September 24, 2017 Twenty-Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time

St. JosephSt. JosephSt. Joseph---St. ThomasSt. ThomasSt. Thomas St. John Neumann St. John Neumann St. John Neumann

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16 Poplar Avenue Staten Island, New York 10309

6123 Amboy Road Staten Island, New York 10309

PARISH OFFICE 718 356-0294 ● PARISH OFFICE FAX 718 948-3885 ● SCHOOL 718-356-3344 ● RELIGIOUS EDUCATION 718 984-1156

REV. ROBERT W. DILLON, Pastor REV. EVANGELIO R. SUAYBAGUIO, Parochial Vicar REV. NEIL A. KELLY, Parochial Vicar REV. RIZALINO P. GARCIA, Parochial Vicar DEACON E. GARY VILLANUEVA, M.D. MRS. MARY ELLEN CILENTO, Principal MRS. ELIZABETH A. BRIM, Director of Religious Education MRS. NANCY GALLO, Coordinator of Religious Education MR. GREGORY M. HAUCK, Coordinator of Religious Education DR. CHARLES P. TALLEY, Director of Music MR. FRANK DeCANDIDO, Sports Council President MASSES Saturday Evening: St. Joseph: 5:00 P.M. St. Thomas: 6:00 P.M. Sunday: St. Joseph: 8:00 A.M., 10:00 A.M., 12:00 Noon St. Thomas: 9:00 A.M., 10:00 A.M. Italian Mass 11:00 A.M., 1:00 P.M., 6:00 P.M. HOLY DAYS: Due to the variable nature of Holy Days, the schedule of Masses for these special celebrations will be printed in the bulletin prior to the feasts Weekdays: St. Joseph: Monday—Saturday 9:00 A.M. St. Thomas: Monday—Friday 7:00 A.M., 8:00 A.M. Saturday 8:00 A.M. DEVOTIONS: Miraculous Medal: Mondays after the 7:00 A.M. and 8:00 A.M. Masses at St. Thomas Church and after the 9:00 A.M. Mass at St. Joseph Church Our Lady of the Community (Virgin of the Barangay): 1st Saturday of the month—Rosary 6:00 P.M., Mass at 7:15 P.M. at St. Thomas Church.

PARISH OFFICE HOURS: Sunday—Saturday 9:00 A.M.—8:00 P.M. St. Thomas is Accessible. SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM Baptism is administered on all Sundays of the month at 2:30 P.M.. Please call the Parish Office to arrange for the sacrament SACRAMENT OF MARRIAGE The Sacrament of Matrimony is an image of God’s love and commitment to us. Couples should make arrange-ments with a priest at least six months prior to the cere-mony. The date of the ceremony should be finalized with the church prior to making any other arrangements ANOINTING OF THE SICK The Sacrament of the Sick comforts and strengthens the seriously ill and the elderly. It is a help for the living. We should not wait until there is a danger of death. In case of emergency call the Rectory. COMMUNION OF THE SICK Regular administration of the Sacraments should be ar-ranged for shut-ins by calling the Parish Office. SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION Saturdays: 4:00—4:45 P.M. at St. Joseph 5:00—5:45 P.M. at St. Thomas On the last weekend of each month, the priests will be available for confessions before, during and after al the Saturday evening and Sunday Masses. Confessions can always be scheduled individually by call-ing the parish office.

Saturday, September 23, 2017 5:00pm(Vigil) Loretta Coyne & Tom Donovan

Sunday, September 24, 2017 8:00am Armand & Lillian Pisano 10:00am Loreti & Ungarelli Family 12Noon Irene M. Lucas

WEEKDAYS

Monday: 9:00am People of the Parish Tuesday: 9:00am Rosemarie Flannery Healing Mass 8:00pm In Thanksgiving for Deacon Louis Masi Wednesday: 9:00am Rita Crozier Thursday: 9:00am Adele Borrazzo Friday: 9:00am San Michele Arcangelo Saturday, September 30, 2017 9:00am Mary DeSimone 5:00pm(Vigil) Luke & Domenica Napodano Sunday, October 1, 2017 8:00am Robert Marino 10:00am Joanne Marcano 12Noon Cory Anthony & Baby Samantha Brooks Saturday, September 23, 2017 6:00pm(Vigil) Mr. & Mrs. Louis Costa Sunday, September 24, 2017 9:00am Andrew Lettieri 10:00am Vincenzo & Bellina Demetrio 11:00am Francesco & Maria Scandaglia 1:00pm Jack Becaccio 6:00pm Rodolfo Clemente

WEEKDAYS Monday: 7:00am Giuseppe Berardi 8:00am Michael DiMari Tuesday: 7:00am Anthony Lombardo 8:00am Mary Cummings Wednesday: 7:00am Rose DeSilvio 8:00am Vito Demonte Thursday: 7:00am David Chiorazzi 8:00am Vieslaw Mierzejewski Friday: 7:00am Santamaria & Cummings Family 8:00am Robert M. Brisk Saturday, September 30, 2017 8:00am Giovanna Patalano 6:00pm(Vigil) Vito Roca

St. Joseph’s Church

St. Thomas Church

Sunday, October 1, 2017 9:00am Anthony McConolouge 10:00am Domenica Belluscio 11:00am Lenny Zagara 1:00pm Joseph, Frances & Ralph Ronga 6:00pm Mary Calvanico

MEMORIALS Our Bread and Wine this week is offered :

At St. Thomas Church In Loving Memory of Vito Roca requested by Flora Roca & Family.

MARRIAGE BANNS

1st Banns Anthony Pace & Lindsey Barber 1st Banns James Kenny & Kaitlin Grotto 1st Banns Bishoy Rizkalla & Faith Stachurski 2nd Banns John Siciliano & Nicole Rizzo 2nd Banns Justin Gormley & Christina Malerba 2nd Banns Ved Mooga & Samantha Giordano

BAPTISM SEMINAR SATURDAYSATURDAY, , September 30, 2017September 30, 2017 Immediately following the 6:00pm Mass at St. Thomas Church there will be a meeting for expectant parents and parents of newborn babies. Parents are expected to be at Mass as well as the meeting. We urge parents to at-tend before the baby is born. We also urge Godparents to participate by attending this meeting. This is a re-quirement for all parents prior to the Baptism of their child.

CONFIRMATION Our parish young men and women will receive Confir-mation on September 30th and October 7th at St. Thomas Church. We ask our Parish Family to pray for and re-member them on this very important day in their lives.

Parish Celebration of Confirmation We invite all the young men and women who will re-ceive the Sacrament of Confirmation and their families to the 1:00pm Mass at St. Thomas Church on the Sun-day, October 8th.

SACRED HEART SACRED HEART REMEMBRANCE VIGIL CANDLESREMEMBRANCE VIGIL CANDLES will burn for 1 year in St. Thomas Church :

IN LOVING MEMORY OF

ANNA & VINCENT PAONE BELOVED SISTER & BROTHER-IN-LAW

“YOU WILL BE FOREVER LOVED&FOREVER MISSED”

JEANNIE & TOMMY requested by Jean & Tom Conrad

For more information about Sacred Heart Remembrance Candles

please call the Parish Office.

RCIA The RCIA Program (Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults) is available for any adult (non-Christian, Protes-tant or Catholic) who wishes to receive the sacraments of Baptism, First Holy Communion and/or Confirmation, or who simply wishes to inquire about becoming Catholic. The process can begin at any time during the year. If you are interested in entering our program, please con-tact Bill and Mary Beth Bonner through the Parish Of-fice.

BEREAVEMENT MINISTRY The Bereavement ministry invites all bereaved persons that have completed our 8-week Support Group to our monthly on-going group meetings. We meet on the first Thursday of each month. Please call Pat Monahan at 718-317-7544 if interested in attending.

SICK & HOMEBOUND If someone is homebound or in the hospital, please notify us. Arrangements can be easily made for the Sacrament of Anointing. Holy Communion is brought to the sick by

the priests and Eucharistic Ministers weekly or monthly as requested. Please let us know your needs by calling the

parish office.

Ethel Ducey, Frank DeJulio, Carol Kopczynski, Ed Kopczynski, Peter Cruciata, John Anthony Benedetto, Christina Greco, Joseph Roesch, Stacy Wolski, Brian Orlick, Joseph Piazza, Thomas Ambrosole, Harriet Cummings, Anthony Bambina, Mary Metzger, Louis Amatrudo, Vincent Ippolito, Dominic Aiello, Frank Vitarelli, Peter Fiorella, Lucy George, Joseph George, James Brady, Danielle Cameron, Edward Joyce, Maria Ruggeri, Maria Gambino, Matthew Taylor, Christina Rodriguez, Albert DeJohn, Dominick Battinelli, Dolores Blake, Dr. Danielle Cavallo, Carol Cincotta, John Wil-liam Criscuoli, Steven Daquieno, Steve Imbemba, Fa-ther John Steven Kostek, Joan La Chance, Lillian Ma-niscalco, Robert Muscaro, Diana Mazzelli, Steven Mazzelli, Josephine Pellegrino, Rose Pergola, Carmen Pulizotto, Joseph A. Pulizotto, Joseph John Pulizotto, Nydia Roman, Vincent Sorrentino , Leanne Surace, Janet Viso, John Sammit, Maribel Sansone. In your sympathy, please pray for: Anna Paone, Carol Amodio, Eugenia J. Cirillo, Joseph Cali and Richard Sicurella.

RECITATION OF THE ROSARY

Daily recitation of the Rosary takes place 7:40am in St. Thomas Church and 8:30am at St. Joseph’s

Church.

CHARISMATIC PRAYER MEETING Monday at 8:00 P.M. at the receiving room of St. Joseph- St.

Thomas Parish Center (Blue House).

ST. JOHN NEUMANN PRAYER GROUP 7:30pm Thursday– St. Thomas Chapel

VIRGIN OF THE BARANGAY MASS

Saturday, October 7 – St. Thomas Church Rosary at 6pm – Mass in the English language at 7:15PM

ROSARY & HEALING MASS

Tuesday, September 26th – 8pm – St. Joseph Church All are welcome.

St. Vincent DePaul Society of

St. Joseph - St. Thomas St. John Neumann Annual School Supply DriveAnnual School Supply Drive

Your participation and generosity is greatly appreci-ated! Thank you very much for your contribution and support to help those in need.

SCHEDULED PARISH MEETINGS

HOLY NAME SOCIETY/MEN’S CLUB Tuesday, October 10 – 8pm

Msgr. Finn Hall – St. Thomas Room All men 18 yrs. of age and older are invited.

ST. VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETY

Wednesday, October 18- 7:00pm Msgr. Finn Hall - Infant of Prague Room

ST. THOMAS ADULT CHOIR

Rehearsal every Wednesday at 8pm in St. Thomas Church JUNIOR CHOIR

Every Tuesday -4:00 –5:00pm - St. Thomas Church SPORTS COUNCIL Tuesday, September 26th – 7:30pm Msgr. Finn Hall / St. Joseph’s Room ADULT RELIGIOUS EDUCATION Thursday, October 19, 2017 – 7:15pm Msgr. Finn Hall “The Song of Bernadette” Fact vs. Fiction

Joe Delaney—Program Coordinator Father Neil Kelly – Program Director and Presenter

WE INVITE YOU TO BECOME A PARISHIONER

Please fill out the form below and drop it into the Col-lection Basket next weekend. A census form will be mailed to you upon receipt of this form. ———————————————————————— NAME _________________________________________________ ADDRESS ___________________ _______________ _____________ CITY STATE ZIP CODE TELEPHONE #________________________ CELL #______________EMAIL_______________

ALTAR SERVER’ SCHEDULE

SEPTEMBER 30:CONFIRMATION Rehersal (Sept 29: 5:30-6:15) St. Thomas 6 altar servers for each Mass 9:00am 11:30am OCTOBER 7:CONFIRMATION Rehersal (October 6: 4:30-5:15) St. Thomas 6 altar servers for each Mass 9:00am 11:30am

Only those who can attend the rehersal can serve the following day.

Breakfast and lunch will be served in Msgr. Finn Hall.

NEW ALTAR SERVERS’ TRAINING

October 9, 10, 11, 12: St. Thomas, 4:00-5:00pm October 13: St. Joseph, 4:00-5:00

Parents are invited to come for orientation on 12th October at 4:45pm at St. Thomas.

OCTOBER 15: Investiture 1:00pm Mass at St. Thomas

The Most Outstanding Altar Server Award Elementary and High School Categories

Most Outstanding Altar Server will be based on num-ber of service hours rendered. Service hours will be collected at the end of the school year. Service Hour forms will be available after trsaining of new altar servers.

TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION

Along with the reform of the Roman Canon and the redrafting of an ancient Roman prayer in Eucharistic Prayer II, two additional prayers were announced in 1969. Eucharistic Prayer III is a fresh composition. Like Eucharistic Prayer II, it has no preface of its own, but the presider chooses from a long menu of possible prefaces to become part of the prayer on a particular occasion. Also, like Eucharistic Prayer II it has a way to insert the name of the deceased in Masses for the dead such as fu-nerals and memorials. The General Instruction of the Roman Missal views Eucharistic Prayer III as the best substitute for Eucharistic Prayer I on Sundays and feasts. In practice, this prayer is used very often at Sun-day Mass, and its texts are familiar to all members of the assembly. In this prayer, notice that the priest extends his hands over the gifts and calls down the Holy Spirit to change them into the Body and Blood of Christ. This call of the Holy Spirit is called the epiclesis, and Eastern Christians consider it to be the consecration. Latin Chris-tians have long considered the “institution narrative” to be the consecration. Partly in response to a deep sensitiv-ity to the East, the reformers took care to structure all our new prayers with a strong epiclesis. The poetry and im-ages of Eucharistic Prayer III are fruitful sources of meditation. Why not take a sentence or two into your private prayer?

Bring your friends and family to The Mount for Staten Island’s Largest Columbus Day Celebration in History at our Festa Italiana From October 6th-8th. Presented by Borough President James Oddo and The Lois and Richard Nicotra Foundation. The event will feature vendors, delicious food, rides, Italian Cul-tural Organizations, games, live musical performance by Louis Prima Jr. as well as special guest appearance by the infamous Giglio Band and so much more! The event will run as follows: Friday, October 6th from 5-11pm Saturday, October 7th from 1PM-11PM Sunday, October 8th from 2PM to 9PM. Parking is FREE for all attendees and admission is a $5 donation per person. (children 12 and under are free). All money raised will benefit programs at Mount Loretto. Please go to www.mountloretto.org to pur-chase tickets and see a schedule of events. Call (718) 490-5023 for more information.

1st Annual St. Joseph - St. Thomas St. John Neumann

Christmas Tree Drive

Families of St. Joseph - St. Thomas St. John Neumann Parish are invited to dedi-cate a Christmas Tree during this coming 2017 Advent Season. The cost to dedi-cate a tree is $200 per tree and all proceeds will benefit our Parish. Each tree will be about 5 to 6 feet tall, freshly cut and decorated with white LED lights. A lami-nated dedication card will be displayed on each tree. All trees will be displayed on the Parish grounds of either St. Joseph or St. Thomas Church – your choice. Trees must be reserved no later than October 6th and no tree will be reserved without payment. Please fill out the reservation form below and return the completed form to the Rectory Office, located at 6097 Amboy Road, together with your payment. Any questions, please contact Jeff Balinski @ 718-967-6055. ----------------------------------------------- (tear off here) ---------------------------------------------------------

REGISTRATION FORM

Yes, I would like to have ______ tree(s) dedicated @ St. Joseph Church Yes, I would like to have ______ tree(s) dedicated @ St. Thomas Church

_________________________________________________________________________________ Contact Information: Name: ____________________________________________________________ Address: ____________________________________________________________ City, Zip: ____________________________________________________________ Phone Number: ____________________________________________________________ Email Address: ____________________________________________________________

Please have my laminated dedication card read as follows (please print clearly):

CHURCH NAME AND ADDRESS St. Joseph-St. Thomas Church #022020 6097 Amboy Road Staten Island, NY 10309 TELEPHONE 718 356-0294 718-415-8507 CONTACT PERSON Phyllis Catania EMAIL: cata640@aol.com SOFTWARE MSPublisher 2007 Adobe Acrobat XI Windows XP TRANSMISSION TIME Monday 4:00 SUNDAY DATE OF PUBLICATION September 24, 2017 NUMBER OF PAGES SENT 1 through 7 SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS: Have a Blessed Week! !