4125 Union Road
Cheektowaga, New York 14225
EUCHARISTIC LITURGIES
Saturday Vigil:
4:00 PM
Sunday:
7:00 AM (chapel)
9:00 & 11:00 AM (church)
1:30 PM (Tridentine Mass; chapel)
Daily:
8:15 AM (chapel)
HOLYDAYS:
Holyday Vigil:
4:00 PM (main church)
Holyday: 8:15 AM, 12:00 PM, 7:00 PM (chapel)
1:30 PM (Tridentine Mass (chapel)
NOVENA
In honor of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal
and Our Lady Help of Christians recited every
Wednesday at the 8:15 AM Mass.
SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM
Infant baptisms are administered on the second
Sunday of the month at 1:00 PM, and on the
fourth Sunday of the month at the 11:00 AM
Mass. Pre-baptismal Class for expectant
parents is given on the first Tuesday of the
month at 7:00 PM, in the rectory. Please call
the rectory for reservations.
SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION
(Chapel):
Wednesdays at 7:30 AM
(Main Church):
Saturdays at 2:30 PM
(as well as anytime upon request)
SACRAMENT OF MARRIAGE
Arrangements to be made in person no less
than six months prior to the anticipated wedding
date. Attendance at Pre-Cana is a requirement.
CARE/ANOINTING OF THE SICK
The family or friends of anyone going to the
hospital or nursing home, or confined to home,
are asked to call the rectory. Bringing the
sacraments to the home can easily be
arranged. Anointing of the sick will also take
place during Mass on the first Wednesday of
the month.
PARISH REGISTRATION
New members are most welcome. Registration
is arranged by a personal visit to the rectory
office, or by telephoning the rectory.
NOTE: If you are moving out of the parish,
please notify the rectory.
HANDICAP ACCESSIBILITY
All buildings are handicap accessible.
“Adore the Lord in holy attire; tremble before him all the earth.” (Psalm 96:9)
FEAST OF THE DEDICATION OF THE LATERAN BASILICA: November 9, 2014
LIVING GOD’S WORD: Living with self-inflicted limitations is no easy task, personally
or ecclesially. On the other hand, the presence of the Lord Jesus Christ renews the
Church and helps us to build his kingdom as best we can.
4:00 pm, + Robert Binner - req. by Wife, Betty
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7:00 am, + Norma Kowalczyk - req. by Husband, Leo
9:00 am, + William Simet - req. by Chapel’s Holy Name Society
11:00 am, + Rudolph Froehlich - req. by Wife, Mary; & Family
1:30 pm, + John Heffron - req. by the Family
Monday, Nov. 10th - St. Pope Leo the Great
8:15 am, + Stephen Kolis - req. by Kenneth Roetzer
Tuesday, Nov. 11th - St. Martin of Tours
8:15 am, + Florence Nowicki - req. by Family
Wednesday, Nov. 12th - St. Josaphat
7:30 am, Confessions
8:15 am, + Alice Pacer - req. by Sister, Dorothy Korczak
8:45 am, Novenas: Miraculous Medal; O.L. Help of Christians
Thursday, Nov. 13th - St. Frances Xavier Cabrini
8:15 am, + Living and Deceased Members of the Hanley Family - req. by the Family
Friday, Nov. 14th
8:15 am, + Stephen Kolis - req. by RoseMarie Seitz, Catherine Rowan, Betty Hymers
Saturday, Nov. 15th
8:15 am, + Rita Coffta - req. by the Family
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4:00 pm, + Dorothy Germain - req. by Joanne Kwiatkowski
Thirty-third Sunday of Ordinary Time - Nov. 16th
7:00 am, + Paul and Adele Schieder - from the Estate
9:00 am, + Patricia Fichtner - Children; & Robert Mages
11:00 am, + Mary Heron - req. by the Heron Family
1:30 pm, + Rose Lauciello - req. by Rose Roll
IN THE CHARITY OF YOUR PRAYERS please remember the peaceful repose of the
souls of + Mary Gress, + Melanie Was and Kathy Mazurkiewicz whose funerals were
celebrated this week. May they rest in peace. . . . . . Our sympathy to those who suffer
this loss.
If the Mass is being offered for your loved one, or for your intention, and you would
like to carry the Offertory Gifts, please tell an Usher before Mass begins.
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Our Lady Help of Christians, Cheektowaga, New York
REFLECTING ON GOD’S WORD: We
are not all we would like to be. We know
that only too well. The seven capital sins
are not just fantasies. We readily embody
them: anger and pride and greed and lust
and gluttony and envy and laziness. Our
spirits bear the mark of Cain.
It’s also true that we often want others
to be what we ourselves cannot be, and
so we look to the Church, except that the
Church is us, and if we are sinful, so too
is the Church. Our history as a community of believers says it all too clearly. We
waged war with the Crusades.
We
reveled in the power of ruling over civil
states. We became intolerant during the
Inquisition. We were a storehouse of
wealth. And most recently we were too
proud to admit the sexual abuses taking
place.
If we are the dwelling place of God, a
temple made of living stones, then we are
also in need of being swept clean just as
Jesus once cleansed the temple in his
day. We come to recognize that need.
The good news is that the Church is
being swept clean, in every age, because
sin slips through in every age. And so the
Church, the living temple, is constantly
being made new, painful as it might be.
It would be wonderful if the Church
were all that the gospel professes. The
fact that it is not may be disappointing,
but God’s reign has not yet arrived - at
least not fully. In the meantime, the Lord
Jesus continues to cleanse us and renew
us. And the marvel is that the river that
flows from that temple of living stones is
still bringing life to all it touches - in
spite of our sinfulness.
“Lord, let me remember that You do not
lie. Let Your healing light shine through
me today so that Your promises of healing will be more readily fulfilled. “
Week 1. Leonard Busshart, Barbara Cartwright, Patrick Fagan, Carol Fix, Norma Gerland, Coletta Hornung, Fred Ippolito, Peter
Mankowski, Monica Mietus, Ruth Molvarec,
Philomena Osika, Gerald & Shirley Reeb, Rose
Roll, Joseph & Pamela Schmid, Grace Tomasello, Robert Tracy.
Week 2. Paul Buckenmeyer, Berniece Deer,
Douglas Fox, Marvin Hines, Lorey Kubera,
Alice Kwandras, Bob Lawrence, Judy & Violet
Lochocki, Hanna Sacilowski, Anna Scherer,
Leo Schubauer, Marjorie Schwab, Thomas
Taylor, Chris Wilczewski, Edward Walkowski,
Jason Williams, Helen Zgoda.
Week 3. Dan & Olympia Barnobi, Lisa Cooper, Albert Dorer, Joseph Funk, Gerald Habermann, Dawn Seifert Hough, Phyllis Mekarski,
Ron Nero, Lee Nowak, Charles Oliver, Randy
Rowan, Anna Schreiber, Marlene Schuler, Richard Schuler, Cece Seifert, Mary Shincarick,
Esther Stuber.
Week 4. (This is the final week for this listing.
If you’d like to continue the listing or add someone to it, please notify the rectory office.
Thank you for keeping us updated.) . . . . .
Charlie & Gert Anderson, Tom Brummer, Marilyn Cruz, Olivia Dobmeier, Angela Etheridge,
Dolores Fialkiewicz, Louis Juliano, Angeline
Kasprzak, Ann Kolis, Michael Kolis, Claude
Lemley, Lynn Lunger, Samantha Lunz, Tom &
Marcy Mateczun, Don & Annette McElligott,
Helen Mohalski, Luca Olivieri, Kathy Phillips,
Mildred Sikinoff, Michael Waldo, Rita Walek,
Mary Westfield.
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A MOMENT WITH MARY: “The compassion and the love of this good Mother are
great. Indeed, they are so great that she
does not even wait for our prayers but anticipates them.” - St. Alphonsus Liguori
A NEW SELECTION OF “CARE NOTES” is
now displayed on the pamphlet rack in the
main church. In addition to other titles, this
particular shipment includes titles that were
specifically chosen for those who face the
coming holiday season following the loss of a
loved one in recent months. Please help yourself to any of these booklets which may be of
benefit to you or to someone whom you feel
may appreciate them. . . . And, as always,
there is never any charge for the Care Notes.
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HEALING PRAYERS: Children need
readiness in order to learn to read and so,
perhaps, we need healing readiness. Our
loving Father wills that we be healed. Let
us not put limits on His generosity because of feeling unworthy of His love.
REMEMBERING OUR VETERANS
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Tuesday, Nov. 11th, the Frontline Faith Project is sponsoring the third annual “An American Moment” to honor the men and women of
our Armed Forces, past and present. An American Moment will again include one moment
November 9, 2014
of silent prayer - to thank our military for their
service, to pray for the peaceful respose of the
souls of those who have died, and to pray for
the intentions of those still living. This event
will take place at noon in each respective time
zone, all across the world, on Veterans’ Day,
November 11th. Fr. Jim Evans, a chaplain
serving with the Texas Army National Guard,
has recorded a presentation that can be
viewed on the Frontline Faith website already:
www.frontline faith.org .
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THIS
WEEK
Monday, Nov. 10th, 3:00 pm: St. Vincent
dePaul Society (chapel sacristy)
Monday, Nov. 10th, 7:00 pm: Holy
Name Society (parish hall)
Tuesday, Nov. 11th: Veteran’s Day
Wednesday, Nov. 12th, 7:00 pm: Adult
Choir Rehearsal (main church)
Wednesday, Nov. 12th, 7:00 pm: SGTV
Edelweiss (upper parish hall)
Thursday, Nov. 13th, 1:00 pm: Chapel
Seniors (parish hall)
Thursday, Nov. 13th, 6:00 pm: Tai Chi
(upper parish hall)
Thursday, Nov. 13th, 7:30 pm: Scripture
Study (upper parish hall)
Sunday, Nov. 16th, 12:15 pm: Prayer
Shawl Ministry (parish hall)
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ANNUAL FOOD DRIVE
The Annual Food Drive of our St. Vincent
dePaul Society is next weekend, Nov.
15th and 16th. Please bring your gift of
non-perishable foods to any of the weekend Masses and leave them at the altar.
These gifts will help fill the food baskets
which will be delivered to neighborhood
households at the coming holiday season.
Thank you for your charity not only at
the time of this Food Drive, but throughout the year in your gifts to the Poor Boxes in the church and the chapel. These
gifts, no matter how modest or how substantial, when combined go a long way
toward assisting those who call for (especially) food assistance.
May the blessings promised to the
compassionate be yours in abundance !
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Our Lady Help of Christians, Cheektowaga, New York
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION PROGRAM
The Religious Education Program office is open to assist you when classes
are in session Monday’s, from 6:00 ‘til
8:30 pm. . . Friday’s, from 4:00 ‘til 6:00
pm. . . and Saturday’s, from 9:00 am ‘til
12:30 pm. . . . . . This week;
Mon., Nov. 10th . . . . . Regular Class
Sat., Nov. 15th . . . . . .Regular Class
The next Children’s Liturgy is at the
11:00 am Mass on Sunday, Nov. 23rd.
We look forward to seeing you.
------------------------------VOCATION VIEW: We celebrate today
the feast of the Dedication of the Lateran
Basilica, which is the Pope’s cathedral in
Rome, and our mother church. As we
celebrate the Presence of Christ in our
midst, we ask that we may become more
perfectly what we are - his living temple. .
. . .Is God tugging at your heartstrings to
help build up His Church through a
Church vocation? Think about it. . . pray
over it. . . act upon it, if you feel you can
accept that challenge. Let our Diocesan
Vocation Director, Fr. Walter Szczesny
guide you through a discernment process
to help you determine the authenticity of
that call.
REPORT OF INCOME (11/02/14): Sunday
Offering, $8,926.70 (loose, $1,007.00; envelopes, $7,919.70); Monthly, $2,109.00;
Votive Candles, $225.15; Religious Education Fees, $90.00; Memorial Bricks,
$350.00; All Saints Day, $1,066.00;
Thanksgiving (addt’l.), $51.00; Misc. Special Collections, $45.00.
(Envelopes:
1,181 issued; 409 used, or 35%). . . . . .
Tridentine Mass:
Sunday Offering,
$532.00; Monthly, $300.00; All Saints
Day, $25.00.
November 9, 2014
We gratefully acknowledge a gift to the
Chapel Preservation Fund in loving memory of + Dorothy Korczak ($10.00, from
“an angel”). . . . . . We also acknowledge
gifts of $500.00 each from Mildred Kolis
and Cecilia Wilk.
A “FALL CONCERT”: Sunday, Nov.
16th, at 3:00 pm in the main church. The
Ace Wind Ensemble, a symphonic band
of @ 40 musicians will present works by
Gustav Holst, Phil Sims, and others. Free
and open to the public, but a free-will
offering will be gratefully received.
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Friday–7:30 PM
Sunday–7:00 PM
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PASTOR
Rev. Richard A. Jesionowski
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION DIRECTOR
Mrs. Denise Seeley
MUSIC DIRECTOR
Mr. Edward Witul
MAINTENANCE SUPERVISOR
Mr. Robert Zielinski
TRUSTEE
Mr. Walter Wieand
PARISH SECRETARY
Mrs. Susan Mankowski
FAX NUMBERS
Rectory ................................... 634–3464
School ..................................... 632–4298
PHONES
Rectory .......................... 634–3420/3428
Religious Education ................ 632–3532
Maintenance Dep’t. ................. 634–3469
Parish Hall............................... 632–9714
PARISH WEBSITE
www.ourladyhelpofchristians.org
RECTORY OFFICE HOURS
Monday thru Friday 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM,
Other times by appointment.
REGIONAL SCHOOL
Mary Queen of Angels Catholic School
Principal –
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Elementary Campus PreK-8
Phone 895-6280 - Fax 895-6359
Website – www.mqangels.com
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