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Saint William
the Abbot Parish
Parish Office: (516) 785-1266
Fax: (516) 785-4824
Web Page: www.stwilliam.org
Email: [email protected]
2000 Jackson Avenue – Seaford, New York 11783
Fifth Sunday
in Ordinary Time
February 8, 2015
Pastor
Rev. Robert L. Hayden
Associate Pastors
Rev. Belevendiram Rathinam
Rev. Ryszard Ficek
In Residence
Rev. Richard Viladesau
Deacons
Thomas Buchenberger
John Lynch
Michael Metzdorff
Pastoral Associate
Sr. JoAnn Bonauro, S.C.
Mass Schedule
Our Parish Mission Statement
We, the Parish Family of St. William the Abbot, are a welcoming community of
faith, guided by the Holy Spirit and centered in God’s Word and the Eucharist.
Through the Sacraments, prayer and the stewardship of our God-given gifts,
we are called to minister with respect and compassion to all,
from the youngest to the oldest.
We commit ourselves to continue the mission of Jesus Christ,
to proclaim His Gospel and to love one another as He has loved us.
Weekends:
Saturday Evening: 5:00 & 7:30 PM
Sundays: 7:45, 9:15 and 10:45 AM
12:15 and 5:00 PM
Holy Days of Obligation:
Eve of Holy Day: 7:30 PM
Holy Day: 7:30, 9:00 AM, 12:00 Noon
4:30 and 7:30 PM
Weekdays:
Monday - Friday: 8:00 & 9:00 AM
Saturday Mornings: 8:30 AM
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In This Issue
Liturgy, Prayer
and Sacraments
Page 3
St. Peregrine Prayer Hour
Page 3
Parish Social Ministry
Page 4
Baby Shower in Honor
of Baby Jesus
Page 4
Faith Formation
Page 5
School News
Page 6
Anniversary Mass Celebration
Page 7
Mardi Gras Pancake Supper
Page 8
Lector and Eucharistic
Meeting
Page 9
SWS Reverse Raffle Page 9
Directory
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MY STORY, MY MYSTERY
There is perhaps no Old Testament book more frank and fearless
than the Book of Job. The author of this book has taken a popular story
about one man’s ordeal and used it as a platform to discuss one of life’s
most troubling questions: Why do bad things happen to good people?
All of us know why this question deserves to be asked. Who of us
hasn’t known some kind of misfortune or suffered along with someone
who has? Who hasn’t been afflicted with some kind of illness, mourned
for a loved one, or experienced a personal hardship? In the words of Job,
which are found in this Sunday’s First Reading, “Is not man’s life on earth
a drudgery?”
We’re not used to hearing biblical characters sound so negative
and pessimistic. Moreover, Job’s complaints are not addressed to no one
in particular but are a direct indictment of God and his supposed
mistreatment of Job. When Job’s friends or counselors come to talk with
him, he flatly rejects the idea that he must have done something wrong to
have received such a great punishment.
Instead, Job wants God to explain himself to Job in person: “Oh,
that today I might find him, that I might come to his judgment seat . . .
and understand what he would reply to me (23:3,5).
In chapters 38-41 God does reply to Job’s complaints, but the
answer isn’t what Job was expecting. God speaks to Job “out of the
storm,” and asks Job where Job was when God was creating the earth
and setting the stars in the heavens. In other words, God reminds Job in
no uncertain terms that even if he were to give Job the explanation to
why we suffer, Job would be incapable of understanding it, a fact which
Job finally, humbly admits (42:1-6).
The Book of Job can be regarded as a necessary prelude to the
Christian response to Job’s essential question. The debate between Job
and his friends clears away false explanations of why we suffer (e.g., God
is punishing us) and emphasizes the importance of humility (e.g., Don’t
put God on trial).
The Christian answer also involves a divine-human encounter,
but this time God speaks not out of a storm cloud but through his Son.
God also goes beyond words into deeds. No longer can we say that God
stands apart from or above human suffering. His own Son died on the
cross for us, and when God raised Jesus from the dead, human suffering
became part of the mystery of redemption itself.
There is no doubt that it is difficult for us to move beyond Job’s
attitude and towards a Christian understanding of suffering. And this is
as it should be. God didn’t create us so that we might be afflicted by pain
and misfortune, even though these trials have been and always will be
part of our lives. We will not regain Paradise while on earth.
What Job couldn’t know and what we can know is that God
never abandons us or leaves us without his saving grace. God has
intended us to share fully in the life of his Son, which takes us along the
way of the cross but also leads us to glory. Near the beginning of his
complaints, Job says, “Perish the day on which I was born” (3:3). We can
understand Job’s reaction, but as Christians we cannot agree with it.
Fr. Robert L. Hayden
Pastor
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Presider Schedule
Saturday, February 14, 2015
5:00 PM Mass
Fr. Robert Hayden
7:30 PM Mass
Fr. Bala Rathinam
7:45 AM
9:15 AM
10:45 AM
12:15 PM
5:00 PM
Sunday, February 15, 2015
Fr. Bala Rathinam
Fr. Ryszard Ficek
Fr. Robert Hayden
Fr. Ryszard Ficek
Fr. Bala Rathinam
Next Sunday’s Scripture
Leviticus 13:1-2, 44-46
1 Corinthians 10:31-11:1
Mark 1:40-45
If you wish you can make me clean, is what the
leper told Jesus. Jesus did wish it, and he wishes
the same for all of us.
Sign of Peace
Since hand to hand contact is one way of transmitting the flu and other viruses, as we enter the
cold and flu season, we once again recommend
that at the Sign of Peace you please exchange a
greeting other than a handshake. You can exchange the Sign of Peace verbally and with a smile
or a bow of the head.
Prayers & Devotions
Morning Prayer
Monday through Friday:
8:35 AM
Saturdays:
9:00 AM
Miraculous Medal:
Devotions
Saturdays at 8:15 AM
Rosary:
Eucharistic Adoration:
Monday-Saturday after
8:30 AM/9:00 AM
Masses
First Friday of the month
Holy Hour - 12:30 - 1:30 PM
Third Sunday of the month
11:00 PM – 7:00 AM
(Nocturnal Adoration)
Mass Intentions
February 9, 2015 - February 15, 2015
Monday, February 9, 2015
8:00 AM Grace Kuehn
9:00 AM Daniel Buckley
Friday, February 13, 2015
8:00 AM Joseph Brady
9:00 AM George Cain
Tuesday, February 10, 2015
8:00 AM Catherine Cassale
9:00 AM Catherine Cassano
Saturday, February 14, 2015
8:30 AM Purgatorial Society
5:00 PM Roy Roberti
7:30 PM Monica Marro
Wednesday, February 11, 2015
8:00 AM James E. Maguire
9:00 AM Collective Intentions
Marty & Millie Stipicevic, Bob
& Jeannette Stipicevic, Joseph &
Julia Marinovich, Smolich
Families, Aidan Ray Neubauer
Sunday, February 15, 2015
7:45 AM Nocturnal Adoration
9:15 AM Melissa Kelly
10:45 AM Thomas Martin
12:15 PM Nerina Elizabeth
Tedeschi
5:00 PM People of St. William
Thursday, February 12, 2015
8:00 AM William McAulay
9:00 AM Catherine Cassano
Reflecting on the Word
Perhaps no book of scripture so eloquently expresses the miseries of life as the book of Job. In our first
reading we even find Job complaining about insomnia, something we might have thought was peculiar to our
own over-caffeinated, overworked, overly anxious era. Who of us has never experienced those sleepless nights
when our minds, beset with anxiety, race through our problems but never arrive at solutions, much less a good
night’s sleep?
The literal restlessness of the insomniac is a sign of the spiritual restlessness that afflicts us all. St.
Augustine famously wrote in his Confessions, “O Lord, you have made us for yourself, and our hearts are restless
until they rest in you.” Our lives are like a sleepless night in which we are beset with a thousand worries and our
deepest desire is simply to be relieved of those anxieties so that we can truly rest.
Our Gospel reading presents us with Jesus as a healer of all that afflicts us. Though we may not find final
rest until our life is done and we enter eternal rest with God, already in this life we can experience something of
that rest through the healing power of Jesus. We might say that in Jesus the rest that awaits us at the end of our
journey comes to meet us on the road and refresh us, so that we may continue our journey with joy.
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Sacraments
Stewardship
A Way of Life
Reconciliation
Saturdays
February 1, 2015
February 2, 2014
$20,295.00
$23,838.00
We are grateful this week for all stewards in our parish
who use their gifts of healing and forgiveness to help
repair relationships in families beset with divorce.
...and for the deceased
Louise Rowney
Joachim Klennert
Virginia Restivo
Thomas Scully
St. Peregrine Prayer Hour
On Monday afternoon, February 9th
from 2:00 - 3:00 PM in the Church, there
will be the St. Peregrine Prayer Hour.
St. Peregrine is the patron saint of those
suffering from cancer. Future prayer
hours will be held on the first Monday of each
month. All are invited to come and pray.
Eve of Holy Day
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Thursday before
First Friday
9:30 AM & 4:00 PM
You may also schedule penance by appointment by calling
the Rectory Office at (516) 785-1266.
Please pray for the sick…
In order to keep our list current, names of the sick will be
in the bulletin for 3 weeks.
Scarlet Holohan
Park McKenna
Bob Powers
Patrick McGrath
Baby Piper Palmieri
John Rivera
Baby Alexa Rae Boylan
4:00 PM-4:45 PM
Initiation of Infants Baptism
First Four Sundays
of the month
2:00 PM
Parents must contact the rectory office to register their
child. For additional information, please visit our website:
www.swafaithformation.org.
Initiation of Adults: Adults who have not been baptized,
received first Eucharist or Confirmation should contact the
rectory office and ask about enrolling in the R.C.I.A.
Program (Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults).
Sacrament of Marriage: Arrangements should be made as
soon as possible, preferably before reserving a place for your
reception, but no later than six months prior to the
wedding. The same priest initiates and completes all the
arrangements with wedding couples.
Communion and Anointing of the Sick: Those who are
unable to attend Mass because of age or declining health
may arrange with the rectory to receive Holy Communion
at home. The Anointing of the Sick is available to those who
are going into the hospital or seriously ill and can either be
administered communally (first Sunday of the month
following the 12:15 PM Mass) or by contacting the rectory
as soon as possible in the event of immediate need.
Your Pledge of Support is Important
The Catholic Ministries Appeal for 2015 is underway at St. William’s. Our parish goal is $135,600. Your support is
needed to reach this goal. The Appeal focuses on four areas critical to the mission of our Church - Catholic Charities, Education and Formation, Pastoral Ministries and Parishes. Your gift to the Appeal provides the funding for the various programs critical to the continued success of our church here on Long Island and at St. William’s through the Appeal’s parish
sharing (rebate) program. We thank God for all of His blessings and recognize that as we look back in appreciation, we
must also look forward with a sense of responsibility to help those in need.
A Guide to Giving
Pledge
$ 250
500
800
1,500
2,500
10 Payments
$ 25
50
80
150
250
A gift by every parish family is important for the continued success of this effort, which supports diocesan
programs as well as our own parish needs. Your gift in the form of a pledge payable over a ten (10) month period is important and will go a long way in helping reach our Parish Appeal Goal of $135,600.
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Baby Shower in
Honor of Baby Jesus
The Baby Shower will benefit
Birthright, the Long Island Life
Center and several young
moms right here in our parish.
It will be held in the ABBEY
following all the Masses on
Sunday, March 8th until 2:00
PM.
Suggested items include
clothing - newborn to size 24
months, layette items, diapers - all sizes, and wipes.
Monetary donations are always welcome.
Refreshments will be served.
Any questions, please call
Mary at 516-826-7229 or Rosemary at 679-8532.
Parish Social Ministry
St. Vincent de Paul Society – In the Gospel today, we find that Jesus
would rise very early before dawn and go to a deserted place to pray and
then he went out to preach and to heal. Please pray for the poor and
suffering, knowing that you are bringing the love and peace of Jesus to
those who live in fear and doubt, loneliness and dread. If you or anyone
you know would benefit from the use of the food pantry or assistance
from Saint Vincent de Paul Society please call Parish Social Ministry 6798532. Utmost confidentiality is promised.
Driving Ministry - We are in need of additional parishioners who are
willing to drive our Senior Citizens to their doctor appointments. The
volunteer can set their own time availability. You can drive once a week
or as little as once a month. Our senior citizens are very appreciative of
your kindness. In many cases they have no family except the family of St
William the Abbot. Please call Rosemary 679-8532.
Prayer Shawl Ministry – If you have any unused yarn that you are not
using, please donate to our group. The women have been very busy
knitting and crocheting for our homebound and local nursing homes. The
yarn can be brought to Parish Social Ministry office.
HEAP Benefits – Home Energy Assistance Program - HEAP Program is
available to help with home heating in the winter months for income
eligible homeowners or renters. An example of the HEAP monthly income
level for a family of two is $2844 and for a family of four is $4,182.
Additionally, HEAP offers heating equipment repair and/or replacement
benefit for homeowners with inoperable heating equipment. HEAP may
help you pay for Oil, Electricity, Propane, Natural Gas, Wood, Kerosene,
Coal, or any other heating fuel. For further information, please contact the
HEAP Hot-line 1-800-342-3009 or www.mybenefits.ny.gov or Rosemary
at Parish Social Ministry 679-8532. This week our pantry needs include:
Palms
Anyone who would like
to bring in their palms
from last year to be
burned for Ash Wednesday is asked to do so during the weekend of February 14/15. Please place
them in the box located
by the church doors.
Canned Chicken
Pasta Sauce
Mustard
Stewed Tomatoes
Detergent
Canned Spinach
Mayonnaise
Apple Juice
Chili
Napkins
Blood Pressure Screening Awareness
The Retired Nurses Group of St. William the Abbot are
offering complimentary Blood Pressure Screening on:
Thursday, February 12th
in the Abbey from 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM
It’s a good idea to be aware of your blood pressure, an important step
toward maintaining good health. Any questions, call Parish Social
Ministry - 679-8532.
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Faith Formation
The Office of Faith Formation (Religious Education) hours are as
follows: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday: 10 AM – 1 PM
and 1:30 PM – 4 PM. Wednesday: 10 AM – 1 PM and 2 PM – 4 PM.
The office is also open during class hours.
Please note Faith Formation Classes this week as follows:
Grade 1 – Monday, Feb. 9th 4:15 – 5:15 PM Lenten Activity for Rooms 8,
12, 14, 15 & 16 only. Drop off and pick up children in Church.
Grade 3 – Monday, Feb. 9th 4:15 – 5:15 PM
Grade 1 – Tuesday, Feb. 10th 4:15 – 5:15 PM Lenten Activity (makeup)
for Rooms 1, 4, 5, 6, 7 & Faculty Room only. Drop off and pick up
children in Church.
Grade 4 – Tuesday, Feb. 10th 4:15 – 5:15 PM
Grade 5 – Wednesday, Feb. 11th 4:15 – 5:15 PM
Grade 6 – Wednesday, Feb. 11th 5:45 – 7:00 PM
Grade 7 – Wednesday, Feb. 11th 7:30 – 8:45 PM
Grade 2 – Thursday, Feb. 12th 4:15 – 5:15 PM
Family Mass every Sunday at 9:15 AM in the Church. Feb. 15th –
Grades 3 & 4
We encourage all parents to check our website for important
information:
www.swafaithformation.org
Catholic Ministries
Appeal 2015
We begin the 2015 Catholic Ministries Appeal here
in our parish and in many
other parishes across Long
Island.
The Catholic Ministries
Appeal is the yearly appeal
that helps our diocese fund
many ministries, services,
and agencies in 133 parishes. Because of the tremendous generosity of the
people of our parish and
others throughout the diocese, the Appeal helps
more than 600,000 people
each year.
Save the Date
St. William’s Antioch Community will have a two-day Adult
Antioch Retreat on April 11
and April 12, 2015. More information to follow shortly.
Antioch
The Prophets
Join Fr. Bob Hayden as he speaks
about the Prophets of the Old
Testament on Monday, February
9th at 7:30 PM in the School Library.
Attention Adult Antioch Members: Plans are underway for
the Antioch 2015 Retreat. Formation meetings are being held
every Friday evening in the
SWA School Library at 7:30
PM. Our next meeting is Friday, February 13th. All who
have previously attended the
weekend are welcome and encouraged to attend. If you have
any questions please call Chris
at 798-6157 or Susan at 8095251.
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Saint William the Abbot School
(A Middle States Accredited School)
Weekly Calendar
Sunday, February 8, 2015
9:15 AM - Grade 1 Mass
Monday, February 9, 2015
Grade 5 - 8 Trimesters
Tuesday, February 10, 2015
Grade 5 - 8 Trimesters
Wednesday, February 11, 2015
Grade 5 - 8 Trimesters
7:30 PM - School Board Meeting
Friday, February 13, 2015
9:00 AM SWS Mass
Parent Portal Closed
Saturday, February 14, 2015
8:30 AM - 12:00 N - MSS
Bingo Team 7
Sunday, February 15, 2015
9:15 AM - Grades 3, 4 Mass
Kindergarten
Kindergarten children celebrated Winnie the Pooh Day on
Friday, January 16th. They read Winnie stories and had a
special “Tigertails” snack made by one of the mothers.
St. William’s Students Continue to Impress
St. William the Abbot School is proud of its students. This year, our eighth grades collectively
earned almost $100,000 in scholarships for various Catholic schools on Long Island. One young man, A.
Glynn, received a full four-year scholarship to the prestigious Regis High School, a Jesuit high school, in
Manhattan.
We congratulate all our eighth graders on their acceptance to the high schools of their choice. St.
William the Abbot School continues to excel at providing quality education and producing the best of tomorrow’s generation.
Top Row (l to r): E. Egan,
M. Kiley, M. Monahan, A.
Azueta.
Bottom Row: M. Gornstein,
M. Rinaldi, A. Glynn
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Will you be celebrating a commemorative
Wedding Anniversary in 2015?
5th, 10th, 15th, 20th, 25th, 30th
35th, 40th, 45th, 50th, ++++
St. William the Abbot Parish invites couples celebrating
commemorative Wedding Anniversaries this year
to our annual Anniversary Mass and celebration!
Sunday, February 15th at the 10:45 AM Mass
Please sit in the reserved section during Mass

Following the Mass there will be hospitality in the Abbey
 Each couple will receive a memento of this special day
 Bring your family and friends to witness your love
Please fill in the response form below and return it to the Rectory by
February 11th. We need this information.
-----------------------------------------------____________________and _____________________/ _____________________
Wife’s Name
Husband’s Name
Last Name
Address: _______________________________________________________
Phone #: ______________________________
Wedding Date: _________________________
# of years
married in 2015
_____________
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The Saint William the Abbot
Social Events Committee Sponsors
Join Us In Feasting Before Our Fasting
$5.00 Per Person
Serving Pancakes with Maple Syrup & Sausage
Kings Cake, Coffee, Tea, & Juice
Plus, 50/50 Raffle!
Tuesday Evening, February 17, 2015
Church Abbey
Doors open at 5:45 p.m.
Buffet Serving Starts at 6:00 p.m.
Reservation Required
--------------------------------------------------------------------Please RSVP for the "Mardi Gras Pancake Supper" by Sunday, February 15, 2015
by Tear-Off delivered to the Rectory or School Office :
Name: ____________________________
Number People Attending: __________
Telephone No: _______________ Email: ___________________________________
Amount Enclosed: ______________
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St William the Abbot HSA Presents
“The Luck of the Irish”
Reverse Raffle
Saturday, March 7th
SWS Auditorium @ 7 PM
Only 250 tickets sold – each ticket is $100
Grand Prize wins $5,000
Great odds 1 in 250 chances to win the big prize.
The raffle ticket enters you in the raffle and invites
two adults to attend the cocktail party with
unlimited beer, wine and hot & cold buffet that night.
Additional monetary prizes will be awarded
throughout the night as well.
If you have any questions, please call
Ginny Ritter (516) 798-3260.
To join us please send check to St. William School
with name, address, email, phone and
“reverse raffle” written on envelope.
Winner need not be present to win.
Lectors & Eucharistic Ministers - Important Update Meeting
(New procedures to be explained)
To be held February 12th
As we begin a New Year and Liturgical Calendar, Fr. Bob and Sister JoAnn would like all of our Liturgical Ministers to attend a very important meeting.
The Lector Meeting will begin promptly at 7:15 PM in the Church. The Eucharistic Minister Meeting will begin promptly at 7:15 PM in the Church. The meetings will be held simultaneously: one with Fr. Bob and one
with Sister JoAnn. If you are a Lector and a Eucharistic Minister you need to attend both meetings. Information presented at the 7:15 PM meeting will be repeated at 8:15 PM for those that need to attend both sessions.
Please call the Office of the Faith Formation (Religious Education) @ 679-9558 to let them know which meeting you will be attending. Remember, it is essential that you attend as new procedures will be explained.
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2014 Year End
Statements
20th Annual Golf Outing
Please note that year-end
statements for your taxes
will not be automatically
mailed out. They may be
obtained upon request
from the Rectory.
Plans for our annual Golf Outing are underway. This year, once again, we will be playing at Rock Hill Golf Course.
Save the Date
Monday, May 11th!!!!
Watch for upcoming details! Or, call Walter
(799-5236) or Gail (795-4542).
Baptism Policy
Baptisms are celebrated at St. William the Abbot on the
first four Sundays of most months at 2:00 PM. To set a
date for your child’s Baptism, please call the rectory to
make an appointment with one of the members of the Pastoral Staff. Do not formalize your plans for the day of Baptism until you have called the rectory.
First-time families are required to attend a meeting which is held after the
10:45 AM Mass on the first Sunday of each month. Also, at that Mass
there will be a special blessing for all new parents and their babies. The
Rite of Baptism should always be a community celebration, but in case of
an emergency please contact the rectory immediately.
Occasionally we receive requests from parishioners for a private baptismal ceremony outside the regular baptismal schedule. Unfortunately, because of Weddings, Funerals, Memorial Masses, Anniversary Masses, and
other parish events, the Pastoral Staff cannot accommodate such requests.
If time is available on the church calendar, however, a private Baptism is
allowed if the family is able to supply a priest or deacon from outside the
parish as the celebrant.
Low Gluten Hosts
Available at Mass
For those who must avoid gluten
in their diet, the parish has lowgluten hosts available for Holy
Communion. The gluten content is
less than .01%, and these hosts
have been approved by the National Conference of Catholic Bishops.
If you wish to receive such a host,
please tell the priest before Mass
begins. Your host will be placed in
a pyx (a small gold container) so it
is not touched by the other hosts.
Expect that the priest from whom
you requested the host will give it
to you at Communion time.
Contribute Automatically
Have your Sunday Offering deposited directly from your checking or savings account into the
parish account.
At the request of parishioners, we are able to offer the convenience of having Sunday Offerings deposited directly from their checking or savings account into the St. William’s account. This would
apply only to weekly collections, not to any second collections, such as Holy Days, Catholic Relief
Services, etc.
The form to begin this process can be picked up at the Rectory or printed out from the Parish Website - www.stwilliam.org. Parishioners are still encouraged to drop their offering envelope in the
Sunday Collection basket and mark on the envelope that their parish offering is through electronic
checking.
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Let us pray in a special way for those who are
serving our country in the Armed Forces who are
parishioners or family members (sons, daughters,
and spouses) of our parishioners:
Airman Michael Alba, USAF
1st Sgt. Craig Bianco, Armed Forces
Sgt. 1st Class Christopher Brendel,
US Army
PV2 Anthony Caputo, US Army
1st Lt. Michael DiPietro
HN Sean Farrell, Marine Division 1
1st Lt. Matthew Fernandez HHC-2
Col. Pete Ferraro, USMC
Lt. Joseph E. Fitzgerald, US Navy
Captain Michael Fitzgerald, US Army
2nd Lt. Christopher J. Frasse,
US Army
US Army Spec. Michael Gale
LCPL Christopher Henao,
Marine Div.
US Army Spec John Michael James
Pvt. 1st Class Brian Kirby
Private Patrick Lynch, US Army
Capt. Eamon G. McArdle
Pvt. 2nd Class
2nd Lt. Caitlin McArdle, US Army
Corporal Sean McNulty, USMC
Lt. Shannon Meyer,
US Navy Nurse Corps
Commander Paul Markland, US
Coast Guard
Commander Daniel Montgomery
Lance Corp. Conor Murphy, USMC
2nd Lt. Mary Theresa O’Donnell,
US Army
Pvt. Christopher Nee, US Army
S.A. Gregory J. O’Neill, FBI
Lance Corp. Joseph J. Pirro, USMC
PFC Dominick Pititto
Sgt. Donald Rogers,
US Army
Private 1st Class Christopher Rossi
Capt. Thomas F. Shields, US Air
Force
Daniel Timpanaro, US Coast Guard
Matthew Timpanaro, US Marines
Major Curtis Unger
Captain Christopher James Ustler,
US Army
Lt. Jg. Katherine Ustler,
US Coast Guard
Lance Corp. Robert Vitale, USMC
Brendan Wemssen, US Coast Guard
Airman John Zimmerman, ISAE
HEaling Link® Ministry Is Here!
Birthright
Pregnant and
Distressed?
Birthright Can Help
516-785-4070
Bingo
Bingo is played every Saturday in
St. William the Abbot School
Cafeteria. Doors open at 6:00
PM and games start at 7:00 PM.
E-Mail the Priests
of
St. William’s
If you would like to send an
e-mail to the priests of the
parish, please use the parish e-mail address: [email protected].
Place the name of the priest
to whom the e-mail is being
directed in the heading or
subject line and it will be
forwarded to him.
The next meeting is Tuesday, February 17th - 7:30 PM
HEaling Link® focuses on allowing the healing energies of Jesus to manifest through powerful prayers, sacred scripture, uplifting Christian music, healing meditations, and purposeful expression in a friendly and relaxing environment. Join us for a faith-filled evening that will expand
and nourish your relationship with Jesus, and inspire you as a Catholic.
We meet the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of the month at 7:30 PM in the church’s
Small Abbey.
For more information, please contact:
[email protected]
Please Close the Church Doors
With the winter season upon us, parishioners leaving
Mass are asked to be aware of doors that are propped
open and please close them if there is no one behind
you. We want to do everything we can to keep the
heat in the building. Thank you.
Gift Box Drawing
01/31/15 $100 Debbie Drabeck,
Amityville
02/01/15 $50 Erika Bartnick,
Seaford
02/02/15 $50 Pagan Family,
Amityville
02/03/15 $50 Thomas Daly,
Massapequa Park
02/04/15 $50 Carolyn Haase,
Seaford
02/05/15 $50 M. & S. Guido,
Massapequa
02/06/15 $50 T. & D. Kaley,
Pleasantville, NY
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Parish Directory
Parish Office -2000 Jackson Avenue – Seaford, NY 11783
Mrs. Sue McCormick, Office Manager
Mrs. Judy Goldman, Business Manager
Mrs. Susan Valdez-Le Goff and Mrs. Catherine Federici, Parish Receptionists
Parish Office: 516-785-1266
Parish Fax: 516 785-4824
Saint William the Abbot School – A Middle States Accredited School
2001 Jackson Avenue
School Office: 516-785-6784
School Fax : 516- 785-2752
Mrs. Margaret Grimaldi, School Principal
Web Page: www. stwilliamtheabbot.net
Email address: [email protected]
Faith Formation
(School Building - 2001 Jackson Avenue)
Mrs. Laura Walsh, Director Grades K - 5
Sr. JoAnn Bonauro, S.C., Director Grades 6 - 8
Bill D’Alessio, Coordinator, Confirmation Program
Religious Education Office: 516-679-9558
Web Page: www.swafaithformation.org
Fax: 516-679-1649
Email address: [email protected]
Music Ministries
(Convent Center - 2020 Jackson Avenue)
Mr. Alfred Allongo, Director of Music and Organist
Matthew Georgetti, Assistant Director
Mrs. Louise Sewall, Folk Group Director
Music Ministry Office: 516-781-3253
Fax: 516- 679-1083
Email: [email protected]
Parish Social Ministry
Mrs. Rosemary Graziano, Director
(Convent Center - 2020 Jackson Avenue)
Office: 516-679-8532
Fax: 516- 679-1083
Email: [email protected]
Parish Grounds and Maintenance
Mr. Joe Mormon, Head of Maintenance
Pastoral Council
Parish Representatives
Mrs. Maggie Bobby -- Mr. Bill D’Alessio -- Mr. Steve DeCillis -- Mrs. Catherine DuPlessis
Mr. George Gilmartin -- Mr. Richard Hass -- Mr. Joseph P. Missilli -- Mrs. Susan Neubauer
Mrs. Nancy Schleyer -- Mr. Thomas Ward --
Parish Trustees
Mr. Edward Lettieri
--
Mr. Robert Gerhard