a saint
we knew in our lifetime.
St. Joseph Hospital - Catholic Health
Services.
Diabetes Education Center Individual and
Group Classes.Free Community Support
Group. NEW: Prediabetes Program. Call 516520-2214 Today!
St. Kilian e-mail
We would like to gather our parishioners e-mail addresses for the new
Parish Data System the parish is now using. This information will remain
only with St. Kilian’s and will be used only for better communication between
the rectory and parishioners. If you would like to submit your email information, please fill out the form below and drop it in the collection basket or drop
it off in the Rectory
Name ___________________________________________________
Address: ________________________________________________
Phone#____________________
Cell# _______________________
E-mail Address ___________________________________________
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St. Kilian Catholic Church
Women of Beauty Women’s
Conference
Sponsored by Diocese of Rockville Centre,
Office of New Evangelization
Saturday, November 8, 2014, 9 am - 4pm
St. Joseph Parish, 39 N. Carll Ave., Babylon, NY
Keynote Speaker Pat Gohn
Rev. Joseph Fitzgerald will be the celebrant
of 9am Mass
Doors open at 8am for registration and light
breakfast. Tickets available now online at
www.drvc.org/new_evangelization or contact:
Marianne Sheridan (516)678-5800 ext. 615 or
[email protected] or Barbara McNulty
(631)669-0068 ext. 108.
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Sunday, October 12, 2014
ST KILIAN YOUTH
St. Kilian Women’s Guild
Women of Faith
Women of Vision
Women of Gentleness
Women Centered in God
Youth Events for Middle and High
School Teens:
Autumn Dinner & Auction
Tuesday, October 28th from 6 – 10 PM
at Domenico’s Restaurant
3270A Hempstead Turnpike - Levittown, NY
Parking in Rear
Use entrance off Gardiners Ave. behind King Kullen
$35 Per Person
plus a “New” Auction Prize
Includes Dinner, Dessert,
Coffee, Tea and Soda
Cash Bar Available
For reservations call Gail McGuirk – 516-249-0361
or Nonni Ryan - 516-798-0097
Reservation Deadline October 17th
Checks may be dropped off at the
Guild’s October 9th Meeting
or at the Rectory
Attn: Women’s Guild Autumn Dinner
Come & Enjoy a Night of Fun
10/12 9:30am
Youth Mass in Church (all teens are
invited to sit and sing with us) 8am rehearsal in
church music room.
10/12
6pm-9pm SKY goes to the Fair J
Meet @ school cafeteria and check in.
1st – we will move the food collection to pantry
and then we will buy tickets for the fair and
attend as a group and be picked up at cafeteria.
10/17 Friday 6:20pm Teen Holy Hour / dodgeball @
St Ignatuis, Hicksville.
*** meet at St Kilian rectory lot for a ride.
10/19 6pm-9pm SKY meets at school cafeteria (rear
basement entrance) for hockey, pizza, and
faith talk+. We then move Church food
collection to pantry and head down to rectory
youth room by 8:15 to continue with High
School SKY J
10/24 6pm -7pm Music Choir Practice Church
Music Room, Basement.WE NEED YOUTH
SINGERS for our choir!
10/26 9:30am Youth Mass in Church (all teens are
invited to sit and sing with us) 8am rehearsal in
church music room
10/26 6pm-9pm Sky Halloween Party in School
Cafeteria. Wear your costumes to try out for
Halloween and bring 1 non-perishable food
item to donate to food pantry.
JOIN SKY +
Contact Youth Minister DJ Schultz: [email protected] or
Deacon Lou Cotone and Deacon George
Owen Blessing the Animals on the Feast of
St. Francis.
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[email protected] to volunteer and for any information
Join Sky facebook page@ (Sky) and be a member+
St. Kilian Catholic Church
Sunday, October 12, 2014
St. Kilian Respect Life
NOT JUST ONE AMONG
MANY
“ Catholics, like everyone, are
affected by the culture. I fear
thatourculture
increasingly wants to ignore the
life issue, treating abortion as
if it is something settled and
decided, something we
have to live with. If Catholics
adopt that attitude, the
foundation of our pro-life stance crumbles to the ground.
Abortion is not just one issue among many. Life is
precious; life is God’s gift; life has dignity, from the
moment of conception to natural death. If we fail to
uphold l i f e from the moment of conception, then the
rest of our pro-life stance...which encompasses care for
the sick and elderly, the poor and imprisoned, the
handicapped and all who suffer, and opposition to the
death penalty....lacks integrity.
Another critical point in the pro-life stance of the
Church is that we owe it to our culture, our community,
to witness to life s sacredness; we owe it to the
unborn, to the poor and sick, the imprisoned, the
elderly; we owe it to God to proclaim the gift of life
which He alone creates.”
Seattle Archbishop J.Peter Sartain
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Our FORTY DAYS of intense prayer, vigils
and public outreach continues. Please call or
go on line to learn how you can participate.
www.prolifeLI.org/[email protected]
FOR INFORMATION OR
TO BE INVOLVED IN PROLIFE WORK
CALL 516-249-6567
All Souls Day,
Sunday, November 2
On All Souls Day, we commemorate the
memory of all of our brothers and sisters who have completed
their life’s journey on their way home to the Lord. It is an
ancient custom that we make offerings and offer prayers for
our deceased loved ones. The custom precedes the time of
Jesus for the Old Testament book of Maccabees speaks of
taking up offerings for the deceased in battle so that sacrifices
may be made in the temple of Jerusalem for them (2 Mac.
12:43-45)
To have your deceased family and friends remembered in
the Masses on All Souls Day and throughout the month of
November, please return the All Souls Envelope in your
monthly packet of envelopes. Envelopes are also available
on the bulletin stands in the church.
Counseling Information for Families
and Individuals
Living Waters, located on Wolf Hill Road in
Melville, on the grounds of St. Elizabeth Catholic Church,
provides individual and group therapy with a Christian
perspective - 631-754-3990 email:
[email protected].
Our pastor, Father Bruce Powers, besides his
graduate degree in theology from the major seminary in
Huntington, New York, holds a Masters degree in Pastoral
Counseling from St. John’s University ( M.S. in Ed.). In
addition, he has received certification in substance abuse
counseling from South Oaks Institute in Amityville, New
York. If you would like his counsel on personal and family
difficulties, please contact him at St. Kilian rectory: 516249-0127 or email him for an appointment:
[email protected]
The Society of St. Vincent de Paul
In today’s Gospel we hear Jesus say: “Many are invited, but few are
chosen.”
To give thanks for all that God has given to you, have
you considered answering the call to help serve the poor by
joining the Society of St. Vincent de Paul?
If you are in need of assistance or would like information about joining or contributing to the Society, please call
516-473-9562. Leave a message and a phone number. A
member will return your call as soon as possible. You may visit
our website at www.svdprvc.org. Please remember the Poor
Boxes at the exits of the church. They are the Bread Boxes of
the poor and hungry.
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Sunday, October 12, 2014
Sometimes certain texts in the bible make you wonder: Is
this really the word of God? W hy is this text in scripture? What’s
the lesson here?
For example, we have verses in the Psalms, in passages
that we pray liturgically, where we ask God to bash the heads of
the children of our enemies against a rock. How does that invite us
to love our enemies? W e see passages in the Book of Job where
Job is in despair and curses not on only the day he was born but
the very fact that anyone was born. It’s impossible to find even a
trace of anything positive in his lament. Similarly, in a rather
famous text, we hear Qoheleth affirm that everything in our lives
and in the life of this world is simple vanity, wind, vapor, of no
substance and of no consequence. What’s the lesson here? Then,
in the Gospels, we have passages where the apostles,
discouraged by opposition to their message, ask Jesus to call
down fire and destroy the very people to whom they are supposed
to minister. Hardly an exemplar for ministry!
Why are these texts in the bible? Because they give us
sacred permission to feel the way we feel sometimes and they
give us sacred tools to help us deal with the shortcomings and
frustrations of our lives. They are, in fact, both very important and
very consoling texts because, to put it metaphorically, they give us
a large enough keyboard to play all the songs that we need to play
in our lives. They give us the laments and the prayers we need to
utter sometimes in the face of our human condition, with its many
frustrations, and in the face of death, tragedy, and depression.
To give a simple example: A friend of mine shares this
story: Recently he was in church with his family, which included
his seven year-old son, Michael, and his own mother, Michael’s
grandmother. At one point, Michael, seated beside his
grandmother, whispered aloud: “I’m so bored!” His grandmother
pinched him and chided him: “You are not bored!” as if the sacred
ambience of church and an authoritative command could change
human nature. They can’t. W hen we’re bored, we’re bored! And
sometimes we need to be given divine permission to feel what
we’re spontaneously feeling.
Some years ago, for all the noblest of intentions, a
religious community I know wanted to sanitize the Psalms that
they pray regularly in the Divine Office to rid them of all elements of
anger, violence, vengeance, and war. They had some of their own
scripture scholars do the work so that it would be scholarly and
serious. They succeeded in that, the product was scholarly and
serious, but stripped of all motifs of violence, vengeance, anger,
and war what resulted was something that looked more like a
Hallmark Card than a series of prayers that express real life and
real feelings. We don’t always feel upbeat, generous, and faithfilled. Sometimes we feel angry, bitter, and vengeful. We need to
be given sacred permission to feel that way (though not to act that
way) and to pray in honesty out of that space.
My parents, and for the most part their whole generation,
would, daily, in their prayers, utter these words: To You do we send
up our sighs, mourning and weeping in this valley of tears. Our
own generation tends to view this as morbid, as somehow
denigrating both the beauty and joy of life and the perspective that
faith is meant to give us. But there’s a hidden richness in that
prayer. In praying in that way, they gave themselves sacred
permission to accept the limits of their lives. That prayer carries
the symbolic tools to handle frustration; something, I submit, we
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have failed to sufficiently give to our own children. Too many young
people today have never been given the symbolic tools to handle
frustration, nor sacred permission to feel what they are feeling.
Sometimes, all good intentions aside, we have handed our children
more of Walt Disney than Gospel.
In the Book of Lamentations we find a passage that while
sounding negative on the surface, is paradoxically, in the face of
death and tragedy, perhaps the most consoling text of all. The text
simply states that, sometimes in life, all we can do is put our
mouths to the dust and wait!
That’s sound advice, spoken from the mouth of
experience and the mouth of faith.
The poet, Rainer Marie Rilke, once wrote these words to
a friend who, in the face of the death of a loved one, wondered how
or where he could ever find consolation. W hat do I do with all this
grief? Rilke’s reply: “Do not be afraid to suffer, give that heaviness
back to the weight of the earth; mountains are heavy, seas are
heavy.” They are, so too is life sometimes and we need to be given
God’s permission to feel that heaviness.
Ronald Rolheiser, a Roman Catholic priest and member
of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate, is
president of the Oblate School of Theology in San
Antonio, Texas. [email protected]
Readings for the Week of October 12, 2014
Sunday:
Monday:
Tuesday:
Wednesday:
Thursday:
Friday:
Saturday:
Next Sunday:
Is 25:6-10a/Phil 4:12-14, 19-20/Mt 22:114 or 22:1-10
Gal 4:22-24, 26-27, 31—5:1/Lk 11:29-32
Gal 5:1-6/Lk 11:37-41
Gal 5:18-25/Lk 11:42-46
Eph 1:1-10/Lk 11:47-54
Eph 1:11-14/Lk 12:1-7
2 Tm 4:10-17b/Lk 10:1-9
Is 45:1, 4-6/1 Thes 1:1-5b/Mt 22:15-21
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PRAYER SERVICES - PRAYER
GROUPS & BIBLE STUDY GROUPS
Daily Rosary- Mon-Fri - 8:30am.-Church
Miraculous Medal Novena - Mondays - 7:30pm - St. Benedict
Chapel (except holidays)
Eucharistic Adoration, Mondays, 8pm – St. Benedict Chapel,
(except holidays)
Charismatic Prayer Group, Wed. – 8pm, St. Benedict Chapel
First Friday - Exposition from 8-9pm - St. Benedict Chapel
First Saturday Rosary, 4:30pm, Church
Holy Souls in Purgatory, Tuesdays, 6:30 pm - St. Benedict Chapel
St. Kilian Bible Study, Wednesday-10:30am to 12:30pm in Parish
Center. Please join us for Bible Study and Coffee and Cake. No
meetings during summer months.
Spanish Charismatic Renewal–Wed.–7pm– 9:30pm - Cafeteria
St. Kilian Catholic Church
Sunday, October 12, 2014
Ciclos de Fe
Celebremos Los
Sacramentos
LA SANTA MISA:
Todos los Sábados a las 6:15PM.
Ultimos miércoles de cada mes.
Hora:7:15PM
BAUTISMO:
Se celebra cada cuarto domingo de
mes, a las 2:00 de la tarde. Es
requisito para los papás y padrinos, atender la clase pre-bautismal,
cada tercer miércoles de mes a las 6:30 PM, en la parte baja de la
Iglesia. Por favor llame a la rectoría para hacer su cita con el
sacerdote, para llenar el formato; usted deberá traer el certificado o
registro de nacimiento de su niño. Los niños de 6 años ó más,
deberán asistir a las clases de catequesis regular.
PADRINOS: Deben ser católicos, con los Sacramentos de
Bautismo, Comunión y Confirmación; solteros ó casados por la
Iglesia. Deben traer una notificación indicando que están
registrados o son miembros de la Parroquia, en donde viven ó
adonde asisten a misa. No pueden ser padrinos las personas que
tienen parejas sin haberse casados por la Iglesia.
QUINCEAÑERAS:
Deben haber recibido los Sacramentos de Bautismo, Comunión y
Confirmación ó estar asistiendo a las clases regulares de
Educación Religiosa ó RICA (Rito de Iniciación Cristiana para
Adultos).
RITO DE INICIACIÓN CRISTIANA PARA ADULTOS: (RICA) Les
invitamos a una preparación espiritual de conversión a la fé católica.
Favor comunicarse con la Hna: Reina Vásquez
(631)902-9969. Las clases iniciarán en septiembre.
MATRIMONIO:
Es necesario hacer una entrevista con el Sacerdote ó Diácono de
la Parroquia con 6 meses de anticipación, para la celebración de su
boda. Es imprescindible que todas las parejas, asistan a PRECANA (charlas pre-matrimoniales), para poder casarse. Para
mayor información, llamar a la Rectoría (516)-249-0127 ext.129
P. Antonio o hablar con él, después de la Misa, los sábados.
28º Domingo del Tiempo Ordinario
Las lecturas que nos presenta la liturgia este
domingo, concretamente la primera y la del Evangelio,
nos ofrecen la oportunidad de centrar nuestro enfoque
en la Eucaristía. Ahondaremos en la comprensión de
este sacramento como banquete. El Concilio Vaticano II
nos redescubre la Eucaristía como banquete y esto no
contrapone con el otro significado de sacrificio. Los dos
rasgos se complementan. Pues, bien, el Papa Francisco
en su homilía del 30 de mayo de 2013 nos anima con lo
siguiente. “La Eucaristía es el sacramento de la
Comunión, que nos hace salir del individualismo para
vivir juntos el seguimiento, la fe en él. Entonces todos
deberíamos preguntarnos ante el Señor: ¿cómo vivo yo
la Eucaristía? ¿La vivo de modo anónimo o como
momento de verdadera comunión con el Señor, pero
también con todos los hermanos y las hermanas que
comparten esta misma mesa?” Reflexionemos en algún
momento del día o durante la semana qué le
responderíamos al Papa Francisco ante sus preguntas.
Por otra parte, Jesús nos da una cátedra en el
Evangelio de cómo les respondió a los sacerdotes del
Templo y a los ancianos del pueblo que le cuestionaban
sobre su autoridad. A Dios lo que es de Dios y al César
lo que le pertenece. Y lo que le pertenece a Dios en este
caso es lo que cada domingo nos ofrece, la Eucaristía.
Vayamos, pues, al banquete dominical; seamos
cristianos no solo de estar sentados en la banca, sino de
obra. Y a vivir como Dios manda: ¡Como sus hijos e
hijas!
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RECONCILIACION/ CONFESIONES:
Todos los miércoles de 6:00 a 9:00 PM, en el Grupo de Oración.
Lugar: Cafetería.
UNCION DE LOS ENFERMOS:
Llamar a la Rectoría, inmediatamente en caso de emergencia o
enfermedad, para que la persona reciba los Sacramentos
necesarios. (516)- 249-0127 Ext. 129 Padre Antonio.
GRUPO DE ORACION:
(Renovación Carismática) Todos los miércoles de 7 a 9:30 PM en la
cafetería Y la Santa Misa, en la Iglesia, los últimos miércoles de
cada mes a las 7:00 P.M.
GRUPO JUVENIL:
Se reúnen todos los sábados, después de Misa. Para información,
hablar con Nelson (516)351-8913/ Erlin (631)705-1229.
El próximo domingo, Domingo Mundial de Las
Missiones, nuestro Santo Padre, el Papa Francis, exhorta
a todos los católicos a celebrar, en la Eucaristía, nuestra
vocación a ser misioneros y ayudar a las Misiones.
Cuando los católicos alrededor del mundo, aquí en casa
y en las Misiones, se congregan alrededor de la mesa de
la Eucaristía del Señor, oran por la obra misionera
universal de la Iglesia ofrecen ayuda financiera por
medio de la Propagacion de la Fe para más de 1,150
diócesis en Asia, Africa, América Latina y las Islas del
Pacífico.
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