View Bulletin - St. Aidan

22 Pages·2015·1.62 MB·English

by  Lynn Przeniczny

Roman Catholic Church of Saint Aidan
505 Willis Avenue, Williston Park, New York 11596
516-746-6585 516-746-6055 (Fax)
The Salvation of Souls is the Supreme Law
Mission Statement
We,theparishfamilyofthe
ChurchofSaintAidan,
strengthenedbytheEucharistand
encouragedbytheWordofGod,welcomeall,
forwerecognizethateveryoneisachildof
Godandnooneshouldbeexcluded.
GuidedbytheHolySpiritthrough
prayer,westriveasonetobuildtheBodyof
Christ.Wecommitourselvestonurturinglife-longfaith
formation,fosteringlayleadership,promoting
socialjustice,engagingouryouthinevery
aspectofparishlife,andofferingcareand
compassionateservicetoall.
WeinviteeveryonetowalkwithJesus
andexperienceHishealingpowerandlove.
Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time
February 15, 2015
You are my rock and stronghold, O Lord!
The Pastoral Staff
Rev.Msgr.JamesM.McDonald,Pastor-ext.9108
Rev.KevinDillon,AssociatePastor-ext.9105
Rev.MichaelEdathil,AssociatePastor-ext.9106
Rev.DamianHalligan,SJInResidence
DeaconSalvatoreB.Villani-ext.9558
DeaconFrancisJ.Love-ext.9557
DeaconRudyMartin-ext.9412
Mr.DragoBubalo,DMA(cand).MusicDirectorext.9130
[email protected]
St.AidanSchool Baptism
(GradesNursery-3.ext.9202,9203) BaptismofChildren: Eachmonthonthe1stSundayand3rd
(Grades4-8,ext.9302,9303) Sundayat1:30PMceremony. Required: Parents’classonthe
Ms.EileenP.Oliver,Principal 2ndSundayofeachmonthbeginningwiththe12:00Mass. For
Ms.Jo-AnneRowan,AssistantPrincipal baptismalinformation,contacttheRectoryofficeext.9101
Tuesday-Fridaybetweenthehoursof10:00AM-3:00PM.
FaithFormationandSpirituality-ext.9404,9405
Mr.JamesF.Corrigan, DirectorofFaithFormationext.9401 BAPTISMCLASSFORNEWPARENTS
Mrs.ElaineSmith,DirectorofSpecialNeeds ext.9406 TherequiredBaptismclassfornewparentsisheldthesecond
Sundayofeachmonthbeginningwiththe12:00Massparentsare
ParishSocialMinistry -ext.9408
askedtogatheratSt.Joseph’sstatuetotherightofthemainaltar.
Ms.RosemarieCavallaro,Director-ext.9410
Penance/Reconciliation
YouthMinistry
TheSacramentofPenanceiscelebratedeverySaturdayfrom
Mr.StephenLoewenthal,Coordinator-ext.9403
12:30-1:30PMand4:00-5:00PMinourchurchorby
[email protected]
appointment.
PastoralCouncil-ext. 9592
Marriage
Members: TotiConforti,CathyFrischmann,BrendanHickey,
ArrangementsaretobemadeattheRectoryofficeatleast9
LarryMcGovern,BonnieParente,ErinFlynn, monthsinadvance.Pre-CanaandFOCCUSregistrationsmustbe
MaryEllenTestaandSuellenPeterson arrangedthroughtheparish.
Buildings&GroundsDepartment—ext.9122
AnointingoftheSick&CommunionoftheSick
LiturgyoftheEucharist
Theanointingofthesicktakesplaceafterthe12:00PMMasson
SaturdayMorning9:00AM
the4thSundayofeachmonth. Anyonewhoishomeboundmay
SaturdayEvening5:00and7:30PM
receiveHolyCommunionathomeonaregularbasis.Eucharistic
Sunday:7:30AM,9:00AM,*10:30AM,12:00PM&5:00PM
ministersassistthepriestsinthisministry.Pleasecalltherectory-
*LiturgyoftheWordforChildren
ext.9101.
Daily: 6:30AM,9:00AM,12:30&5:30PMMondaythruFriday Adoration
MorningPrayer FirstandthirdFridaysofthemonth12:45-3:00PMintheChurch.
8:40AMMondaythruSaturday 12:30-1:30PMonSaturdaysinthechurch.
SIXTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
MASSES AND SERVICES FOR THE WEEK MASSES AND SERVICES FOR THE WEEK (continued)
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2015 SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2015
Weekday First Sunday of Lent
Gn 4: 1-15, 25; Mk 8: 11-13 Gn 9: 8-15; 1 Pt 3: 18-22; Mk 1: 12-15
6:30 AM Nellie Hourihane 7:30 AM Kevin Galway

7:30 AM Anne Callery 9:00 AM Kitty Forte

9:00 AM Genevieve M. Robinson 10:30 AM Jennie Missewicz (1st Anniversary Rem.)

12:30 PM Blaine R. Emken (Birthday Rem.) 12:00 PM Peggy Duffy (3rd Anniversary Rem.)

5:30 PM NO MASS-PRESIDENT’S DAY Thomas P. Duignan

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2015 Maureen Dowd

The Seven Holy Founders of the Servite Order Aniello Maggio & Angelo Maggio
Gn 6: 5-8; 7: 1-5, 10; Mk 8: 14-21 (Anniversaries Rem.)
6:30 AM Thomas Butler (Birthday Rem.) 5:00 PM Trudie Petrunti (Birthday Rem.)

7:30 AM Patricia Starr

9:00 AM Felice Borgia Anointing of the Sick After the 12:00 PM Mass.

12:30 PM Walter Semelrath

5:30 PM William J. Mahoney
PARISH LENTEN
(3rd Anniversary Rem.)
MISSION
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2015
The parish Lenten Mission will be
Ash Wednesday
held March 8th-11th. The mis-
Jl 2: 12-18; 2 Cor 5: 20—6: 2; Mt 6: 1-6, 16-18

6:30 AM Marianne & Albert Mayce sion will be given by Father

7:30 AM Daniel Strachan Damian Halligan and the Jesuit
9:00 AM Genevieve Robinson Collaborative. More details will follow shortly.

12:30 PM Cheryl Noll

3:30 PM Eddie Leonard

4:30 PM Robert Tobia
USHERS NEEDED FOR ASH WEDNESDAY
5:30 PM Philip Calvin Amico
Ushers please sign-up for Ash Wednesday Masses.
7:30 PM Eleanor Kelly
Sign-up sheet is in the Ushers Room.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2015
Thursday After Ash Wednesday
Dt 30: 15-20; Lk 9: 22-25
BREAD & WINE MEMORIAL
6:30 AM Showky Kaldawy

7:30 AM Joan Durcan
9:00 AM Kathryn Madison
12:30 PM Bob Tobia
5:30 PM Edward Lemeiux In Loving Memory of
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2015
ELLEN COLLINS
Friday After Ash Wednesday
Requested by Edna, Ken and Jane
Is 58: 1-9a; Mt 9: 14-15
6:30 AM Terry Mahoney

7:30 AM Anthony & Marie Lo Presti
PLESDE PRAY FOR OUR SICK & DECEASED
9:00 AM Ellen M. Collins (Birthday Rem.)

12:30 PM For All Souls
SICK: Christine Schifaudo, Christine
5:30 PM John Mulrooney
Lucivero, Cecilia Han, Geraldo
7:30 PM STATIONS OF THE CROSS
Peixoto, Kimberly Holmes, Father
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2015
Brian Dalton, Stacy Test, Owen
St. Peter Damian, Bishop/Doctor of the Church
Is 58: 9b-14; Lk 5: 27-32 Hogan, Roseanne Mushorn, John
9:00 AM Kevin Greeley Moore, Rita Amendola, Diana

12:30-1:30 PM Confession & Eucharistic Adoration Coscia, Carol White, Joseph
5:00 PM Michael Affrunti, Jr. Fitzgerald, Virginia Fallon, Charles

Michael Cahill (Birthday Rem.) Procaccini, Dakota Parisi, Debbie
Paul Avelli (6th Anniversary Rem.)
Glowinski
Marie Romano

Mary & John Kennedy
DECEASED: Reba Killing and for all those who
(60th Wedding Anniversary Rem.)
have died serving our country.
7:30 PM Parishioners of St. Aidan
February 15, 2015

THREE DAYS IN MANCHESTER

Several weeks ago I received a surprise phone call from Bishop Peter Libasci,
the Bishop of Manchester, New Hampshire. You will probably recall that he
served as an auxiliary bishop here for four years. Almost thirty years ago he and
I were assistant priests at Sts. Cyril and Methodius in Deer Park. The pastor,
Msgr. Ted Rooney, was a spectacular priest and created a real home for all of us
in the Rectory. It was there that the then Father Peter and I became friends. His
reason for calling was to invite me to spend a few days with him in New Hamp-
shire. We found a time that was convenient for both of us and off I went on the
Acela Express last Wednesday. He met me at Boston and we successfully es-
caped the traffic of the New England Patriots’ parade.

I have to tell you that it was a fantastic mini vacation and I saw a great Catholic
community. Bishop Libasci is a talented cook and he prepared all our meals.
They were delicious and I didn’t have to lift a finger. (Believe it or not, I can
cook if I put my mind to it—the Food Network has helped!) We had some won-
derful conversations and he showed me some of the Diocese of Manchester. Our
first stop was at St. Joseph Cathedral which is a very impressive church that was
recently renovated. Interestingly enough the cathedral has a small chapel in the
basement that looks a lot like the bigger upper church. This is used for daily
Mass and confessions.

We then went over to the Rectory and met Bishop John Mc Cormack, the retired
bishop and had a pleasant chat. He was very kind and approachable. Our next
stop was at the Church of St. Marie, which was very near to the cathedral.
(Incidentally this was Father Dillon’s parish church when he was a high school
teacher at Bishop Guertin in Nashua.) This church was built by the French com-
munity and has a striking beauty and a very strong community that is very ac-
tive.

As we were driving to St. Marie Bishop Libasci told me that every time he goes
there to visit there is never a problem. There is always somebody to let him in.
The same was true last Thursday. As soon as we got out of the car we were
greeted by Guy, a tremendously friendly man who is in charge of maintenance.
What struck me was his kindness and how well he knew the bishop and how
interested he was in the life of the Church. He told us that he had five children:
three girls and two boys. He also told the bishop that he wanted his boys to at-
tend the vocation programs in the Diocese so that they would k now more about
priesthood and could make an informed decision. You could tell that while he
was not pushing his sons, he would be very happy if one (or even both) had a
priestly vocation. Would that there were more parents like him!
That evening in the freezing cold we went to St. Anselm Abbey and College. I wanted to
go there because the Bishop of Brooklyn when I was growing up, Thomas Edmund
Molloy, had attended college there before transferring to St. Francis in downtown Brook-
lyn. Bishop Libasci and I attended Vespers and the monks were very warm and welcom-
ing. (That is a charism of the Benedictines.) After the service Bishop Joseph Gerry, a for-
mer abbot and the Bishop-emeritus of Portland, Maine came over to chat with us. He is a
delightful man filled with many stories and couldn’t have been kinder. I was particularly
interested in the way he always saw God working in his life. Incidentally, one of the
monks said if I knew any young men who might be interested in the Benedictine life, I
should send them up for a visit. It is a tremendous place and an excellent Catholic college.
Our high school students would do well to check it out.

I am very grateful to Bishop Libasci for his kindness and thoughtfulness. He gave me a
great vacation and showed me the life of the Catholic Church in New Hampshire. What
a wonderful three days! For me it will always be a treasured memory.

In Jesus and Mary,

Monsignor James M. McDonald

STEWARDSHIP
02/09/14 $22,155

02/08/15 $26,123 (+17.91%)

Thank you for your kind and generous support of our parish.
This weekend’s second collection is for Parish Snow Removal.
Next weekend’s second collection is for Church In Need.
MINEOLA SCHOOL DISTRICT TRANSPORTATION

Personal requests for transportation for the Mineola School District must be
made by parents of students attending a private school, for the school year
2015-16. The deadline for filing this application is April 1, 2015. For
more information contact your private school or the Mineola Transportation Department at
[phone].
PLEASE NOTE

Please do not park in front of the upper school from 7:00 –8:20 AM if you
attend the 7:30 AM Telecare daily Mass. There is a safety issue for the school
children being dropped off for school. Please use the Bermingham Parking lot.
ASH WEDNESDAY, February 18, 2015
Ashes will be distributed at all Masses.
Masses: 6:30, 7:30 and 9:00 AM, 12:30, 3:30, 4:30,
5:30 and 7:30 PM

Please note: There are no Prayer Services on
Ash Wednesday, there will be 8 Masses.

Lent is the penitential season of the Church’s year. It begins on Ash Wednesday
and ends with the Mass of the Lord’s Supper on Holy Thursday. Lent has six
Sundays. The sixth is called Passion or Palm Sunday and marks the beginning
of Holy Week.

On Wednesday, February 18th we begin Lent. Ash Wednesday and Good Fri-
day are days of fast and abstinence from meat.

Abstinence and Fasting. All Catholics who have reached their fourteenth year
are bound to abstain entirely from meat on Ash Wednesday and all the Fridays
of Lent. All Catholics between the ages of eighteen and fifty-nine inclusive are
also bound to observe the law of fast on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday. This
means limiting oneself to a single full meal and avoiding food between meals.
Two other light meals, which together do not equal a full meal, may be taken
during the day. Those whose work or health would be impaired are excused
from fast and abstinence. Individual conscience should decide proper cause for
excuse. A more serious reason is required to excuse oneself from Ash Wednes-
day and Good Friday fast and abstinence.
We are off to a brand new Catholic Ministries Campaign for 2015. If you have not
given in past please consider donating to this year’s campaign. Your donation will
be helping to feed the hungry, provide clothes and emergency support to the needy,
strengthen parishes throughout our Diocese, help form our future priests and dea-
cons and provide funding for Catholic Charities’ outstanding programs and ser-
vices. You are also helping to ensure that our ministries bring Christ’s light to hun-
dreds of thousands of people in hospitals, colleges and even our jails.

2015 CATHOLIC MINISTRIES APPEAL
Serving God By Serving Others
CHURCH OF ST. AIDAN
2015 GOAL: $175,500
PLEDGED: $ 29,930
# OF GIFTS: 163

REUNION MEETING FOR THE “MEETING CHRIST IN PRAYER” GROUP

There will be a reunion meeting for the Meeting Christ in Prayer Group with Father
Damian Halligan and the Jesuit Collaborative on Friday, February 27th at 7:30 PM in
the Rectory. All are welcome to attend.
UNITED HEARTS OF JESUS AND MARY
Join us for an evening of prayer on Friday, February 27th at 7:30 PM in St.
Aidan’s School Cafeteria, 510 Willis Avenue, Williston Park. Our evening
will include Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament and Mass. Family consecra-
tion to the Immaculate Heart of Mary and the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Mu-
sic by Ria Music Ministry. Refreshments and fellowship to follow. For information
please call Tecky at [phone].
EXERCISE PROGRAM

Margo Bores will be holding an Exercise Program which will be held
at the Williston Park Village Hall beginning Monday, February 16th.
Classes will be held every Monday and Thursday at 9:45 AM.
There will be no class on Thursday, February 19th. Classes will
run until the end of May. Exercises are approved by the Arthritis
Foundation. Come join the fun and be healthy!
THE CHURCH IN NEED COLLECTION
On February 22, 2015 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:

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 pa-
rishioners to migration and to other faiths, the inability to support itself finan-
cially, 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 pov-
erty, sickness and political strife prevent people from living in dignity.

Thank you for your generosity.
A STUDY PROGRAM FOR LENT 2015
On February 19, 2015 we will start a Bible study course for
adults and mature teen faith formation, presented in six ses-
sions. This new program will answer the questions, “What is
the New Evangelization?”, “Why is it worthwhile?” and
“How does one do it?”

Today, we need a new passion for the mission of offering
friendship with Jesus Christ to others. We need new expres-
sions and methods to reach out to an increasingly secular cul-
ture, especially in the West. Secularism tries to push God out of the public square and
deny his existence. We are called to spread Christ’s love universally.

The New Evangelization Formation Program is a wonderful way of learning to do
“little things with great love” and to give testimony to Christ by our everyday lives.

We will start February 19th-mornings at 10:00 AM and evenings at 7:30 PM in the
Convent. Please register by calling Toti Conforti at [phone] or email: toti-
[email protected]. Please note: the first meeting on Thursday, February 19th at
10:00 AM will be held in Msgr. Kirwin Hall.
CATHOLICS FOR FREEDOM OF RELIGION

There are more Christian martyrs today than in the early days of
“
Christianity" Pope Francis (www.acnuk.org)

“Please don’t forget us!”
From Cardinal Dolan’s blog, Jan. 30, 2015: …Referring to the millions who
marched to protest the savage murders in Paris, Archbishop Ignatius Kaigama, a
brave, sincere, and beloved pastor, who has seen hundreds of his churches,
healthcare clinics, and schools burned to the ground, and, dreadfully worse, hun-
dreds of his good, decent, peaceful people cut to shreds by the machetes and ma-
chine guns of the Islamic radicals of Boko Haram, also begged, “But, please
don’t forget us! Where are the marchers in Europe and North America condemn-
ing the continued massacres of religious minorities, especially Christians, in Af-
rica, (and, he might have added, in the Mideast and Asia)?

His plea, “Please don’t forget us,” wakes me up at night, dominates my prayers,
and prompts my advocacy. Can I ask you to listen to him as well?

"Silence in the face of evil is itself evil. God will not hold us guiltless. Not to
speak is to speak. Not to act is to act." (Dietrich Bonhoeffer, German Lutheran
pastor & theologian, executed 1945)
Lord, the plight of our brothers and sisters is deep and the suffering of
Christians is severe and frightening. By your grace, we commit to do all our
power to preserve religious liberty so that all may serve you freely and
openly. Amen

INCOME TAX DONATION LETTER
If you need an income tax statement for your 2014 Stewardship donations to
the parish, please call the Rectory office at [phone] x9101 or send in or
drop the tear-off into the collection basket and a statement will be sent out in the
mail.

Name_____________________ Telephone #__________________________
(as it appears on your envelopes)

Address______________________________________________________

Envelope Number # (if you know it-not necessary)
LIGHTHOUSE CATHOLIC MEDIA
This week we are entering the solemn observance of the greatest Christian mys-
tery, the death of Christ on Good Friday and His resurrection on Easter Sunday
which marks the redemption of the human race by Our Lord and Savior, Jesus
Christ. The beginning of the forty days of penance is marked by the “imposition”
of ashes on the forehead.

Ash Wednesday is the start of Lent and is marked with the symbol of ashes. On
this day, the use of ashes comes from an ancient rite according to which con-
verted sinners submitted themselves to penance. Ashes are blessed during Mass.
After the homily, the blessed ashes are then “imposed” on the faithful as a sign of
conversion, penance, fasting and human mortality. Abstinence from eating meat
is to be observed on all Fridays during Lent. This applies to all persons 14 and
older.

The act of putting on ashes symbolizes fragility, mortality and the need to be re-
deemed by the mercy of God. It is not merely “external act”, the uses of ashes is
to symbolize an attitude of internal penance to which all the baptized are called
during Lent. From the very early times Christians observed a period of self-
denial, to do battle with the spirit of evil and be protected.

Do not neglect to go with your family to receive ashes at Mass. Leave them on
the forehead as a witness to your faith and as a reflection on Lent and share with
your children all this in terms that they can understand.

Encourage your children to reflect on which regular penance they will perform
throughout this season of Lent. Each member of the family should perform a
personal penance as well as some good act, while the whole family can do some-
thing in common (TV, Desserts, etc.) Do something extra (Rosary, Holy Hour,
Mass). If it is possible read Pope Francis’ message for Lent.

We have many very good CDs about Lent in the kiosks. Try to listen to as many
as you can and then pass them along to many people in need of these teachings.

I wish you a Blessed Lent

Toti Conforti
CATHOLIC DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAS
COURT ST. AIDAN #1577
FATHER TULLEY AND JOAN P. FOY
MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIPS
All children of St. Aidan Parish, whether they attend public or private
school, are eligible to apply for the Father Tully Memorial Scholar-
ship and the Joan P. Foy Memorial Scholarship. Applicants must
meet the following requirements:
1) Student has taken the High School Placement
Test in October or November 2014.
2) Student has been accepted and plans to attend
a Catholic High School in September of 2015.
3) Families must be registered parishioners
of St. Aidan Parish.

Students who attend St. Aidan School will receive an application from their principal or home-
room teacher.

All other interested students please contact the Court Education Chairperson at [phone]
for an application and further information.

ALL APPLICATIONS MUST BE RECEIVED BY MARCH 15, 2015 TO QUALIFY.
BEREAVEMENT GROUP SPRING 2015

COPING WITH GRIEF: A DIFFICULT BUT IMPORTANT
JOURNEY

When a loved one dies, a period of grief usually follows. It is al-
most impossible for humans to experience loss without feeling
some kind of grief.

Grief can be painful, confusing and overwhelming. To share with others who are experi-
encing what you are experiencing can be supportive and healing.

A Bereavement Group for people whose loved one has died (parent, spouse, sibling, or
friend) will be held in the Peter & Paul Room of the Finamore Parish Center by trained
Bereavement Facilitators will meeting:

Tuesdays, 9:45 AM, March 24th, 31st , April 7th , 14th, 21st & 28th

Thursday, 7:30 PM, March 26th, April 9th, 16th, 23rd , 30th & May 7th
(no meeting on Holy Thursday, April 2nd)

Please call the Parish Social Ministry Office at [phone] x9408 to register.

“The only feelings that do not heal are the ones you hide.” Henri Nouwen