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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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Jesus cautions the disciples to keep alert,
because they don’t know the future.
Gospel Reading: Mark 13:33-37
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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?
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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ADVENT WREATH – Many thanks to all
those who helped at our annual Advent Wreath
making event last Friday evening.
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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.
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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.
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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:
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¿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
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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.
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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.)
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(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…”