November 23, 2014 Monday, November 24th 8:00 a.m. The People of the Parish Tuesday, November 25th 8:00 a.m. Bruno Dobrila Wednesday, November 26th 8:00 a.m. Oliver Koch 8:00 p.m. Inter Faith Service Thursday, November 27th - Thanksgiving Day 10:30 a.m. Thanksgiving Day Bilingual Mass - Misa Bilingüe para el Día de Acción de Gracia Friday, November 28th 8:00 a.m. Budinich Olga Page 1 When the Son of Man comes in glory, may we be among those who have fed the hungry, welcomed the stranger and clothed the naked. For Jesus tells us clearly that it is those who have demonstrated good stewardship by sharing their gifts with the less fortunate who will receive God’s blessing and inherit the kingdom. Saturday, November 29th 5:00 p.m. Walter Shackel 7:00 p.m. Rosa Elena Calderon Sunday, November 30th 8:00 a.m. Ollie Longden 10:00 a.m. Louise Nappi 11:30 a.m. Dominic Albano Vicky Affrunti, Ryan Armstrong, Rose Bennett, Michele Bischoff, Baby: Darian James Bogin, John Bradley, Virginia Cantino, Raleigh Capozzi, Mary Cianca, Mary St. John Clark, Anne Keily-Cohen, Charlie Fertitta, Rae De Franco, Michael DiLeo, Robert Dishuc, Patrick Finnegan, Grace Garrison, Kathryn Giulitti, Kathleen Grace, Florence Gramarossa, Marie Hayes, Kevin Jaye, Michael Katz, Pat Lopilato, Kathleen Lewis, Rita Marchese, Andy & Ronnie Mosby, Angela Mazzella, Norma Mazzeo, Katherine Mitchelle, , Don Mochwart, Charles Murphy, Jesse Nesbit, Brent Nelson, Philip Occhipinte, Li O’Donnell, George O’Krepkie, John Orr, Glenn Petersons, Gia Pometta, Harold Poole, Lena Rella, Nancy Scialpi, Diana Schmeltzer, Justin Simeon, Jim Simonsen, Amy Smith, Eileen Smith, Joan Smith, Linda Crum Smith, Angela Starchich, Francis St. John, Annie Tolentino, Carlos Torres, Marilyn Zahn-Veritzan, Mary Whol, Andrew Wykowski and all who are homebound or have special needs. ͳǣ̈́͵ǡͻͶͲǤͲͲ Ȁ̈́ǡʹͺͻǤͲͲ Thank you for your generous sacrificial giving! Your faithful sacrificial giving each week helps Our Lady of Fatima to continue our Pastoral Ministries and care for our parish buildings. Thank you for your generosity and support, Fr. Steve Mass Schedule November 29th & November 30th Saturday: Sunday: 5:00 PM ~ Fr. Steve 7:00 PM ~ Misa Hispana 8:00 AM ~ Fr. Steve 10:00 AM ~ Fr. Steve 11:30 AM ~ Fr. Steve November 23, 2014 Worship Readings for the Week Monday, November 24th x Revelation 14:1-3, 4b-5 x Luke 21:1-4 Tuesday, November 25th x Revelation 14:14-19 x Luke 21:5-11 Wednesday, November 26th x Revelation 15:1-4 x Luke 21:12-19 Thursday, November 27th – Thanksgiving Day x Revelation 18:1-2, 21-23; 19:1-3, 9a x Luke 21:20-28 Friday, November 28th x Revelation 20:1-4. 11—21:2 x Luke 21:29-33 Saturday, November 29th x Revelation 22:1-7 x Luke 21:34-36 Sunday, November 30th, 2014 ~ THE FIRST SUNDAY OF ADVENT First Reading: Isaiah 63:16b-17, 19b; 64:2-7 x Isaiah relates a pattern of sin, suffering, supplication and salvation – the people wander away and God forgives them. He says, Yet, Lord, you are our father; we are the clay and you the potter. Second Reading: 1 Corinthians 1:3-9 x Jesus cautions the disciples to keep alert, because they don’t know the future. Gospel Reading: Mark 13:33-37 x He illustrates his point with a story of a man making household preparations before a trip. The reflection question for this week is: Jesus tells us that he is present in others; when we do good to them, we do it to him. WHAT ACTS OF KINDNESS AND SERVICE TO OTHERS CAN I DO TODAY TO REMIND MYSELF THAT CHRIST DWELLS IN THEM? Page 2 x The SACRAMENT OF THE ANOINTING OF THE SICK will be celebrated today (SUNDAY), at the 11:30 AM Mass. All are welcome to celebrate this sacrament of healing and forgiveness. x INTERFAITH THANKSGIVING DAY PRAYER – Our Community INTERFAITH THANKSGIVING PRAYER SERVICE will be celebrated on WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 26th, at 8:00 PM. This year OUR LADY OF FATIMA PARISH is the host faith community for the InterFaith Thanksgiving Prayer Service. All are welcome to this annual community Thanksgiving Prayer Service. Please bring a donation for the food pantries of the community. A free will offering will also be taken up during the Prayer Service. Refreshments and fellowship will follow the Prayer Service in the Parish Center x Our ANNUAL BILINGUAL THANKSGIVING DAY MASS will be held on THURSDAY, NOVEMEBR 27th, at 10:30 AM. All are most welcome to join in the celebration of the Eucharist on Thanksgiving Day morning. Please bring along a donation of non-perishable food for Our Lady Fatima Food Pantry. Don’t forget that you are invited to write a prayer of Thanksgiving on one of the cutout leaves in the back of the church and place it in the basket. It will be a part of our Thanksgiving Day celebration. x TAIZE PRAYER will be prayed on Sunday, December 7th, at 3:00 PM in the church. All are welcome to this time of prayer around the cross. x The LITURGY COMMITTEE will meet on TUESDAY, DECEMBER 9th, at 7:30 PM in the SACRISTY. x The ADULT CONFIRMATION GROUP will meet on MONDAY, DECEMBER 15th, at 7:15 PM in the Parish Office. November 23, 2014 Administration x FAITH DIRECT: With the busy times of Thanksgiving and Advent season right around the corner, enrolling in FAITH DIRECT today is a great way to ensure your gifts of treasure to Our Lady of Fatima parish are received even if you are out of town. Please pick up an enrollment form from the Parish office or email online at www.faithdirect.net. Our parish code is NY303. Already using Faith Direct? Don’t forget to add your Christmas and End of Year contribution to your account this fall. Thanks for your support and for using Faith Direct! x STEWARDSHIP – We demonstrate “Believing with Joy” when we thank God for the gift of one another. Thanks to all those who have so generously responded to this year’s financial stewardship renewal. May the testimony of our lips and the actions of our hands continue to make Christ known in our homes, in our neighborhoods, and in the hearts of all whom we meet on our life journey. x The STEWARDSHIP COMMITTEE will meet on TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 25th, at 7:30 PM in the SACRISTY. x The PARISH OFFICE will be closing at Noon on WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 26th, for THANKSGIVING. The PARISH OFFICE will be closed on NOVEMBER 27th, Thanksgiving Day, and on FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 28th. The PARISH OFFICE will be open on Saturday, November 29th from 9:00 AM until 5:00 PM and on Sunday, November 30th from 9:00 AM until 1:00 PM. x The COMMUNICATION COMMITTEE will meet on THURSDAY, DECEMBER 11th, at 7:00 PM in the PARISH OFFICE. x PASTORAL COUNCIL will meet on WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 17th, at 7:30 PM in the RECTORY Page 3 Community Life Dear Friends, This weekend we celebrate the Feast of Christ the King. It marks the conclusion of the Liturgical Year. Next weekend we will celebrate the First Sunday of Advent. These months have passed so quickly! While today’s feast is called The Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe, each of the readings uses the image of shepherds and shepherding. Each reading offers an insight into what shepherding means, not just in physical terms, but in terms of a worldview, an engaged faith. We are reminded that the image of a shepherd was a metaphor for kingship in ancient Israel and throughout the Near East. It was a metaphor for both nurturing and power. Ezekiel, who was a prophet to Jewish refugees in Babylonia, depicts God as a shepherd gathering the scattered sheep. God is the seeker of strays, the injured, the sick. God also knows how to shepherd the sleek and the strong. Psalm 23 presents shepherding as the act of accompaniment. God participates in the community as its members bear each other up in times of evil and destruction. The psalmist describes God’s role, showing how accompaniment becomes deliverance. For Matthew, the shepherd sorts out those who opted for the kingdom and those who opted out – the sheep and the goats. The gospels do not get much clearer in delineating the kind of relationships we are called to have, whether they are personal, political, or economic. A commentator on the gospel writes: “I cannot read Matthew’s Last Judgment scene without thinking of Fritz Eichenberg’s many woodcuts in the CATHOLIC WORKER newspaper. One, ‘The Christ of the Breadlines’, depicts Jesus as the central figure in the dark, Depression era line of homeless and hungry men.” The commentator goes on to ask: “In what lines of human suffering would Eichenberg place Jesus today? How would the artist interpret, visually, the economic violence that regulates our November 23, 2014 resources to benefit the few at the expense of the many”? There are worldviews to choose from and a faith to be lived out. May the feast that we are celebrating, in both its nurturing and its power, be our guidance and strength. It is ironic that today, the Feast of Christ the King, we recall that Jesus never acted as a king. Rather he embraced poverty, not wealth. He taught humility, not arrogance. He emphasized service, not dominion. He chose a cross, not a palace. He calls us to serve the least, the lost and the last. His kingship lay only in his plea that we completely reverse our notion of what truly matters in life, and what will ultimately satisfy our heart’s greatest desires. In this gospel Jesus tells us that when we each stand before God we won’t be given a confusing test, rather we will be asked: Did you feed the hungry? Did you shelter the homeless? Did you care for the sick? Peace, Fr. Steve x ADVENT WREATH – Many thanks to all those who helped at our annual Advent Wreath making event last Friday evening. x Our next HOSPITALITY SUNDAY will be on SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 30th, following the celebration of Sunday Mass. Please come over to the Parish Center following Mass for some great desserts and fellowship. All are always welcome! ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS Meets for a closed step meeting each Sunday at 7:00 PM in the Parish Center. Welcome to Life…- Living Stewardship We are grateful this week for all stewards in our parish who give evidence that Christ is Lord in their lives through adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, attendance at Benediction or Forty Hours devotion. Page 4 Faith formation x The READING GROUP will not meet on December. x YOUTH MINISTRY UPDATE: As you know Our Lady of Fatima Parish, St. Aloysius Parish and St. Pater’s Parish are in the process of searching for a Youth Minister. Our three parishes are working with the Diocesan Office for Youth Ministry to develop a plan that would be beneficial to the youth of our three parishes. We will be meeting with the Parent Advisory Boards of our parishes in the coming weeks to invite their suggestions and insights. Our three parishes are committed to Youth Ministry and hope to develop a Youth Ministry that is appealing to the teens of all three parishes. Please continue to pray for our three parishes during this time of reflection on how to serve our teens. In addition to the teens of our parishes we are trying to look at ways that we might be able to involve our young adults in the lives of our parishes. Outreach Parish Social Ministry FOOD PANTRY – Thank you to all those who have donated to Our Lady of Fatima Food Pantry. Please remember to check the expiration dates on all your donated items. -Toiletries are always welcome! - Thanksgiving Meals to the Homebound: If you will be alone or know someone who will be on Thanksgiving and would like a meal, please call Sister Kathy this week....883-3903 November 23, 2014 CaringHands Corner Wow, the clock is ticking and the days are flying by quickly! Believe it or not next Sunday begins Advent, a time to slow down and prepare ye the way. For the first Sunday in Advent CaringHands and the CaringHands Prayer Group invite you to join us with your prayers for our sick and homebound. If you would be so kind, use the Fatima Focus and cut out the names of those people on our sick list. Then place the list on or near your Advent Wreath so you will remember them in prayer. Perhaps you can make it Family Prayer Time during this Advent season? Whatsoever you do to the least of my people that you do unto me.” Matthew 25:40 We from CaringHands thank you in advance and ask God’s blessings upon all our Parish Family. UN MENSAJE DE NUESTRO PARROCO Queridos amigos, Este fin de semana se celebra la Fiesta de Cristo Rey. La fiesta concluye el Año Litúrgico. El próximo fin de semana vamos a celebrar el primer domingo de Adviento. ¡Tan rápidamente han pasado estos meses! Aunque la fiesta de hoy se llama la Solemnidad de Nuestro Señor Jesucristo, Rey del Universo, cada una de las lecturas utiliza la imagen de pastores y el pastoreo. Cada lectura ofrece una visión de lo que significa el pastoreo, no sólo en términos físicos, sino en términos de una visión del mundo, una fe bien metida. Se nos recuerda que la imagen de un pastor era metáfora de la realeza en el antiguo Israel y en todo el Cercano Oriente. Era metáfora del cuidado y también del poder. Page 5 Ezequiel, profeta a los judíos refugiados en Babilonia, representa a Dios como pastor que recoge las ovejas dispersas. Dios es buscador de los extraviadas, los heridas, las enfermas. Dios sabe también pastorear las elegantes y fuertes. El salmo 23 presenta el pastoreo como acto de acompañamiento. Dios participa en la comunidad mientras sus miembros se soportan el uno al otro en momentos del mal y destrucción. El salmista describe el papel de Dios, mostrando cómo el acompañamiento se convierte en liberación. Para Mateo, el pastor ordena a los que optaron por el reino y a los que optaron quedarse fuera - las ovejas y las cabras. Los evangelios no se hacen más claros al delinear el tipo de relaciones que estamos llamados a tener, ya sean personales, políticas o económicas. Un comentarista sobre el Evangelio escribe: "No puedo leer la escena del juicio último según Mateo sin pensar en los muchos grabados en madera de Fritz Eichenberg en el periódico, The Catholic Worker (El Obrero Católico). Uno de ellos, "El Cristo de las filas para recibir ayuda," representa a Jesús como la figura central en la época de las filas oscuras durante la Depresión, filas de hombres sin hogar y hambrientos." El comentarista pasa a preguntar: "¿En qué filas de sufrimiento humano ubicaría Eichenberg a Jesús hoy? ¿Cómo interpretaría el artista visualmente la violencia económica que controla nuestros recursos para beneficiar a unos pocos a expensas de la mayoría"? Hay visiones del mundo para elegir y una fe para vivir. Que la fiesta que estamos celebrando, en su promoción y su poder, sea nuestro guía y fortaleza. Es irónico que hoy, la fiesta de Cristo Rey, recordamos que Jesús nunca actuó como rey. Más bien, él abrazó la pobreza, no la riqueza. Él enseñó la humildad, no la arrogancia. Hizo hincapié en el servicio, no el dominio. Escogió una cruz, no un palacio. Él nos llama a servir a los más pequeños, los perdidos y los últimos. Su reinado se encuentra sólo en su súplica que revertamos completamente nuestra idea de lo que verdaderamente importa en la vida y lo que últimamente satisfaga los mayores deseos de nuestro corazón. En este evangelio Jesús nos dice que, cuando cada uno de nosotros se encuentre cara a cara ante Dios, no se nos da una prueba confusa; más bien se nos preguntará: November 23, 2014 Page 6 ¿Alimentaste tú a los hambrientos? ¿Cobijaste tú a los sin techo? ¿Cuidaste tú a los enfermos? Paz, Padre Steve APOSTOLADO HISPANO Parroquia de Nuestra Señora de Fátima Declaración de Misión Parroquial Arraigados firmemente en nuestra tradición católica romana, nosotros, la parroquia de Nuestra Señora de Fátima, somos una comunidad de creyentes que acoge a todos, cuida de todos e incluye a todos. Intentamos dar evidencia del amor de Cristo para todos en nuestras vidas, en nuestra comunidad y en todo nuestro mundo. Nos esforzamos en continuar la misión de Jesús por medio del culto y por medio de nuestros programas de educación, espiritualidad y justicia social y en nuestro compromiso de corresponsabilidad de la vida parroquial. Somos una parroquia colaboradora, diversa y multicultural, dedicada a extenderse a todo el pueblo de, especialmente a los más necesitados. ¡Todos son bienvenidos a esta parroquia! ASISTENCIA PARROQUIAL SEMANALES – Por favor continúen ayudándonos y hagan un esfuerzo de traer al menos una lata de comida cuando vengan a la Misa. Harían una gran diferencia para nuestra despensa. Necesitamos tuna, salsa para espagueti, cereal, aceite, frijoles, lentejas, garbanzos, macarrón con queso, frutas y vegetales enlatados, arroz, mantequilla de maní, jugo. Mil gracias por su apoyo tan grande x NUESTRA MISA BILINGÜE ANUAL para el DÍA DE ACCIÓN DE GRACIAS se celebrará el Jueves, 27 de NOVIEMBRE, comenzando a las 10:30 AM. ¡Todos son bienvenidos! Por favor traiga al menos una donación para nuestra despensa de alimentos. No se olvide de anotar en una hoja de papel una breve oración en acción de gracias. Por favor, devuelva las hojas durante la colecta de las misas durante el mes de Noviembre. Las oraciones serán parte de nuestra celebración para el Día de Acción de Gracias y la Misa. Día de Acción de Gracias Las Oficinas de la parroquia estarán cerradas a partir de las 12:00 PM el Miércoles, 26 de Noviembre, el Jueves 27 y Viernes 28 de Noviembre, en Acción de Gracias. Las oficinas estarán abiertas el Sábado, 29 de Noviembre, de las 9 de la mañana hasta las 5 de la tarde y el Domingo 30 de NOVIEMBRE de las 9 de la mañana hasta la 1 de la tarde. November 23, 2014 Cenacle Retreat Center 310 Cenacle Rd. Ronkonkoma, New York, 11717 Phone (631)588-8366 December 5-7, 2014 WAITING – NOT DOING ANYTHING ADVENT SILENT RETREAT Nothing in our culture encourages us to wait or to discover what waiting can reveal to us of ourselves, life, and God. We are made to feel that if we find ourselves waiting, then something is wrong with us: we’re not efficient—we’re not “with it.” Indeed, anxiety, helplessness, fear, and vulnerability encourage us to avoid waiting. Waiting reveals—as nothing else does— what life can be. To avoid waiting is to avoid God, ourselves, and a richness of life that remains hidden until we begin to realize that the more we depend upon God, the more free we are! Presenter: Fr. Larry Lewis M.M. Offering: $220 No Sunday lunch. Commuters $170. ($50 deposit required to hold your reservation.) Saturday, December 6, 2014 9:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. at the Maude Adams House, 9:00 a.m. arrivals and refreshments MELTED SNOWFLAKES ON THE GROUND – EMBRACING the GRACE of a COMPASSIONATE LIFE As we prepare for the coming of the Christ Child in our midst, come prepare your hearts for the embrace of Compassionate Love, in your ordinary, not-so-ordinarylife! Presenter: Carmela Bergman, Cenacle Staff Associate Offering: $35 includes lunch. ($15 deposit required to hold your reservation.) Page 7 (16th century German hymn) Amidst the cold of winter, the half spent night of Advent beckons us to not only ponder this exquisite hymn in relation to the birth of Jesus, but to also draw from the long history of the rose as an image of Mary as well. How might the Song of Songs, the Prophet Isaiah, poetry, song, and silence spring forth tender shoots of blossoming intimacy between Mary and Jesus deep in our souls this season? Presenter: Sr. Kathryn Madden r.c. Offering: $50 Supper included. ($15 deposit required to hold your reservation.) St. Joseph Renewal Center, 1725 Brentwood Rd. Bldg. #4, Brentwood, NY 11717 Deepening your Spiritual Practice through the use of Focusing – Dec. 3 - 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm - Offering $15.00 (January & February is cancelled but will resume on March 4, 2015) Guided Meditation for Inner Healing – Dec. 3 – 7 -9 pm - Offering $15.00 Living with Alzheimer's & Dementia – Dec. 3 –1 - 2:30 pm - Free will offering Advent Day of Prayer – Dec. 3 – 10am to 3 pm – Offering $40.00 includes lunch A Gathering of Women – Dec. 9 - 10 am to noon - Offering $15.00 Men 2 Men Gathering – Dec. 13 - 8:00 - 9:30 am - Offering $20.00 incl. breakfast Sunday, December 7, 2014 in the Retreat Center 1:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m., 1:00 p.m. arrivals and refreshments 11th Step Prayer – Dec. 21 - 2 - 4 pm - Free will offering SILENT ADVENT AFTERNOON OF PRAYER – LO, HOW A ROSE E’ER BLOOMING Anyone interested in any of these programs please call Joanne in the office at 631-273-1187 Ext. 123. Thank you. “A Rose has sprung up, from a tender root…And it has brought forth a floweret bright…”
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