SAINT FRANCIS DE SALES
PASTORAL STAFF
Rev. Thomas V. Doyle, Pastor
Rev. John S. Wtulich
Rev. Patrick Longalong
Deacon Vincent LaGamba
Deacon Armand D’Accordo
Mr. Robert Ruggiero, Religious Education
Mr. Christopher Scharbach—Principal
Mr. Jonathan D’Amico – Music Ministry
PARISH OFFICE
129-16 Rockaway Beach Blvd.
Belle Harbor, NY 11694
MISSION STATEMENT
St. Francis de Sales, a parish steeped in tradition, rich in natural beauty and bountifully blessed with a
community devoted in love to serve God and our neighbor. We seek to live actively the Word of God
through the example of our patron saint, a life devoted to energetic, generous and constant fidelity to the
will of God. Empowered by the Holy Spirit we will grow in our faith through continuous education,
formation, communication, and out-reach, while passing these values on to our future generations. We
endeavor to be a most vibrant community of faith which will effectively utilize the talents, resources, and
treasures of our parish for the good of all God’s people.
WEEKDAY MASS SCHEDULE
Monday to Friday: 6:30am and 9:00am
Saturday: 8:00am; 9:00am and 5:30pm (Vigil)
SUNDAY MASS SCHEDULE
7:30am; 9:00am; 10:30am, Noon, 5:30pm
and 7:00pm (Polish)
HOLY DAY SCHEDULE
Vigil of Holy Day at 7:30pm
Holy Day at 6:30am; 9:00am and Noon
CONFESSION/SACRAMENT OF PENANCE
Saturdays from 4:00pm to 5:00pm
Seasonal Penance Services during Advent and
Lent
CARE OF THE SICK
If there is an elderly, sick or infirm parishioner who
wishes to receive Holy Communion or the
Anointing of the Sick, please call the Parish Office.
ANOINTING OF THE SICK
Communal Celebrations of the Sacrament of the
Anointing of the Sick will take place in the Fall and
in the Spring.
OFFICE HOURS
Monday to Friday 9:00am to 5:00pm
Evening—by appointment
Saturday—by appointment
Sunday—No Office hours
BAPTISM
Parents are asked to contact the Parish Office to
schedule an appointment with a priest or deacon
to complete the Baptismal Registration Form.
Parents are required to attend a Baptismal
Instruction at 7:00pm on the First Thursday of the
month. Baptisms are celebrated on the Second
Sunday of the month at 2:00 pm.
MARRIAGE
Preparations for the Sacrament of Marriage are
very important and take time. Couples planning to
be married at Saint Francis De Sales are asked to
contact the Parish Office no less than eight
months prior to the wedding date. Please do not
schedule the catering hall prior to making
arrangements at the parish. Couples are required
to attend the Pre-Cana Program of the Parish at
least six months prior to the wedding.
PARISH WEBSITE:
Stfrancisdesalesparish.org
PARISH TELEPHONE NUMBERS
Parish Office/Rectory
Parish Office/Rectory Fax
Parish Email
[email protected]
Parish Religious Education Office
Saint Francis De Sales School
Saint Francis De Sales School Fax
718-634-6464
718-634-0716
718-634-6464
718-634-2775
718-634-6673
ST. FRANCIS DE SALES PARISH
Sunday, November 9, 2014
Masses for the week of 11-9- to 16, 2014
Sunday
7:30 AM For the People of the Parish
9:00 AM Nelly and John Sinon
10:30 AM Terrence Flynn
12:00 PM Alexander Flanagan
5:30 PM For the Deceased Members of
the Religious
Monday
6:30 AM Thomas Coleman
9:00 AM The McGovern Family
Tuesday
6:30 AM Margaret and John
McCarthy
9:00 AM Denis Buckley
Wednesday
6:30 AM For all the people who died on
November 12th
9:00 AM For all the people who died on
November 12th
Thursday
6:30 AM Mary Tomasetti
9:00 AM Alice B. O'Donnell and
Sister Mary Monica
Friday
6:30 AM Peter and Alice Hayden
9:00 AM Nora Gildea
Saturday
8:00 AM Peggy Murphy
9:00 AM Walter F. and John Moran
5:30 PM The Living and Deceased
Members of the Cotter and
Mackey Families
Sunday
7:30 AM For the People of the Parish
9:00 AM James Francis O'Donnell
10:30 AM Madeline Bird
12:00 PM Robert Chapey
5:30 PM For the Purgatorial Society
BREAD AND WINE: to be offered at the Masses for this
week is donated in memory of Deceased Members of the
McDonnell, Lachner and Peterson Families.
SCRIPTURE REFLECTION – Join us each Tuesday
morning following the 9:00 Mass in the Sacred Heart
Chapel. We read, and reflect upon the coming Sunday
scripture readings. All are welcome from 9:30 to
10:30 AM.
500 Club Weekly: Congratulations!
Winners are:
$100 #024 Kathleen Shea
50 #194 Elizabeth and Damien George
25 #454 Nolan Parchment
SEA BREEZE TRIPS
Thursday, December 11th – It
Happened One Christmas Eve at
Westchester Broadway Theatre –
Lunch and Show – Price $85.00.
Monday, March 16th – Andy
Cooney Concert at Westbury –
Show and Dinner at Swan Club –
Price $89.00
For more information call: Mary Ellen at 718634-6307 or Kate Hanratty at 718-634-1941.
ST. FRANCIS DE SALES BEREAVEMENT
MINISITY – The members of the Bereavement
Ministry invite anyone who has recently lost a
loved one to join them for a Memorial Prayer
Service on Saturday, November 22nd at 11:00 Am
in the Sacred Heart Chapel in the church.
Everyone is welcome. Light refreshments will be
served after the service.
COUNTED AGAIN - Bishop DiMarzio and our
Diocesan Office for Pastoral Planning requires
each parish in Brooklyn and Queens to count
every individual who comes to Sunday Mass the
weekends of November 8 and 9, 15 and 16th. Our
ushers will be clicking you during these two
weekends. Those numbers will be used by the
diocese in planning the assignments of priests and
even whether some parishes will have to be closed
or merged in the next few years.
Many Catholics have drifted away from
the tradition of never missing Mass. Polls tell us
that about 25% of Catholics go to Mass every
week. Our parish statistics are a little better than
the national average, but not enough better. We
have a spirit here in Rockaway and in St. Francis
de Sales that prides itself on community
participation. Please come to Mass. Your parish
needs you. It counts with God, and that’s what
really counts! Thanks, Father Thomas Doyle
HELPERS OF GOD’S PRECIOUS INFANTS Vigil from the Unborn – Saturday, Nov. 15th., at
Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary located at
88-19 Parsons Blvd. Jamaica, NY. 7:30 AM Mass,
followed by the Exposition of the Blessed
Sacrament and a walk to nearby abortion mill to
pray the rosary. If you prefer, you may stay in the
Church in the company of The Blessed
Sacrament. For more information call Rita
Hayden at 718-570-7908.
ST. FRANCIS DE SALES PARISH
Sunday, November 9, 2014
FROM THE DESK OF FATHER DOYLE
Dear Parishioners:
Today we celebrate the dedication of the Basilica of Saint John Lateran, the oldest
church in Rome, and, in a special way the people’s church. We usually think of Saint Peter’s
that way, but Pope Francis is the Bishop of the Diocese of Rome, and Saint John Lateran is his
cathedral church, so we pay it honor every year.
A church is a place where we go to meet God. We know that God is everywhere, but in
the church we feel his presence in a special way, in prayer and worship and sacrament. We
also know that the church is no just a sacred building. It is us – you and me – all of us.
Saint John Paul II wrote in The Vocation and Mission of the Lay Faithful – “The
parish is not principally a structure, a territory, or a building, but rather the family of God, a
fellowship after with a unifying Spirit, a familial and welcoming home, the community of the
faithful. It is a Eucharistic community, a people well suited for celebrating the Eucharist.
The parish is the church situated in the neighborhood of humanity. Its way is to be
deeply inserted in human society and intimately bound up with people’s aspirations and with the
dramatic events of our lives.
Life today can be disintegrated and dehumanized. The individual may be lost or
disoriented. But there always remains in the human heart the desire to experience and cultivate
caring and personal relationships.
The parish can respond to this desire when its people participate in its essential mission
and calling which is to be a place in the world for the community of believers to gather together,
to be a house of welcome to all, and a place of service to all – to be ‘the village fountain’ to
which all would have recourse in their thirst (1988, paragraphs 26-27).”
Today let us pray – God of our Lord Jesus Christ, as we share together in the life of our
parish family, we ask you: Lead us onwards on the journey of discovering your dream for us.
Lead us outwards in love and solidarity, cherishing each other and every other. Lead us
upwards, to experience more intensely your inexpressible life. Lead us inwards, deeper into the
mystery of what you have created us to be.
Much peace!
Rev. Fr. Thomas V. Doyle
Pastor
VETERAN’S DAY – NOVEMBER 11TH
On Tuesday, November 11th we honor our veterans – living and deceased – who have served
and are serving our country. Especially we remember and honor those men and women in our
armed services who are on duty throughout the world. As they continue to be in harm’s way in
Afghanistan and Iraq, let us pray and work for a just and peaceful and speedy resolution to
these warms in which our fellow citizens and other people of goodwill are engaged.
In observance of the civil holiday, the Parish Office will be closed on Tuesday, November 11th.
PLEASE BE AWARE
It was brought to the attention of both the Rectory and Academy that on Sunday, November 2nd
an individual was going through the School Yard during the Noon Mass checking doors of the
cars. Please make sure all cars doors are locked while at church.
DESCRATION IN THE PRAYER GARDEN
On Tuesday, a parishioner returning from voting noticed the out stretched hands of the image of
Jesus were broken, upon further investigation the statue had been dislodged from the pedestal.
The statue has been removed from the Prayer Garden and we have been in contact with the
local precinct to report the incident and ask for assistance in how to keep the property of Saint
Francis de Sales safe.
2014 ANNUAL CATHOLIC APPEAL – UPDATE
Assigned Goal $121,579.00
Amount Pledged $101,110.00 (83.16%)
Amount needed to reach goal $ 20,469.00 (16.84%)
Amount received $ 96.863.17 (79.67%)
Donors 309 (14.98%) out of 2,063
If you have not already had the opportunity to participate with this year’s Annual Catholic
Appeal, there is still time. Appeal materials are available throughout the church or you can
contribute on line at: www.rcdobdonate.org; please make sure to indicate Saint Francis De
Sales Parish. On behalf of Bishop DiMarzio, and the many beneficiaries of the 2014 Annual
Catholic Appeal – thank you for every gift for they are important and appreciated.
MARK YOUR CALENDARS NOW - WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 3RD
Join Father Charles Mangano and his sister Laurie as they join us for a Night of
Recollection recalling the great gift of God to us. The evening begins at 7:30pm and is a 2
hour program combining music, readings, testimony and preaching. It is our hope that
this night will touch your heart, help you to feel the presence of the Lord and come to
know Jesus in a more personal way, realizing we are never alone, and that with the Lord,
we can do the unthinkable, unimaginable and even forgive the unforgivable.
School of Evangelization - Faith Formation
INFORMATION
Special Needs Program
We are happy to announce that we have three dedicated and professional Special Education
Teachers volunteering their time as Catechists. If your child(ren) requires IEP for religious
education and sacramental preparation we invite you to meet with us on Wednesday, November
19th 7:30 P.M. at the Academy of St. Francis de Sales (First Floor).
Healing Service
You are cordially invited to join us at Church on Tuesday, November 11th at 7:30 P.M. - Holy
Mass will be celebrated by Msgr. Jeffrey Conway. The healing service will immediately follow
Holy Mass. Come, “Be Open to the Healing Power of Jesus.”
First Annual Visit with St. Nicholas and Christmas Fair
Join us on Friday, December 12th 6:00 P.M. - 10:00 P.M. at the Academy of St. Francis de Sales
Hall and Gym. Ticket Price is $20.00 per child (accompanying parent is free) includes food,
personal photo with St. Nicholas, and gift. Tickets may be purchased from the Parish Office
Monday to Friday, 9:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M.
Vendors interested in purchasing a table (8 feet length X 30 inches width) at the Christmas Fair may
contact the Parish Office 718-634-6464. Deadline for signing Vendor’s Contract is due Friday, December
5th. Vendor’s fee is $30.00 per table. Volunteers needed to help with the Christmas Fair, please
contact Robert A. Ruggiero at the Parish Office 718-634-6464.
QUEENS COUNTY ST. PATRICK’S DAY PARADE
AND CULTURAL COMMITTEE FUNDRAISER
AT ST. CAMMILUS SPRINGMAN HALL, LOCATED AT BEACH 100TH STREET –
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 15TH – MUSIC BY THE CELTIC JUSTICE BAND FROM
7:00 PM TO 11:00 PM.
BYOB, DRAFT BEER, COFFEE TEA AND SODA.
COME AND SUPPORT OUR PARADE
$40 PER PERSON, TABLE OF TEN $400
THIS IS OUR 40TH ANNIVERSARY PARADE
WWW.QUEENSCOUNTYPARADE.ORG
Tickets at Kerry Hills, Rogers Pub and the Parade Committee 718-318-4749