SAINT STANISLAUS PARISH PLEASANT VALLEY, NY APRIL 30, 2017 3RD SUNDAY OF EASTER

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ANNOUNCED MASSES Saturday, April 29 5:30PM Alfred Schoomaker – his wife, Ellie

Sunday, April 30 8:15AM People of Saint Stanislaus Kostka 11:00AM Evelyn Dannen – Mark & Marjorie Markowitz

Monday, May 1 9:00AM Frank DeProssino – Millie DeProssino

Tuesday, May 2 9:00AM D’Juro Lekocevic – the Lekocevic family

Wednesday, May 3 9:00AM Communion Service

Thursday, May 4 9:00AM Matt Polniaszek – Trudy Polniaszek

Friday, May 5 9:00AM Sandi Gallagher – Ruth Ann Detmer

Saturday, May 6 5:30PM Alfred Schoomaker – his wife, Ellie

ST. STANISLAUS IS A TITHING PARISH God’s Plan for Giving

In return for the Lord’s generosity, our people returned to His Church the following: 2017 Easter Collection $15,585.00 Easter Flowers $2085.00 April 23, 2017 + Parish Pay $6508.00

Thank you for your continuing generosity that enables us to continue to serve the people of God.

THIS WEEK’S SECOND COLLECTION

AID TO THE CHURCH IN CENTRAL & EASTERN EUROPE

NEXT WEEK’S SECOND COLLECTION

CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT Helps defray cost of emergency repairs and targeted projects.

**BIRTHDAY GREETINGS**

April 30 Jose Alves, Nicole Bull, Gabriella Connolly, Jacqueline Quagliardo, Maureen Kelly, Thomas Loginovs, Julie Potter, Allen Sasser, Gregory Tyler

May 1 Rose Alves, Brooke Arco, Eleanor Bolander, Thomas Coyle, Frank DelSanto, Brian DiGregorio, Peter Grega, Elizabeth Potter, Robert Sheehan, Adam Sherman, Meredith Sherman, Corey Stabell, Michelle Tinney

May 2 Jennifer Caso, Dennis Constantine, Fernanda Cortes Avilla, Adam Foster, Sharon Johnson, Richard Kunkel, Casey Messina, Michael Sambells, Kerri Tracy

May 3 Joseph Bruno, Christopher Campbell, Brandon Clark, George Cook, David Costello, Nicole Donaldson, Gary Dotterer, Kyle Espejo, Elizabeth Gilli, Catherine Gorham, Edward Hubbard, James Kelley, John Tomasetti

May 4 Deacon Rich Aglietti, Juergen Buechele, Fred Christiansen, Matthew Decker, Conner DeMild, Olivia DePaola, Thomas DiSanto, Edward Dolan, Christine Gatto, Lauren Hichak, Patricia Holt, Ryan Raynaud, Robert Rzodkiewicz, Spencer Simoni, Erin Sullivan

May 5 Walter Franzken, Robert Gajarsky, James Marrinan, Victoria Messina, Rocco Mongelli, Nicole Rossi, Joseph Saltarelli, Chris Speidell

May 6 Diane Dawson, Nichole DeMattio, Christine Ghiotti, Matthew Hanlon, Safo Kirton, Francis Magro, Sean Plew, Robert Sturans, Michael Zeleznik

ATTENTION !!

ST. STANISLAUS KOSTKA PARISH CONFIRMATION

5:30 MASS on May 13 Bishop Gerald Walsh - Celebrant

As in the past few years, the Church proper is reserved

for the candidates and their families with tickets. The Parish Hall will be open for guests and

parishioners who would like to attend.

THIRD SUNDAY OF EASTER

“The disciples recognized Jesus in the breaking of the bread, alleluia”

- Luke 24:35

FAITH FORMATION NEWS

The first group of second graders joyfully received their First Communion on April 29.

Next Saturday, May 6, the second group will receive First

Communion and we will officially congratulate the group in the May 7th bulletin.

BLESSINGS TO ALL OF THE CHILDREN AND

THEIR FAMILIES ON THIS WONDERFUL OCCASION!

CONFIRMATION INSTRUCTIONS Our Confirmation class will have its last session on Monday, May 1st from 6:30-8:30pm. Confirmation Rehearsal is on Friday, May 12th at 6:30-8pm. Both the Candidate and their sponsor should be in attendance for the rehearsal. Sacrament of Confirmation is Saturday, May 13th at 5:30pm. Candidate and Sponsor should arrive at 4pm. Please continue to pray for these young men and women as they continue on their Faith Journey.

REGISTRATION FOR 2017-2018 Registration has begun for the Fall. Packets are in the process of being distributed. As Fr Jay and our Coordinators and have indicated, registration by June 30 is of the utmost importance- so much so that a financial discount is applied to those who register before that cut off date.

RCIA If you are or know of an adult who is looking to convert to the Catholic faith, be baptized in the faith or complete his or her Confirmation, now is the time to come forward to see what the process entails. We currently have one person who is interested and would like to plan our sessions for the future. Please call Nancy Dunn at 635-1700 x 12 to set up an appointment for discussion.

VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL 2017 JUNE 26-30

Mark your calendars now for VBS at St. Stanislaus.

This year theme will be:

MAKER FUN FACTORY – Created By God,

Built for a Purpose Registration will be available this weekend and during Faith Formation registration. Cost is just $30 per child for a weeklong adventure. Pre-school – 6th grade are invited to join us.

VBS VOLUNTEERS ARE NEEDED-

7TH GRADE THRU ADULT Call the Office (845)635-1700

PLANS FOR THE NEAR FUTURE At present, we bring Communion to a small number of homebound who have called the parish office or have spoken directly with Fr Jay. We are looking to expand our opportunities to bring the Eucharist to our

homebound parishioners. While concurrently recruiting our current Extraordinary Ministers of Communion for this rewarding duty, we are seeking to identify those who are unable to attend Mass. These individuals may be homebound, disabled elderly or one who is experiencing lengthy recovery from surgery or illness and unable to come to Sunday Liturgy. Please call Nancy Dunn at 635-1700 x 12 if you are aware of someone who desires to receive Holy Communion at home on a regular basis. This is the first step in a most exciting and important outreach - helping to keep all of our parishioners connected to the Church - to our Lord. The plan is for this outreach to be launched late Spring

WWW.FORMED.ORG Parish code 63VQRV

Free website : wonderful opportunity for Faith Formation at your fingertips for families and adults. Catholic movies, audio, bible study, sacramental programs and ebooks Call Nancy Dunn for more information or feedback

KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS SCHOLARSHIP Each year the St. Stan’s Knights of Columbus sponsors a $500 scholarship to a graduating high school senior who is moving on to higher education. The senior must be a child of a contributing member of St Stanislaus Parish or active and contributing member of the St Stanislaus Knights of Columbus. Applications are now available. Forms can be downloaded from the website of the “Community Foundation of the Hudson Valley.” ( www.cfhvny.org) Once on their site, click on the box “scholarships” on the upper right hand side of the page, go to the P-T tab and look for St. Stanislaus Knights of Columbus. The Parish Office also has downloaded the applications and have them available for pick up.

Please note that the deadline for submission of the applications is May 15th.

ULTIMATE DISCOUNT CARDS

Still available The Knights of Columbus are selling the Ultimate Discount Card. $12 gets you a discount to many local businesses. You can get one in the parish office or by asking any member of the K of C.

JELLY MAKING SEASON IS HERE!

Jelly Jars Sr Mary Liegey is still collecting the empty ½ pint and pint jelly jars (from the purchases last November) to help defray the cost of new jars. Simply bring them to the hall vestibule and find her bag. As always, she is grateful for your ongoing support of those in need.

ST. JOSEPH MILLBROOK EVENT In honor of the 100th Anniversary of Our Lady’s appearance in Fatima, Portugal, the parish of St. Joseph – Immaculate Conception Millbrook invites you to join them on Thursday, May 4th at 7PM for an evening of prayer and reflection on Our Lady’s Message. Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament Recitation of the Holy Rosary for Peace Reflection by Fr Andrew Apostoli, CFR Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament

** Fr Apostoli is the author of “Fatima for Today, the Urgent

Message of Hope”

Annual Golden Wedding Mass Celebration Last call for registration

Couples celebrating their 50th Wedding Anniversary anytime during 2017 are invited to attend the Mass with Cardinal

Dolan at the Cathedral of St. Patrick, Sunday, June 11th at 2:00. Pre-registration is required. Please contact your

parish office for registration. The closing date to register for the Mass is May 5

JSYK…Just So You Know… Recently I have been asked two questions by a number of people and so I thought it might make sense to mention them in the bulletin… Shouldn’t we be in the middle of the Cardinal’s Appeal right now? Yes, we should, but we will be beginning an Archdiocesan Capital Campaign in the coming weeks which will have a large parish goal and for which we have had to prepare a list of goals- which we hope to achieve with the money we raise. We will be asking people to make a five year pledge as a part of this special campaign. This year, we are “guaranteeing” our goal for the Cardinal’s Appeal as one of the projects we intend to fund with this Capital Campaign and therefore we will not be taking up an actual Appeal this year, but will resume next year. In the next few weeks we will be explaining this Campaign in more detail and will detail the goals that we have set for our parish Have you heard anything about whether you have been reappointed as Pastor? I have not heard anything specific, but “piecing together” the bits I have heard, that seems to be a good sign…at least they have not sent me a list of moving companies to contact. It appears that while the policy is to announce the re-appointments at the end of the term, which is July 1, you might have an inkling if there is going to be a move made. That tends to make me think that I will be staying on, but nothing is definite until the letter is received, so we wait. There is however something that you should be aware of. We are required to resign as Pastors when we reach the age of 75. You can request to remain in a parish until you are 80 with a yearly renewal. But if you stay on, you do not have the title of “Pastor” but are given the title of “Administrator”. There are canonical reasons for this but it is hard to explain unless you have had at least 4 semesters of Canon Law! There is a thought in some circles that if you cannot complete a full six year term after re appointment, you should therefore be appointed “Administrator” for the entire new term. Others say that if you can complete most of the term before before you reach 75 (and this would be my case since I would not be 75 until the last of my 6 years) you would be re-appointed with the term “Pastor”. This decision is definitely “above my pay grade” but the point is that whatever the title may be, the work is still the same, so let’s wait and see. In the mean time, thank you all for your concern and your good wishes and I hope we will continue to see each other for many more years. PILGRIMAGE TO THE HOLY LAND Just a reminder that there is still “room” to join the pilgrimage to the Holy land, led by Fr Jay, in October . If interested call the Parish Office or stop by to chat with Fr Backes after Mass.