Catholic Church Community of St. Thomas More 115 Kings Highway Hauppauge, NY 11788-4221 Pastoral Staff Rev. Antony Asir, Pastor Rev. Robert Dahlke, SJ, Weekend Priest Deacon Robert D. Weisz Deacon Edward R. Vigneaux Deacon John S. Rapacki Religious Education Patricia Chapin, Co-director Mary Ellen Carroll, Co-director Parish Outreach Staffed by volunteers Music Ministry Emilia Savarese, Facilitator Youth Ministry Joe Gast, s.c., Youth Minister OUR PARISH SACRAMENTAL LIFE - EUCHARIST Weekend Masses: Saturday: 5pm Sunday: 8am, 9:15am, 10:45am, 12:15pm Weekday Mass: 9am, Monday through Saturday. BAPTISM—As soon as your child is born, please call the Parish Office to make Baptism arrangements. Preparation session and welcoming Mass attendance are required. MARRIAGE—As soon as a couple decides to marry, and BEFORE making any other arrange- ments, call the Church Office to schedule an appointment with the Parish Office or one of the deacons. RECONCILIATION—Celebrated in Church every Saturday from 4pm to 4:45pm, or by previous appointment with Parish Office. SACRAMENT OF THE SICK—Call the Church Office to request visitation of the sick. CONFIRMATION—Those who have not been confirmed should call the Parish Office to receive further information. HOLY ORDERS—Contact the Parish Office for more information about the priesthood or diaconate. Telephones: Rectory— 234-5551 FAX 234-6412 Religious Ed— 234-0397 FAX 234-1199 Outreach— 234-3149 FAX 234-1199 Church Lobby— 348-9378 October 12, 2014 Twenty-Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time Parish Mission Statement: St. Thomas More Roman Catholic Church is a parish community striving to share the Spirit of Love through Prayer, Worship, the Sacraments The Teachings of the Church, and Our concern for others through Christian Stewardship.
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Catholic Church Community of
St. Thomas More 115 Kings Highway
Hauppauge, NY 11788-4221
Pastoral Staff
Rev. Antony Asir, Pastor
Rev. Robert Dahlke, SJ, Weekend Priest
Deacon Robert D. Weisz
Deacon Edward R. Vigneaux
Deacon John S. Rapacki
Religious Education
Patricia Chapin, Co-director
Mary Ellen Carroll, Co-director
Parish Outreach
Staffed by volunteers
Music Ministry
Emilia Savarese, Facilitator
Youth Ministry
Joe Gast, s.c., Youth Minister
OUR PARISH SACRAMENTAL LIFE -
EUCHARIST
Weekend Masses: Saturday: 5pm
Sunday: 8am, 9:15am, 10:45am, 12:15pm
Weekday Mass: 9am, Monday through
Saturday.
BAPTISM—As soon as your child is born,
please call the Parish Office to make Baptism
arrangements. Preparation session and
welcoming Mass attendance are required.
MARRIAGE—As soon as a couple decides to
marry, and BEFORE making any other arrange-
ments, call the Church Office to schedule an
appointment with the Parish Office or one of the
deacons.
RECONCILIATION—Celebrated in Church
every Saturday from 4pm to 4:45pm, or by
previous appointment with Parish Office.
SACRAMENT OF THE SICK—Call the Church
Office to request visitation of the sick.
CONFIRMATION—Those who have not been
confirmed should call the Parish Office to
receive further information.
HOLY ORDERS—Contact the Parish Office for
more information about the priesthood or
diaconate.
Telephones:
Rectory— 234-5551 FAX 234-6412
Religious Ed— 234-0397 FAX 234-1199
Outreach— 234-3149 FAX 234-1199
Church Lobby— 348-9378
October 12, 2014 Twenty-Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Parish Mission Statement:
St. Thomas More Roman Catholic Church is a
parish community striving to share the Spirit of Love through
Prayer, Worship, the Sacraments
The Teachings of the Church, and
Our concern for others through Christian Stewardship.
Saturday—October 11
(Anticipated Mass for Sunday) 5pm—Julius Shemanski by the Tkacz family
Sunday—October 12—Twenty-Eighth Sunday in
Ordinary Time; Vocation Awareness Sunday
8am—Herbert Minet by Eleanor Minet
9:15am—John Yager, Sr. by Florence & Michael
Acquafredda
10:45am—Helen Surico by Laura & Joe Giardino
12:15pm—For the intentions of the Leopold family by
the family
Monday—October 13
9am—Mary Ellen Landrigan by the Monastero family
Tuesday—October 14—St. Callistus I
9am—Frances Hewes by Donna Mott
Wednesday— October 15—St. Teresa of Jesus
9am—Mechelina DiAgostino by Luigi & Antonietta
Volpe
Thursday—October 16—St. Hedwig;
St. Margaret-Mary Alacoque
9am—Ralph Potter by Judy Coyle
Friday— October 17—St. Ignatius of Antioch
9am—Carol Ann Markiewicz by the McNeill family
Saturday—October 18—St. Luke
9am—John Lineen by the Cloke family
(Anticipated Mass for Sunday) 5pm—Ann Kappelman by Kay & Walter Drechsler
Sunday—October 19—Twenty-Ninth Sunday in
Ordinary Time; World Mission Sunday; Laity Sunday
8am—Edward Connolly by the Connolly family
9:15am—Marin J. Lamia by Robert & Louisa Sanfratello
10:45am—Puzelli & Mirabella families by Madeline &
Robert Sauchelli
12:15pm—Catherine Doyle by the Murphy family
PRAY FOR THE SICK
Charles Boston; Linda Sue Cappisillo;
Jamie Castro-Mango; Dennis Chase;
Debra Deveney; Tom Devine;
Thomas Duffy; Lorraine Mango-Follini;
Nadine Follini; Tom Gernon; Terri Ilardi; Ann Iovino &
Twenty-Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time
October 12, 2014 Page 2
Masses
for this coming week
Growing through the
Sunday Scriptures
October 19, 2014
Twenty-Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Isaiah 45:1, 4-6
Psalm 96-1, 3, 4-5, 7-8, 9-10
1 Thessalonians 1:1-5b
Matthew 22:15-21
A reading from the Holy Gospel according to
Matthew: The Pharisees went off and plotted how they might entrap Jesus
in speech. They sent their disciples to him, with the Herodians,
saying, "Teacher, we know that you are a truthful man and that
you teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. And you
are not concerned with anyone's opinion, for you do not regard
a person's status. Tell us, then, what is your opinion: Is it lawful
to pay the census tax to Caesar or not?"
Knowing their malice, Jesus said,
"Why are you testing me, you hypocrites? Show me the coin
that pays the census tax."
Then they handed him the Roman coin.
He said to them, "Whose image is this and whose inscription?"
They replied, "Caesar's."
At that he said to them, "Then repay to Caesar what belongs to
Caesar and to God what belongs to God."
Focus Questions: 1. What has been the biggest conflict for you in being a citizen
and a follower of Jesus at the same time?
2. Describe a time when you worked to end an unjust law.
3. How does your time spent with God compare to your time
spent watching or discussing the news?
Family and children’s question
Imagine that you were in the crowd the day of today’s
Gospel. What would you want to say to Jesus?
October 12, 2014
Twenty-Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Isaiah 25:6-10a
Psalm 23:1-3a, 3b-4, 5, 6
Philippians 4:12-14, 19-20
Matthew 22:1-14
son Anthony; Irene Janis; Stephanie Kane; Kenneth;
Elaine Kleinstauber; Morgan Leary (age 6);
Lauren Lossani; Jean Marsala-Kieffner;
Thurman (Buddy) Marshall; Michael McElroy; Patricia
McElroy (for strength); Kathleen Moccia; Joseph Placa;
Baby Ryan Rolston; Carlos Sanchez; Thomas Stahura;
Elven Tangel; Chase Turano; Andrew J. Valentine;
Andrew M. Valentine; We ask those who wish to have the sick listed in the bulletin to submit their names through the collection or drop the name(s) off at the Church Office.
Please use the cut-out in the bulletin for your convenience. This listing will
expire on March 29, 2015. Please resubmit any names you wish to have continued.)
PRAY FOR THE DECEASED William Francis Daly; our deceased loved ones and our
deceased servicemen and women.
FR. ANTONY’S LETTER
Dear Friends,
Boy: If you give me your phone number I would
give you a call.
Girl: It is in the phone book.
Boy: Good, what is your name?
Girl: It’s in the same book too.
The girl answered the boy’s questions but the boy
did not get the information he needed. They talked
with each other but communicated nothing. Life is
not about doing something but about savoring life
itself.
Today’s Gospel Story depicts life as a wedding
banquet for each of us to taste. But as the story
goes, all those who were invited refused to join the
celebration. Each of them had their own personal
reason not to be a part of the celebration. Some were
even annoyed at the invitation and they killed the
servants who served them the invitation.
Life in itself is a great feast and living it becomes
fully celebrative for those who can come out of a
narrow and selfish understanding of life. As in the
Gospel story we can approach life as a business to
control it the way we want, or analyze it with our
own petty reasons to accommodate it to our
convenient way of living.
The basic approach to life is one of celebration. Every moment of life, whether sorrow or joy, pain or
blessing, can be celebrative only if we can liberate
ourselves from our narrow perception of life and
embrace it as a celebrative moment gifted to us from
God. If we have the right attitude towards life we
will always live it as a celebration.
Some more information about our Religious
education program. Last Sunday, October 5, 96
children with their parents and grandparents attended
the masses at 9:15 am and 10:45 am, and took part in
the rite of enrollment to undergo religious formation
in order to receive First Holy Communion in two
years. Wow! An experience of hope and love
overwhelmed the church. Pat Chapin, the Director
of Religious Education, who is in charge of this age
group, and the priests who celebrated these masses
congratulated and thanked the parents for having
given this opportunity of faith to their children. We
encouraged them to help their children by bringing
them to Church every Sunday and to pray with them
daily. Our hope is that they will continue to bring
their children every week. Let us pray that God will
touch them with a generous spirit to make some
mass-time for their children on Sundays.
Next Sunday, October 19th is World Mission
Sunday. Our Holy Father, Pope Francis, calls every
Catholic to celebrate our Christian identity to be a
missionary and to help the Missions. There was a
time when priests and nuns went from the west to the
east to proclaim Jesus and build God’s kingdom in
the eastern part of the world. As the number of
vocations to priests and nuns has declined, the
scenario has now changed. Priests like me from the
east have come to return the favor of sharing the gift
of faith with the west. As Catholics around the
world - here at home and in the Missions - gather at
the Eucharistic table, let us help the Church’s
worldwide mission in more than 1,150 dioceses in
Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Pacific Islands
through our prayers and financial help. Thank you
for your generosity.
October 31st Halloween - November 1st , Feast of
All Saints. The origin of the word Halloween is
Christian. Halloween falls on the evening before
the Christian holy days of All Hallows' Day (also
known as All Saints', Hallowmas or Hallow tide) on
November 1 and All Souls' Day on November 2,
thus giving the holiday on October 31st the full
name of All Hallows' Eve which in popular use
became Halloween.
God calls us to be saints and has given us the power
to become saints. Thus when we celebrate our inner
menu will include garlic bread, Linguine with clam
sauce, eggplant Parm, baked Chicken, Chicken
Marsala, Sausage & peppers, salad & dessert !!!
Tickets will be available after every Mass starting in
mid-October. This a fantastic family event that will
feature a Chinese Auction, DJ, activities for the kids
and, most importantly, your support of the Dinner
allows the K of C to use the proceeds for local &
national charities .
DON'T MISS IT!!!
UPCOMING EVENTS:
Columbiettes Supermarket Bingo Oct. 25, 7PM.
Food Drives for Outreach: @ Waldbaums Nov. 8
and 22.
Veterans' Day Mass : Nov. 8 Saturday, 5PM
Spaghetti Dinner: Nov.15
CIRCLE OF WOMEN It is the mission of the Circle of Women Book Group to focus on the spiritual influence of contemporary writing that facilitates our own reflections of God’s action in our daily lives. We meet on the second Monday of the month at 2:30pm in Walden Hall. For further information and/or to register, call Marilyn at 234-5805 or Joan at 234-1739. The next meeting will be on:
Oct. 13, 2014—The Orchardist by Amanda Coplin—
Facilitator—Marie Bracco
Nov. 10, 2014—The Book Thief by Markus Zusak—
Facilitator—Aurelie Miller Hendry
SUPPORT COLLECTION
Collection of October 5, 2014 $8,110
CALENDAR CLUB 2014
Here are the winners: Oct. 5—Oct. 11, 2014
CONGRATULATIONS !
Sun. Oct. 5— $50—#710—Yolanda Schweers
Mon. Oct. 6—$25—#476—Robert & Diane Weisz
Tues. Oct. 7—$25—#648—Virginia Zablocki
Wed. Oct. 8—$25—#224—Marie & Jim Marsala
Thurs. Oct. 9 —$25—#473—Geri & Fred Richter
Fri. Oct. 10—$25—#360—Anthony Napolitano
Sat. Oct. 11—$25—#395—Michael E. Miller
USING FAITH DIRECT? - It’s quick and easy!
Consider having automatic deductions from either your
checking or savings or use a credit card to support St.
Thomas More each week. With Faith Direct, there is no
fee to you! Please visit the Faith Direct website at
www.FaithDirect.net to sign up: our church code is
NY227. You may also use the form located where you
obtain the bulletin. We thank you for your support.
UPDATING CREDIT CARD INFORMATION—If
you get a new card or a renewal card, make sure .
that this information is communicated to Faith Direct.
CONTRIBUTION ENVELOPES—If you do not
receive weekly envelopes and would like them mailed to
you, please use the cut out that is in the bulletin and
indicate that you wish to receive them on a regular basis.
Usually it takes about two weeks for your request to be
completed.
MAINTENANCE COLLECTION
We thank you for your support of our parish project to maintain
our parish facilities. If you would like to help, please use a
maintenance envelope where you obtain the bulletin.
CEREAL BOX TOP COUPONS - Drop them off in the
Church lobby drop-off box and we will use them to buy
things for the students in our regional school. USED CELL PHONES - We thank everyone for giving us their old cell phones. We forward them to a convent that
recycles them and uses the proceeds for the poor.
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION NEWS—You can check
online for any updates at http://calendar.yahoo.com/
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HOLY FAMILY REGIONAL SCHOOL, Commack, New York—Grades Nursery through 8th. You may