Sunday, February 22, 2015
Serving the Parish of St. Kilian
Mission Statement
The Catholic family of St. Kilian Parish, guided by the Holy Spirit and nourished by God’s Word and
the Eucharist, building on our Benedictine tradition of welcome, prayer and liturgy, seeks to be a
vibrant, faith-filled community, committed to worshiping God, loving God and witnessing God in and
through our neighbor.
FINANCE COMMITTEE
Mr. Victor Albanese - Trustee
Mr. Pierre Lehmuller - Trustee
Deacon Frank Barone
Mr. Richard Merzbacher
Mr. Edward A. Smith
Deacon William Weiss
Mr. Stephen G. Wilson
PASTORAL COUNCIL
Mrs. Carol Budinoff
Mrs. Anne Carter
Mrs. Addie DeVincentis
Mr. Timothy Fierst
Mr. Brian McKenna
Mrs. Elizabeth Noveck
Mrs. Suzi Picciano
Mr. James Porter (Chairman)
Mr. David Rodenburg
Sacraments
Pastoral Council e-mail
[email protected]
St. Kilian Parish Web
Site:www.stkilian.com
Parish e-mail addresses:
[email protected]
[email protected]
PASTORAL TEAM
Baptism
Baptisms are celebrated on the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Sunday of the month at 2:00 p.m. in
the church. Spanish Baptisms are celebrated on the 4th Sunday of the month at 2 p.m.
Parents are required to participate in one Sacramental Preparation session. These
meetings are held on the first and third Sunday of each month. After attending the
9:30am Mass, parents should proceed to the Parish Center (below the church) for the
Baptism Preparation Class. Godparents are welcome. Please call the rectory to arrange
an interview with a deacon or priest to register for the preparation session and the
Baptism ceremony. Additional information on Baptism is available on the parish website:
www.stkilian.com
e-mail addresses
Father Bruce Powers - Pastor
[email protected]
Father Michael Duffy
[email protected]
Sr. Mary Jane Kelly - Religious
Education [email protected]
Reconciliation
Confessions are heard in the church on Mondays, 1:00-2:00 p.m.; Saturdays, 4:00- Mrs. Nina Petersen - Social
4:45 p.m.; and in the rectory by appointment. Confessions are not heard on Mondays Ministry/Outreach
that are Holy Days or public holidays. Confessions in Spanish by appointment. [email protected]
Please call the rectory at (516)249-0127.
Mr. Paul Phinney - Music -
Matrimony
[email protected]
Marriage arrangements should be made with a deacon or priest at least six months
before the proposed wedding date. No dates for marriage will be given over the phone. Mr. Frank Shanley - Business
Note: The interview to schedule the marriage date at St. Kilian should be completed
Manager - [email protected]
before commitments are made with a catering hall. Additional information is available
on the parish website: www.stkilian.com.
Support Staff
Anointing of the Sick
The Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick may be received by any Catholic who is
preparing for surgery, or is of advanced age, or is seriously ill. The sacrament is the
Church’s prayer for health and healing and should not be delayed until there is danger
of death. Please call the rectory to speak with a priest. Also, to arrange for Communion
to be brought to the homebound, please call the Parish Social Ministry/Outreach Office
at (516)756-9656
Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults – RCIA (Becoming A Catholic)
Anyone who is inquiring about becoming a Catholic, and who has not been baptized, or
who has been baptized in another Christian community is invited to inquire into the
RCIA. Please call the rectory for information at (516)249-0127.
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St. Kilian Catholic Church
Mrs. Eileen Donohue - Bulletin /
Website - [email protected]
Mrs. Barbara Geary - Secretary
[email protected]
Mrs. Maureen Ihm - Secretary [email protected]
Mrs. Antoinette Pusateri Accounting Admin.
Sunday, February 22, 2015
Lent and the Poor
“…And He remained in
the desert for forty days,
tempted by Satan.” (Mark
1.13)
During this Lent we
can try to travel light. We
can dispose of some stuff that we have acquired in
our journey thus far. We can try to use more
appropriately what has been entrusted to us by
our good and generous God. We can be more
generous in our giving (almsgiving).
The World Bank publishes data each year
showing that worldwide there are 25,000 children
who die of starvation each day. Nearly 1.5 billion
people live on little more than a dollar a day.
Some 3 billion people, men, women, and children
go to bed hungry at night, and suffer from
nutritional deprivation.
Traditional Christian doctrine thought
that poverty, like all suffering, was somehow
permitted by God’s will. Those with more goods
were encouraged to be charitable toward those
with less. But the poor were led to acceptance of
their lacking basic necessities and resignation to
their fate. In a terrible abuse of Scripture, they
were told to bear their suffering with patience
and suffer as Christ had on the cross. If they did
this, they were told, their suffering would lead to
a place in heaven after they died. Unfortunately,
this theology brought acceptance of economic
injustice and violation of their God given human
rights.
With this bad theology, there was little
motivation to change the social order. No one
worked to reform economic systems that were
unjust and dehumanizing.
In South America, in the last 30 years,
poor people began to take organized action to
transform their situation. Through studying the
Scriptures, and sharing their faith in small groups,
they began to understand that God wants all his
children to flourish. These Small Christian
Communities (Communidades de base) educated
them to understand that the immense suffering of
poverty is against God’s will. All of God’s
people have the right to food, clothing, and
shelter. All have a right to a just wage, good
working conditions, and adequate health care.
Grinding poverty, they learned,
violates the dignity of the human person made
in the image and likeness of God. Poverty
violates the way God wants the world to be.
The gospel stories were revealing.
The life and ministry of Jesus Christ teach us
clearly that God has a special love, a
preferential love for the poor, the voiceless,
and the marginalized. Jesus took the side of
oppressed people in their struggle for life and
inclusion in the human community. Pope
Francis has made this theme central to his
papacy.
What can we do to alleviate poverty?
We can become informed. We can become
compassionate. We can cry out for the rights
of those unjustly treated. We can join lobby
groups and be politically involved. We can
show some solidarity through fasting. We can
support the work of Catholic Charities, our
Parish Outreach, Catholic Relief Services, the
Campaign for Human Development, Bread for
the World, Doctors without Borders, and the
Catholic Ministries Appeal in our own diocese.
We can volunteer. In this season of Lent, this is
what almsgiving requires.
“This, rather, is the fasting that I wish:
releasing those bound unjustly, untying the
thongs of the yoke; setting free the oppressed,
breaking every yoke; sharing your bread with
the hungry, sheltering the oppressed and the
homeless; clothing the naked when you see
them, and not turning your back on your own.
Then your light shall bring forth like the
dawn, and your wound shall quickly be healed;
your vindication shall go before you, and the
glory of the Lord shall be your rear guard.”
(Isaiah 58. 6-8)
Peace – Father Bruce
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Sunday, February 22, 2015
Mass Intentions For The Week
SUNDAY - February 22 - First Sunday of Lent - Readings:
1st—Genesis 9:8-15; 2nd—1 Peter 3:18-22; Gospel—Mark
1:12-15
7:00
Josephine Buonpane
8:00
Josephine Buonpane
9:30
For the Parishioners of St. Kilian
11:00
Ryan M. Oehl
12:30pm Edlen Pearson
Clifton Sr. & Clifton, Jr. Henning
Maria Koesel
John Anderson
MONDAY - February 23 -Lenten Weekday
7:00
Bernadette Forbes
9:00
Louise Schinnerer
12:15pm Laurie Poche
TUESDAY - February 24 -Lenten Weekday
7:00
Deceased Members of the Broyles Family
9:00
Teresa Ferrante
12:15pm Louise Schinnerer
ST. KILIAN PARISH MEMORIALS
FOR HOSTS AND WINE to be used at
all WEEKDAY Masses (Feb. 23-27,
2015) were donated in Memory of
+ Marie Greco
Gift of: Louie & Barbara
NEXT WEEKEND MASS CELEBRANTS
Saturday, February 28
5:00 p.m.
Fr. Duffy
6:15 p.m.
Fr. Antonio
7:30 p.m.
Fr. Duffy
Sunday, March 1
7:00 a.m.
Fr. Gus
8:00 a.m.
Fr. Bruce
9:30 a.m.
Fr. Duffy
11:00 a.m.
Fr. Duffy
12:30 p.m.
Fr. Antonio
WEDNESDAY - February 25 - Lenten Weekday
7:00
Mary Fulico
9:00
William J. Donohue
12:15pm Derek Ward
Rest in Peace
Please pray for the repose of the
soul of:
THURSDAY - February 26 - Lenten Weekday
7:00
Parishioners of St. Kilian
9:00
Michael Fallo
12:15pm Virginia Kester
Nancy Martell
Alice Swanberg
Frank Joseph Caputo
FRIDAY - February 27 - Lenten Weekday
7:00
Parishioners of St. Kilian
9:00
For the R.C.I.A. Candidates
12:15pm Intentions of Pope Francis
Eternal Rest grant unto them O Lord; and let the perpetual light
shine upon them. May their souls and the souls of all the faithful
departed through the mercy of God Rest in Peace. Amen
SATURDAY - February 28 - Lenten Weekday
7:30
Parishioners of St. Kilian
5:00pm
John Wallace
Mary A. Higgins
Mary & Michael Sullivan
Sister Bernadette O’Connor
6:15pm
7:30pm
Mickey C. Wilgosz
DURING LENT THE
7:00 AM MASS WILL BE
HELD IN THE CHURCH.
SUNDAY - March 1 - Second Sunday of Lent Readings:
1st—Genesis 22:1-2, 9a, 10-13, 15-18; 2nd—Romans 8:31b34; Gospel—Mark 9:2-10
7:00
For the Parishioners of St. Kilian
8:00
Warren Flynn
9:30
Intercession of Blessed Frederic Ozanam
11:00
Vera Minichiello
12:30pm Mary Fields
Jane Dooley
Siclari, Perretta & Zaffarano Families
Alice Zidzick
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Banns of Marriage
First Announcement
Daniel Gordon (St. Kilian) & Rose Ciccolella (St. Kilian)
Alex DeRidder & Margaret Kumpas (St. Kilian)
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Sunday, February 22, 2015
First Holy Communion Parent
Meeting for parents of children
receiving their First Holy
Communion in May, 2015
The following are the weekly collections for:
February 14, 15, 2015 .......$19,723.00
(Last year 2014) ............$19,475.00
Attendance
February 14, 15, 2015 ...............1543
(Last year 2014) ........................1502
It is most important that you attend this
Parent Meeting. It is essential that we
work together to prepare your child for
First Communion and for the hundreds
of Communions through his or her life.
Parish Collection report-Weekend of Feb. 14, 15, 2015
Mass
Number Of
Envelopes
Amt. in Env.
Cash/Checks
Loose
Cash
178
$5606.00
$494.00
$6100.00
6:15pm-Sat. 21
$302.00
$596.00
$898.00
7:30pm -Sat 34
$1276.00
$95.00
$1371.00
7:00am
18
$822.00
$58.00
$880.00
8:00am
38
$1675.00
$143.00
$1818.00
9:30am
56
$2044.00
$278.00
$2322.00
11:00am
71
$2032.00
$363.00
$2395.00
12:30pm
65
$2025.00.
$439.00
$2464.00
5pm - Sat.
Mail in Envelopes:
Total
$1475.00
Total: $19,723.00
Please attend the session which is most
convenient for you.
Wednesday, February 25, 2015 from
7:30 PM to 9:00 PM in the
Auditorium
OR
Thursday, February 26, 2015 from
1:00 PM to 2:30 PM in the
Auditorium
As a praying community,
we automatically ask
prayers for all those who
are ill. Names added to
the list will remain on for a
maximum of 3 weeks. If
the individual is still in need of prayers, the
office would have to be notified to continue for
an additional 3 weeks. If you do not desire to
be listed, please inform us.
PRAY FOR:
Bulletin Reflection:
The waters of Baptism make us part of the new covenant
in Christ. The Bishops’ pastoral letter on stewardship
reminds us that “there is a fundamental obligation arising from the sacrament of Baptism...that people place
their gifts, their resources - their selves - at God’s service
in and through the Church.”
Living Stewardship:
We are grateful this week for all stewards in our parish
whose giving - whether of alms, time or service - will be
an expression of gratitude for what the Father has given
them.
Frank Burnside; Msgr. Tom Hartman; Sarita
Donald; Denise Wagner; Helen Norjen; John
Nelson,Sr. John Nelson; Kerri Ihm;
Rosemarie Oliver; Matthew Malley; Bill
Johnson; Frances T. Sicari; Fred Rigolini;
Helene Klem; Carol Gering Meza; Ellen
Morse; Angela D’Amico; Ellen Morse; William
Sisco; Hank Pulach.
And prayers for the children: Gwendolyn
Rose; Kyle Patrick Johnson; MacKenzie
Jordan Borchers; Jameson Frogge; Jillian
Cordi; Baby Julia Rose Manno; Olivia
Macchio.
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Sunday, February 22, 2015
ADULT FAITH FORMATION SEMINAR
Father Bruce Powers
will be offering two Seminars
on Saturday afternoons in Lent and Easter.
“The Suffering and Death of Jesus”
will be offered Saturdays - March 14; March 21; and March 28.
Each seminar class will begin at 1pm and end by 2:30pm.
Please bring your Bible.
“The Resurrection of Christ”
seminar will be offered Saturdays May 2; May 9; and May 16.
Again beginning at 1pm and ending by 2:30pm.
Please bring your Bible.
The Seminar will be held in the Rectory Meeting Room unless
larger space is needed. Register as soon as possible by
emailing the parish secretary listed in our parish Bulletin at
[email protected], or phone the rectory.
There will be a donation of $20 for materials.
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PARISH MISSION RETREAT
MONDAY, MARCH 23RD,
TUESDAY, MARCH 24TH,
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25TH
Books are available on the bulletin stands
this weekend. Place take only one per
family.
A $1.00 donation would be appreciated.
Please place your donation in the Poor
Boxes.
DEACON KEVIN McCORMACK
Retreat Leader
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The Little Black Book
Six-minute meditations
on the Passion according
to Luke
St. Kilian Catholic Church
Stations of the Cross
Fridays during Lent
at 7:00 p.m.
Sunday, February 22, 2015
THE CHURCH
Lenten
Rules and Regulations
IN
NEED COLLECTION
FEBRUARY 22, 2015
Abstinence from Meat:
All Catholics who have reached their 14th birthday are
bound to abstain entirely from meat on Ash Wednesday
and all the Fridays of Lent including Good Friday. There
is no upper age limit for the requirement of abstinence.
Fasting
All Catholics between the ages of 18 and 59 are bound to
observe the law of fast on Ash Wednesday and Good
Friday. This means limiting oneself to a single full meal
and two smaller meals and avoiding food between meals.
We are encouraged also to voluntarily fast other days
during Lent. Sundays and Feast Days are not days of fast
and abstinence. (Feast days include St. Joseph, March
19th.)
Dispensations from Abstinence and Fasting: We are not
to consider ourselves lightly excused from the laws of Fast
and Abstinence. However, with a good reason, one may
excuse oneself but substitute another penitential practice
to compensate.
Easter Duty
All Catholics who have received First Communion are
required to receive Communion at least once during the
Easter Season which includes the time between Ash
Wednesday and Trinity Sunday. Catholics are also to
receive the Sacrament of Penance once a year. If
Confession is required before receiving Communion then
that would be required during the Easter Season. One
must be absolved from all mortal sins before receiving
Communion.
Weekday Masses during Lent
This weekend a collection will be taken for “The
Church in Need.” The monies collected at this time
will be shared among three areas of the world
where there is particular need for help:
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Church in Central and Eastern Europe - the
Collection provides support for basic pastoral programs
and makes scholarships available for students studying
to serve their local church. These students become vital
participants in the renewal of the Church in the region.
§
The Church in Latin America faces many
difficult challenges. Natural disasters in many areas
caused lasting damage to the Church, while a
significant loss of parishioners to migration and to other
faiths, the inability to support itself financially, and a lack
of priests and religious to help effectively minister to the
large number of Catholics continue to trouble the region.
§
The Church in Africa – the funds will go to
assisting African countries where poverty, sickness and
political strife prevent people from living in dignity.
Thank you for your generosity.
There will be only one collection this weekend, so
please place your envelope for the Church in Need in
the regular collection
St. Kilian Women’s Guild
“Evening of Recollection”
Thursday, March 12, 2015
Mass in the Church at 6 P.M.
Followed by light Supper
in the Blue Room
Monday through Friday 7:00, 9:00 a.m. & 12:15 p.m.
Saturday - 7:30 a.m.
Sunday Night Adoration
Every Sunday during Lent there will be
Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament from
7:00 to 8:00 PM in the church. Exposition is
for adoration, quiet time with the Lord.
Before your hectic week begins, come and
spend some time alone with the Lord. Jesus frequently
brought his apostles away to pray with Him. He invites
you to be with Him in quiet prayer if not for the hour
at least for a few minutes. The hour will conclude with
a brief Night Prayer and Benediction.
Guest Speaker:
Father Michael F. Duffy
For more information
call Iris at (516) 249-8538
or Lorraine at (516) 694-8943
$15.00 per person
“All Are Welcome”
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Sunday, February 22, 2015
ST. KILIAN WEEK AT A GLANCE
Feb. 22 (Sunday)
CAMPS’R’Us Registration - 3pm - 4:30pm - School
Lobby
SKYouth 6pm - Cafeteria
Exposition and Adoration - 7pm - Church
Alanon Meeting - 7:30pm - Parish Ctr.
Feb. 23 (Monday)
Daily Rosary - 8:30am - Church
Seniors - 11am - Parish Ctr.
Divorced/Separated - 7:30pm - Parish Ctr
Miraculous Medal Novena - 7:30pm - St. Benedict
Chapel
Pre-Cana Meeting - 7:30pm - Parish Ctr.
Eucharistic Adoration - 8pm - St. Benedict Chapel
Feb. 24 (Tuesday)
Daily Rosary - 8:30am - Church
Seniors - 11am - Parish Ctr.
NA Meeting - 7:30pm - Parish Ctr.
Feb. 25 (Wednesday)
Daily Rosary - 8:30am - Church
Bible Study - 10:30am - 12:30pm - Parish Ctr
AA Support Meeting - 7pm - Parish Ctr.
Spanish Charismatic Renewal - 7pm - Cafeteria
Religious Education 1st Communion Parent Meeting 7:30pm - 9pm - Auditorium
Scouts Meeting - 7:30pm - Parish Ctr.
Charismatic Prayer Group - 8pm - St. Benedict
Chapel
Feb. 26 (Thursday)
Daily Rosary - 8:30am - Church
Religious Education 1st Communion Parent Meeting 1pm - 2:30pm - Auditorium
Feb. 27 (Friday)
Daily Rosary - 8:30am - Church
AA Spanish Support Meeting -7pm-Parish Ctr.
Stations of the Cross - 7pm - Church
Feb. 28 (Saturday)
Spanish Youth Group - 7:00pm - Cafeteria
SKY Fundraiser for Handicapped Encounter Christ Gathering Space - 5pm -8:30pm
CYO Night at the Races - 7pm - Auditorium
March 1 (Sunday)
SKY Fundraiser for Handicapped Encounter Christ 8am - 1:30pm - Gathering Space
Baptism Preparation Class - 10:30am - Parish Ctr.
Exposition and Adoration - 7pm - Church
Alanon Meeting - 7:30pm - Parish Ctr.
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“TOUCHED BY GRACE”
An Invitation
How has God been moving in your life? What
are the moments when you have felt touched by the
grace of the Holy Spirit within you and around you?
Certainly, many of us have had profound
experiences of God’s grace filling us with awe and wonder
that He could touch us so deeply.
News Flash!!! Those moments are not meant for
us to keep to ourselves but to share with others so that
they, too, might reap the rewards of God’s grace. What a
better way to nourish us as a community of faith, the Body
of Christ, than to witness God’s love in action in the hearts
of His people.
To that end, we are inviting you to submit your
testimony of how you have been touched by the grace of
God. Each week, we will print one story in our parish
bulletin in a column entitled “Touched by Grace.” (200 350 words.)
If you would like to participate or have any
questions, please e-mail me at [email protected] or
deliver to the rectory.
Together, let us build the Kingdom of God on
earth with the witness of our faith.
May the joy of the Lord be with you,
Kathy Wetzel
Readings for the Week of February 22, 2015
Sunday:
Monday:
Tuesday:
Wednesday:
Thursday:
Friday:
Saturday:
Next Sunday:
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Gn 9:8-15/1 Pt 3:18-22/Mk 1:12-15
Lv 19:1-2, 11-18/Mt 25:31-46
Is 55:10-11/Mt 6:7-15
Jon 3:1-10/Lk 11:29-32
Est C:12, 14-16, 23-25/Mt 7:7-12
Ez 18:21-28/Mt 5:20-26
Dt 26:16-19/Mt 5:43-48
Gn 22:1-2, 9a, 10-13, 15-18/Rom 8:31b-34/
Mk 9:2-10
Sunday, February 22, 2015
ST KILIAN YOUTH
PROPAGATION OF THE FAITH
Next weekend, February 28 and March 1,
Brother James McKnight, a Marist Brother will
speak at all the Mass on behalf of the
Propagation of the Faith. Brother McKnight is
originally from South Ozone Park and has been a
Marist Brother for 54 years and 25 of those years
were spent as a missionary in the Philippines.
There will be a second collection next
weekend for the Propagation of the Faith.
We are looking for all eligible
Players who are interested in directing this summer’s show or serving on
the Play Selection Committee. The
following criteria are necessary:
Play Selection Committee: Participation in 3 St. Kilian Player productions. Must be at least a
Junior in High School. Board Members & family members
of would-be-directors are excluded.
Director: Shall be a member 30 years of age or older
with two years involvement with the St. Kilian Players.
Director must be active member of St. Kilian Parish.
All letters of intent should be sent to the St.
Kilian Players at the rectory or via e-mail at
[email protected] and must be received by February
27, 2015. Prospective directors and play selection
committee members will meet on March 29, 2015, at
6:30pm.
Youth Events for Middle and High School
Teens:
2/20 5pm -6pm Music Choir Practice Church Music
Room, Basement.WE NEED YOUTH SINGERS
for our choir!
2/20
6:30pm – 10:30pm Meet at rectory parking lot
for Holy Hour / Dodgeball for a ride and we’ll
drive to St Ignatius of Loyola, Hicksville
2/22
9:30am Youth Mass in Church (all teens are
invited to sit and sing with us) 8am rehearsal in
church music room
2/22 6pm-9pm SKY meets at school cafeteria (rear
basement entrance) for hockey, pizza, and faith
talk+ We then move Church food collection to
pantry and then…….
Stations of the Cross practice in Church (pickup
@ church 9pm)
2/28 and 3/1 SKY’S Annual 30 Hour Fast / Retreat
Saturday 12pm drop off at cafeteria entrance
(playground lot) Sunday 7pm pick up at cafeteria
after we break - fast with feast. Parents are
invited to feast with us J starting at 6pm.
Permission slips will be available at drop-off
and are required.
3/6 5pm -6pm Music Choir Practice Church Music
Room, Basement.
WE NEED YOUTH SINGERS for our choir!
3/8
Hockey Tickets for
OUTREACH
A parishioner has donated 2
tickets to the NY Islanders –
Minnesota Wild hockey game on March 24,
2015 at 7pm.
The tickets have a face value of $54 each.
Please make an offer for the tickets by
February 22nd by calling the rectory 249-0127
or email [email protected]. The money will
be donated to our Outreach for the needy.”
9:30am Youth Mass in Church (all teens are
invited to sit and sing with us) 8am rehearsal in
church music room
3/8 6pm-9pm SKY meets at school cafeteria (rear
basement entrance) for hockey, pizza, and faith
talk+ We then move Church food collection to
pantry and then……. Stations of the Cross
practice in Church (pickup @ church 9pm)
3/15
Annual NYC SKY & FRIENDS TRIP Mass @
St Francis Assisi then ……… Visit Museum of
Natural History - Details TBA
JOIN SKY +
Contact Youth Minister DJ Schultz: [email protected] or
[email protected] to volunteer and for any information
Join Sky facebook page@ (Sky) and be a member+
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Sunday, February 22, 2015
SOCIAL MINISTRY/OUTREACH
Outreach is our parish community’s response to the Gospel call to help those in need.
We serve anyone who lives within our parish boundaries regardless of religion, race or ethnicity.
We are located at 140 Elizabeth Street but our main entrance is in the parking lot facing Conklin Street.
OUR FOOD PANTRY AND OFFICE IS OPEN MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, 10AM-2:30PM.
We are also available certain Saturdays by appointment only. Spanish translators are available Tuesdays and Fridays.
For further information please call 516-756-9656
Nina Petersen, Director of Outreach
This week our pantry could use the items listed below. Just drop your donation in the bin in
the gathering space of the church or bring it to Outreach during our regular business
hours.
Canned Chili
Ketchup
Shampoo/Conditioner
WIC is a supplemental food program for pregnant women, postpartum women up to 6 months, infants and children up to
age 5 and families with low income. WIC provides food assistance, nutrition education and breastfeeding support.
Referrals are made to medical and human services. Call 631-842-4123 or come to the WIC office at 143 Schleigel Blvd,
Amityville, NY 11701
Did you know we offer Employment Assistance (resume writing, interview coaching, job search tips)? Our
Employment Counselor is here Thursdays from 11:00am to 2:30pm. If interested, call for an appointment.
CATHOLIC CHARITIES JOB OPENING: On Call Maintenance Worker – Regina Residence, Merrick.
Catholic Charities is seeking an experienced “handyman” with the ability to make minor home repairs and perform
general upkeep activities. HS/GED and NYS Driver’s License required. Good availability for on call work needed.
Email resume and cover letter of interest to: [email protected] or fax to 516.733.7038. Please include
“Regina Maintenance” in the subject line of your email or fax.
Catholic Charities – Diocese of Rockville Centre; “Care With Dignity...Life With Hope” An Equal Opportunity Employer
Are you having trouble paying for heat and/or saving on home energy this season?
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If so, you may be eligible for one of many programs available to LOW INCOME residents, such as:
HEAP- A federally funded annual supplement to assist households with heating costs. Food Stamp
recipients not on “automated” HEAP, call Case Worker. Nassau County Seniors Age 60 plus call 516-227-7386.
All others in Nassau County call EAC at 516-565-4327. Suffolk County Seniors call 631-853-8326. Others in
Suffolk call- 631-853-8825. For HEAP, Emergency HEAP eligibility and other information: http://otda.ny.gov/
programs/heap/
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PROJECT WARMTH – a fund administered by United Way of LI to help with a fuel and/or fuel-related electricity
crisis. Applications cannot be made through United Way. Outreach can process for eligible applicants, who must
show a heating and/or fuel-related electric bill in their name/address which is in termination, pending disconnect
or severely overdue, or be financially unable to secure oil when tank is near empty. Note- if HEAP-eligible, MUST
apply to HEAP before Project Warmth. Those who received Project Warmth in 2011/12 & 2012/13 are not eligible.
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REAP- is a LIPA program for income-eligible customers designed to help lower electric bills. To learn more check
http://www.lipower.org/residential/custserv/fa-reap.html, call 1-800-263-6786 or e-mail [email protected].
With grateful hearts, we THANK YOU for helping us to help others
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St. Kilian Catholic Church
Sunday, February 22, 2015
Girl Scout Sunday- Save the
date March 8th All girls- Daisy
St. Kilian’s Irish
Night
Saturday,
March 14, 2015
at St. Kilian Auditorium
Doors will open at 6pm
Tickets are on Sale in the Rectory
Enjoy Entertainment,
Beer, Wine & Soda,
Corned Beef, Cabbage & Potatoes,
Coffee, Tea and Dessert
All for just $20
level through Ambassadors as well
as their leaders and families are
invited to attend the annual Girl
Scout mass on Sunday March 8th at
the 9:30 mass. Girls are welcome to participate by
wearing their uniforms and may order a Girl Scout Sunday
patch for attending.
Girls may attend individually or with their troop.
The contact information for the patch is
[email protected]. Any Daisy or Brownie scout that is
scheduled to receive an award pin at this mass should be
registered with the parish coordinator Maryellen Gruszka
at [email protected] or at 516-845-1789.
This is the last weekend to be registered so that
award pins can be ordered. Come to celebrate mass with
your fellow scouts and be inspired to find out how you
and your troop can be presented with an award next year.
A Musical Note and Reminder:
Any questions call Margaret Barrett
(516) 420-0674.
If you have a party that you will be sitting
with please return your payment
with all of the names in your party.
Tables are 10 and 12 people per table.
St. Kilian Irish Night Reservation
Form
Name_________________________________________________
Name_______________________________________________________
To set apart Lent as a special time, the following changes
will take place from the First Sunday of Lent through
Palm Sunday.
1) The Penetential Rite will be sung.
This is the Kyrie . It is familiar to the Parish
2) The Prayer of the Faithful Response will be sung.
This is: “Hear the Prayers That Rise” in the Music
Issue. The First time the Cantor will sing the entire
response, and after each following petition, only,
“Hear our prayer, hear our prayer, God of
compassion, listen to our prayer.”
3) The Lord’s Prayer and Doxology will be sung.
There will be a single chord intro to both.
4) The Lamb of God will be sung in Latin, “Agnus
Dei”
This is found in the Music Issue.
Name_______________________________________________________
Name_______________________________________________________
Name_______________________________________________
Number of people @ $20.00 ticket = __________
No one under 21 years of age will be admitted
We are currently in need of usher
assistance for the following
weekend Masses:
Saturday evening - 7:30PM and Sunday - 7AM,
8AM & 12:30PM.
We would appreciate parishioners stepping
up to assist with the above needs as well as special
“on call” ushers for Ash Wednesday and Easter
Masses. CONTACT: John Fitzpatrick (516)385-1718
Frank Shanley (516)249-0127 or fax (516)249-7131
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Sunday, February 22, 2015
A Tour of a Catholic Church
by Thomas Richstatter, O.F.M., S.T.D.
Statues, art and living saints
Another high point in a tour of a Catholic church was
often the reredos (from arrere “rear” and dos “back”), the
statues and paintings on the back of the altar together with
their beautiful and elaborately carved shrines. The reredos or
extension of the altar is what most Catholics meant when they
spoke of the altar (rather than the table itself). These altars
with their reredos were often objects of great beauty, the focal
point of the assembly area and the pride of the parish.
In churches being built today we usually do not see a
reredos. In older churches which have been recently
remodeled, the removal of statues and the “high altar” has
caused even more protest from Catholics than the removal of
the tabernacle. Understandably, the reasons for these changes
must be as serious as the pain they have caused.
In the early Middle Ages a greater stress began to be
placed on the sacredness of the Mass and the “other worldly”
character of the mysteries. Holy Communion was received
only by the clergy. The altar gradually moved away from the
assembly of the faithful to the rear of the choir and was placed
against the back wall. The back wall itself began to have a
special significance. The wall had been ornamented from early
times, often with a painting of the cross, Lamb of God, Good
Shepherd or Christ in Glory. These paintings began to be
placed on the altar itself and the altar was extended back and
up to form the reredos. Statues appear on this extension of the
altar: First came the crucifixion, then the martyr whose relics
were under the altar, or the saint in whose honor the church
was dedicated. Later other saints were added.
The statues and paintings of the saints aided the
devotion of the faithful at a time when active participation in
the liturgical action was reserved to the clergy. The statues
placed us in union with heroic Christians of other times and
places. The saints were intercessors for particular favors and
blessings.
At the time of the Reformation, many Protestant
Churches removed these decorations so that the Word of God
could be heard more clearly. Excessive decoration is a
hindrance to effective preaching. As the American playwright
Thornton Wilder said regarding his minimal staging for his
plays: “If the eye sees too much, the ear doesn’t really listen.”
Because our liturgy was in a language which many of
us did not understand, Catholics were not as concerned about
the ear and continued to create a feast for the eye. This
changed when the Second Vatican Council allowed the liturgy
in our own language so that we could hear the Sacred
Scriptures and understand the prayers and proclaim our faith in
songs and acclamations. Today Catholics are beginning to look
for a balance: seeing, hearing, doing. One sign of our new
interest in hearing is our increasing concern for good
preaching and quality homilies.
We will not strengthen the ear by starving the eye!
There is no movement to remove statues and decoration
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simply to make our churches bare and plain. Quite the contrary.
To quote again the bishops’ statement on the environment: “In a
world dominated by science and technology, liturgy’s quest for
the beautiful is a particularly necessary contribution to full and
balanced human life” (Environment, 34). Statues and beautiful
objects of art, banners and flowers will always be an important
part of the environment for our worship.
One of the historical functions of stained glass
windows, in addition to
bathing the assembly area
with their beautiful light, was
to illustrate the stories of the
Bible for those who could
not read or afford expensive
manuscripts. (The 13thcentury windows of the
Sainte Chapelle in Paris
contains 1,134 illustrations
from the Bible!) But such
objects do not merely teach; they are not history lessons. Their
artistic beauty reveals to us something of the beauty of God and
God’s dreams for us.
Our liturgical renewal has helped us become more
aware that the principal function of the church is our common
worship. Objects which compete with that purpose are out of
place. Images in painting or sculpture “must take into account
the current renewed emphasis on the action of the assembly. If
instead of serving and aiding that action, they threaten it or
compete with it, then they are unsuitable.... In many areas of
religious practice, this means a simplifying and a refocusing on
primary symbols. In building, this effort has resulted in more
austere interiors, with fewer objects on the walls and in the
corners” (Environment, 98-99).
In our day the principal “decoration” and “treasured
possession” of the church is the worshiping community. Faces
of the saints have always aided our worship, and we~ continue to
revere our sisters and brothers in Christ of other ages. Today,
nonetheless, we are designing our assembly space to enable us
to see more clearly the other members of the congregation. We
want to be encouraged by the faces of the living saints as well—
the heroes and heroines who carry the message of the Eucharist
out into our world and our time.
As our tour ends
Our tour may have led us through a great variety of
Catholic churches: some with many statues and some which
have none—through churches with golden altars and ceilings
and those with wooden altars and plaster ceilings. But as in the
homes of my friends, where some have more money than others
and perhaps more expensive decorations and furnishings, more
important than the cost of the furniture is the warmth,
hospitality and friendship I experience there. The principal
beauty of the Catholic church is the hospitality of its assembly,
the eagerness with which they hear the Word of God, the
devotion with which they share the holy Eucharist and the love
which they take forth to transform the earth.
St. Kilian Catholic Church
Sunday, February 22, 2015
A Tour of a Catholic Church (cont’d)
HANDICAPPED ENCOUNTER CHRIST
Vestments—ritual clothing
A time for giving birth
A time for planting
A time for tears
A time for healing
Vestments, the special ritual clothing worn
by those who lead the assembly in prayer are
“an appropriate symbol of their service”
(Environment, 93) and add their own
element of beauty to the celebration. The
priest wears a long white garment, an alb
(from albus, Latin for “white”). Over this is
worn a chasuble (from the Latin for “little
house”).
A time for keeping silent
A time for speaking
A time for loving
A time for building
A time for peace
—Ecclesiastes 3:1-8
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR ANNUAL
HEC #31 WEEKEND
Today these garments look quite different
from our ordinary street clothing. Originally
this was not the case. The alb and chasuble
find their origins in the ordinary garments worn in the later GrecoRoman world. Around the house both men and women wore an alb,
a long loose-fitting garment. When going out in public they put on
a more ornate garment, a chasuble, over the alb. If you attended
Mass in fourth-century Rome, the leader of the liturgical assembly
would be dressed in much the same way as the priest today vests
for Sunday Mass. But at that time, everyone in the
church would be wearing an alb and chasuble!
Since the ninth century the priest has also worn a
stole, a long piece of cloth about four inches
wide draped around the neck. The origin and
meaning of this vestment is lost in history.
Handicapped Encounter Christ (HEC) is in need of
volunteers for its annual retreat which will be held
Thursday, April 23 through Sunday, April 26, 2015 at
Camp Alvernia in Centerport, NY.
HEC is a retreat weekend for persons 18 years and
older with special needs. Each candidate has a team
member with them throughout the weekend. It is a
prayerful experience of song, talks, sharing, Eucharist
and many other joyful moments. Please contact us if
you know of someone (whether at home or in a group
home) who would like to attend the retreat. An
application will be sent upon request.
There are many roles to be filled. We are in need of
team members, kitchen help, setting up and taking
down the camp, as well as drivers for our candidates.
Thomas Rlchstatter, O.F.M., has a doctorate in liturgy and
sacramental theology from the Institute Catholique de
Paris. A popular writer and lecturer, Father Richstatter
teaches courses on the sacraments at St. Meinrad (Indiana)
School of Theology.
COUNSELING INFORMATION FOR
FAMILIES AND INDIVIDUALS
Living Waters, located on Wolf Hill Road in Melville,
on the grounds of St. Elizabeth Catholic Church, provides
individual and group therapy with a Christian perspective 631-754-3990 email: [email protected].
Our pastor, Father Bruce Powers, besides his
graduate degree in theology from the major seminary in
Huntington, New York, holds a Masters degree in Pastoral
Counseling from St. John’s University ( M.S. in Ed.). In
addition, he has received certification in substance abuse
counseling from South Oaks Institute in Amityville, New York.
If you would like his counsel on personal and family
difficulties, please contact him at St. Kilian rectory: 516-2490127 or email him for an appointment: [email protected]
A meetting was held on February 9, 2015 and followup meetings are planned for Wednesday, March 18,
2015 at 7 pm and Tuesday, April 14, 2015 at 7 pm at
St. Francis of Assisi in Greenlawn.We request that
those interested in assisting a candidate make every
effort to attend at least two of the meetings.
Please call Deacon Frank & Michele Barone at 516420-1207 or e-mail at
[email protected] to volunteer or
participate as a candidate.
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Marian Healing Ministry
Continuing the Marian Healing Ministry of
Fr. Dennis Kelleher CSsR there will be a Healing Mass at
St. Anastasia’s Church, 45-14 245th St., Douglaston Little Neck, NY 11362, on Tuesday, March 10,2015.
7:00PM - Rosary, Mass & Healing Service
Celebrant: Fr. Augustine Fernando
Assisted by Deacons Joseph Mercolino, John Dennehy,
Michael Vicinanza. Music: Tony Owen
For information contact St. Anastasia’s Church at 718631-4454. Come and experience the outpouring of the
Holy Spirit, the presence, healing touch and power of Our
Lord Jesus Christ and the intercession of Mary the
Mother of God and Our Mother.
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Sunday, February 22, 2015
St. Kilian Respect Life
DIOCESAN & COMMUNITY
WHAT’S YOUR LENTEN SACRIFICE?
Instead of giving up snacks,
Consider Giving Up Some Of Your Time.
JOIN US AT OUR WEEKLY
PRO-LIFE PRAYER VIGIL
Saturdays, 10:30AM-11:30AM
Knights of Columbus - Knight At The Races
Friday, February 27, 2015
Tellers Open at 6:30pm
Meal at 7:00PM -Races Start at 8:00PM
1 Morton St. Farmingdale, NY 11735 - (off Route 109 behind 7-11)
Tickets: $12 per person - (Includes Food, Beverages and
Dessert)
For tickets call 631-755-2204
Faith on Tap
All Young Adults are invited to the next Faith on Tap on Monday,
February 23, 2015 at 7:30pm at Lily Flanagan’s 345 Deer Park
Avenue, Babylon, NY The talk for the evening is Authentic
Empowerment presented by Peggy Clores. The talk begins at
7:30pm but doors open at 7:00pm. Come early, have something
to eat, meet new friends. For information contact Marianne
Sheridan at [email protected]
Pray For the Babies & an END to Abortion
Outside of the Massapequa Planned Parenthood
(35 Carmans Road –across from the Westfield Mall)
Follow us on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/ProLifeParishionersofStKilians
INTERESTED IN THE RESPECT LIFE MINISTRY?
Call/Text Paul Montenero: 516-523-0373
Or Call Irene Muhs: 516-249-6567
For Pregnancy Help, Call:
Life Centers:
Massapequa
516-798-9100
Hempstead
516-408-6300`
Deer Park
631-243-2373
Regina Residence
516-223-7888
AAA Pregnancy Options
631-243-0066
FOR POST ABORTION HEALING
Project Rachel
Rachel’s Vinyard Healing Retreat
ATTENTION: SAINT KILIAN SCHOOL GRADUATES
CLASS OF 1965
We are trying to locate members of the Class of 1965 in order to
organize a 50 year reunion. If you were a member of that class,
or you know someone who graduated in 1965, please contact one
of us by email to update your information. Diane Mihelich [email protected] or Carolyn Johnson Coulter [email protected] or Bill Filaski [email protected]. If you do not use email, please call or
text Mary Ahern Macchio at (516)353-8205. Thanks. We look
forward to hearing from you!
800-456-4673
516-798-9100
ST. KILIAN RESPECT-LIFE CALENDAR OF EVENTS
2/28 (Sat) - 10:30-11:30AM Prayer vigil outside Planned
Parenthood, 35 Carman’s Rd, Massapequa.
We do this EVERY Sat., Please join us when you can.
3/9 (Sun)- 10:30AM-10:55AM—PRO-LIFE meeting
Green Rm of St. Kilian’s Church Basement
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Bishop McDonnell Alumnae Association
Almnae Reunion
April 25, 2015
The reunion will celebrate the special anniversary classes of
1940, 1945, 1950, 1955, 1960, 1965, 1970. All 30s, 40s and
early 50s classes are alwasy welcome. Reunion will take place
at Gargiulo’s Restaurant 2911 West 15th St. in Brooklyn. The
cost is $90 per person. To register or ask questions call Rita
Monaghan-Maloney at 718-857-2700 ext 2253 or
[email protected].
Workshop at the Cenacle
310 Cenacle Road, Ronkonkoma, NY
“Am I Making the Right Decisions”
Saturday, Feb. 28, 2015 - 10am - 4pm
Sometimes it’s difficult to know if we are doing the right thing.
Come explore the unitive way of living with Christ in a world of
both/and instead of a world of either/or. Drawing on our rich
spiritual traditions, we’ll discover ways to live out the fullness of
our life in Christ when dealing with the day-to-day issues of living,
as well as life’s big issues of love and suffering. $50 includes
lunch. To register call 631-588-8366 or http://
www.cenaclesisters.org/ronkonkoma/retreats-and-programs/
St. Kilian Catholic Church
Sunday, February 22, 2015
Ciclos de Fe
Celebremos Los
Sacramentos
LA SANTA MISA:
Todos los Sábados a las 6:15PM.
Ultimos miércoles de cada mes.
Hora:7:15PM
BAUTISMO:
Se celebra cada cuarto domingo de mes, a las 2:00 de la tarde.
Es requisito para los papás y padrinos, atender la clase prebautismal, cada tercer miércoles de mes a las 6:30 PM, en la parte
baja de la Iglesia. Por favor llame a la rectoría para hacer su cita
con el sacerdote, para llenar el formato; usted deberá traer el
certificado o registro de nacimiento de su niño. Los niños de 6
años ó más, deberán asistir a las clases de catequesis regular.
PADRINOS: Deben ser católicos, con los Sacramentos de
Bautismo, Comunión y Confirmación; solteros ó casados por la
Iglesia. Deben traer una notificación indicando que están
registrados o son miembros de la Parroquia, en donde viven ó
adonde asisten a misa. No pueden ser padrinos las personas que
tienen parejas sin haberse casados por la Iglesia.
La Iglesia Necesitada
El 22 de febrero del 2015, se hará una colecta a favor
de “La Iglesia Necesitada”. El dinero colectado será
compartido entre las tres áreas de mundo donde hay
necesidades particulares:
§
La Iglesia en Europa Central y
Oriental, donde aún hay grandes
necesidades. Esta colecta provee de apoyo
a programas pastorales básicos y brinda
becas a los estudiantes que se preparan
para servir a su iglesia local. Estos
estudiantes se convierten en participantes
esenciales en la renovación de la Iglesia en
esa región.
§
La Iglesia en América Latina enfrenta
unos desafíos muy difíciles, debido a
desastres naturales en algunas areas los
cuales han causado daños permanentes a la
Iglesia, mientras que la región sigue
preocupada por la pérdida significativa de
feligreses que emigraron o se pasaron a
otras religiones, por la incapacidad de la
Iglesia de poder sostenerse a sí misma y
por la falta de sacerdotes y de religiosas que
puedan servir eficazmente al gran número
de católicos. Por favor, ayuden a mantener
la fe.
§
La Iglesia en África - los fondos irán
para ayudar a países africanos donde la
pobreza, la enfermedad y la contienda
política impiden al pueblo vivir con dignidad
QUINCEAÑERAS:
Deben haber recibido los Sacramentos de Bautismo, Comunión y
Confirmación ó estar asistiendo a las clases regulares de
Educación Religiosa ó RICA (Rito de Iniciación Cristiana para
Adultos).
RITO DE INICIACIÓN CRISTIANA PARA ADULTOS: (RICA) Les
invitamos a una preparación espiritual de conversión a la fé
católica. Favor comunicarse con la Hna: Reina Vásquez
(631)902-9969. Las clases iniciarán en septiembre.
MATRIMONIO:
Es necesario hacer una entrevista con el Sacerdote ó Diácono de
la Parroquia con 6 meses de anticipación, para la celebración de
su boda. Es imprescindible que todas las parejas, asistan a PRECANA (charlas pre-matrimoniales), para poder casarse. Para
mayor información, llamar a la Rectoría (516)-249-0127 ext.129
P. Antonio o hablar con él, después de la Misa, los sábados.
Gracias por su generosidad.
RECONCILIACION/ CONFESIONES:
Todos los miércoles de 6:00 a 9:00 PM, en el Grupo de Oración.
Lugar: Cafetería.
UNCION DE LOS ENFERMOS:
Llamar a la Rectoría, inmediatamente en caso de emergencia o
enfermedad, para que la persona reciba los Sacramentos
necesarios. (516)- 249-0127 Ext. 129 Padre Antonio.
GRUPO DE ORACION:
(Renovación Carismática) Todos los miércoles de 7 a 9:30 PM en
la cafetería Y la Santa Misa, en la Iglesia, los últimos miércoles de
cada mes a las 7:00 P.M.
GRUPO JUVENIL:
Se reúnen todos los sábados, después de Misa. Para
información, hablar con Nelson (516)351-8913/ Erlin (631)7051229.
Programa Suplemental De Alimentos para mujeres
embarazadas y postparto por 6 meses,
Infants y para niños hasta los 5 años de families con
bajo ingreso.
Proveenos asistencia de alimentos, educacion
nutricional,y latancia.
Le damos referencia a médicos y agencias de servicios
humanos.
LLAME al 631-842-4123 o VENGA A NUESTRA
OFICINA:
143 Schleigel Blvd, Amityville, Ny 11701
USDA es un Empleador que ofrece igualdad de
oportunidades
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