Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ King of the Universesjbwr.org/images/nov22_2020_stjohnbaptrevised_compressed.pdfDeacon: Vincent Pozzolano, ext. 45 [email protected] Faith Formation

November 22, 2020

Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ

King of the Universe

Happy Thanksgiving, November, 26 2020

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PASTORAL STAFF Phone: 631-929-4339

Pastor: Father Frank Schneider, ext. 16 [email protected] Associate Pastor: Father James Calledo [email protected] Deacon: Fred Finter, ext. 44 [email protected] Deacon: Vincent Pozzolano, ext. 45 [email protected] Faith Formation Coordinator: Mrs. Jane Oliva, ext. 12 [email protected] Outreach Director: Deborah O’Hare, ext. 22 [email protected] Music Coordinator: Liz McNeill (631) 495-8913 [email protected] Pastoral Assistant: Barbara Johnston Bookkeeper: Lindsay Finter, ext. 17 [email protected] Receptionist: Sue Kozakiewicz, ext. 10 [email protected] Preschool Director: Mrs. Gayle Mercurio, ext. 14 [email protected] Secretary: Susan Plattner, ext. 19 [email protected] Preschool Phone: 631-929-3220 Maintenance: Servio Ortiz Weekend Priest Assistants: Msgr. John Bennett

Parish Outreach Hours: Tues & Thurs 10am-2pm

Parish Office Hours Monday - Thursday, 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Website: www.sjbwr.org General Mailbox/Front Desk: ext. 10. Contact us by email: [email protected]

Finance Committee, 2020-2021

Dr. Barbara Fontana, Trustee, ex officio

Richard Rossin, Trustee, ex officio

Robert Lutz, Chair

Richard Amper

Steven Gallagher

Thomas McEnany

Lisa Kelly

Pastoral Council Members,

2020-2021

Vincent Manzello, Chair

Daniel Bealey

Linda Bealey

Rosemary Desimone

Dr. Barbara Fontana (trustee)

Michelle Gaffney

Michelle Gallucci

Kevin Heavey

Maria Maxwell

Richard Rossin (trustee)

Worship Committee, 2020-2021

Cheryl MacDougall, chair

James MacDougall

William Hennessy

Barbara Johnston

Liz McNeill

John O’Hare

Elizabeth Waskowiak

Edward Waskowiak

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Annual Thanksgiving Parish Mass 2020

9:00 a.m.

The children will help Fr. Frank bless the food you bring

and will use for your Thanksgiving Dinner.

Blessed bread for your table

will be baked by Michael D’Onofrio.

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Three Thanksgiving Prayers

for your Family Thanksgiving

O Gracious God, we give you thanks for your overflowing generosity to us. Thank you for the blessings of the food we eat and especially for this feast today. Thank you for our home and family and friends, especially for the presence of those gathered here. Thank you for our health, our work and our play. Please send help to those who are hungry, alone, sick and suffering war and violence. Open our hearts to your love. We ask your blessing through Christ your Son. Amen.

Dear Lord, today we give thanks for our many blessings as we pray for those in need.

We give thanks for our family and friends as we pray for those who are lonely.

We give thanks for our freedoms as we pray for those who are oppressed.

We give thanks for our good health as we pray for those who are ill. We give thanks for our comfort and prosperity as we share

our blessings with others. On this day of Thanksgiving, may the love of God enfold us,

the peace of God dwell within us and the joy of God uplift us. Amen.

O Gracious God, this Thanksgiving, let those of us who have much and those who have little gather at the welcoming table of the Lord. At this blessed feast, may rich and poor alike remember that we are called to serve one another and to walk together in God's gracious world. With

thankful hearts we praise our God who, like a loving parent, denies us no good thing.

Amen.

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WEEKLY PARISH CALENDAR

Sneak Preview For Christmas!

Due to the pandemic, Bishop Barres

has given special permission to add

an earlier Mass on Christmas Eve

(this year only).

Christmas Eve: 2 pm and 4 pm in

church (live-streamed)

10 pm Mass at Night

Christmas Day: 8:00 and 10:30 am.

We will live-stream both the 2 pm and 4 pm Masses, and

overflow will be seated in the Parish Hall, with live-streaming in

the Hall.

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Mass Presiders Schedule

Saturday, November 21, 5:15 p.m. Father James Sunday, November 22, 8:00 a.m. Father Frank Sunday, November 22, 10:30 a.m. Msgr. Bennett Thanksgiving Day, November 26, 2020 9:00 a.m. Father Frank

First Sunday of Advent Saturday, November 28, 5:15 p.m. Father Frank Sunday, November 29, 8:00 a.m. Msgr. Bennett Sunday, November 29, 10:30 a.m. Father James

We are preparing for our 100th anniversary starting

next fall and ending in June of 2022. We ask the

intercession of patron saint, John the Baptist, as we

approach this joyful time.

Beginning the weekend of the First Sunday of

Advent, Father Frank will begin a series about St.

John the Baptist.

The series will continue in the bulletin through the

Jubilee Year. Each installment will be available on

the parish website.

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We are so grateful to all of you who helped to transform our Parish Hall into a Thanksgiving Cornucopia this weekend. The Thanksgiving Baskets will be distributed today (Sunday, November 22). Please bring your boxes of food to the Parish Hall before 12 noon so that it will be available for

your adopted family when they arrive. There will be people

to help you unload your car. We will be providing over 100 families with meals this year. You are amazing. We hope you and your family have a happy and healthy and safe Thanks-giving. May God bless you abundantly.

The Christmas Giving Tree

Gift tags from the Giving Tree will be available in the Parish Hall for 2 weekends this year. The weekend of November 28/29 and December 5/6.The gifts must be returned to the Parish Hall by Sunday, December 20 before 12 noon, the gifts will be given out beginning at 1 PM that afternoon. Please call the Outreach office if you have any questions, 631-929-4339 ext. 22, Tuesday or Thursday between 10 & 2.

Reminder: Thanksgiving Break

Wednesday, November 25th thru Sunday, November 29th

Classes resume Monday, November 30th

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Monday, November 23, 8:30 a.m.,

Michael O’Hare

Tuesday, November 24, 8:30 a.m.,

Michael O’Hare

Wednesday, November 25, 8:30 a.m.,

Michael O’Hare

Thursday, November 26, 9:00 a.m.,

Thanksgiving Day

For the Parishioners of St. John the Baptist

Saturday, November 28, 5:15 p.m.,

William M. Brod

Frances Vitollo

Sunday, November 29,

8:00 a.m.

Timothy M. Donnery

Orlando Rodriquez

10:30 a.m.

Peter F. Fontana

Louis DeAngelo

Please remember the faithful departed.

May they rest in peace.

During the pandemic, Funeral Masses

can be scheduled. Approximately 100 are

permitted to attend.

Upcoming Baptism Dates:

December 6

January 17

February 21

March 7

March 21

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2020 Catholic Ministries Appeal Goal $52,300.00

Pledges $21,260.00 Over (Under) ($31,040.00)

Donors 79 Payments $16,585.00 Average Gift $269.11

Percentage of Goal 40.65%

Please consider “automated giving” as you reflect on

support of our parish family!

The fruitful ministries at our parish are examples of how

many of you have answered, and continue to answer, that

call. To ensure such work can continue requires not only

gifts of time, but also of financial help. I ask you to prayerfully consider supporting

our parish with electronic donations through Faith Direct. You can find paper enroll-

ment forms in the parish office, or you can sign up online at www.faithdirect.net by

using our church code, NY67.

Special Collections:

11/22 Human Development/ Home Missions 11/26 Thanksgiving/Thanksgiving for the Poor 12/06 Christmas Flowers

WEEKLY COLLECTION

Sunday Collection: November 15, 2020 $7,642.83 (down 19.85%)

Sunday Collection: November 17, 2019 $9,536.23

THANK YOU!

Many are facing financial hardship, and we are deeply grateful to those

who have mailed in their envelope, dropped it in the mailbox

in the upper parking lot, or used Faith Direct.

Thank you to those who “caught up” with a full month’s donations!

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Bread, wine, altar candles Should you like to donate the candles, bread, wine for

the celebration of the weekend Eucharist, especially in memory of a loved one,

please contact the Parish Office, 631-929-4339, ext 10.

Tabernacle Candle

The tabernacle lamp indicates that the Blessed Sacrament is present in church. The red candle can be memorialized for the week of your

choice.

Eucharistic Adoration

The Blessed Sacrament is exposed for Adoration on the main altar in the church every Wednesday afternoon.

All novenas and devotions are suspended at this time.

Silent prayer during Adoration Hours.

For those serving in the Military

Michael Brennan, Patrick Hanley, Jeffrey L. Beilman Jr., Ryan Santiro, Thomas G. Verbeeck, Michelle Verbeeck,

Joseph DeMonte IV, Nicholas Altman, Michael Anderson, Devin Henry, Marielle Verbeeck, Cassidy Vail, Evan, Purdy, Sean Tully, Sean Brady

For the Homebound, the Sick and in Hospice Care

For all those who are suffering from the coronavirus

and also John Ryan, Thomas Mongiello, Ann Bertolini, Edward Hegel