Confessions: Saturdays: 12:00 noon to 1:00 pm or by appointment. Please call the rectory. Eucharistic Adoration: Eucharistic Adoration on the First Friday of the month, beginning with the 8:30 am Mass and concluding with a Divine Mercy Holy Hour and Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament at 3:00 pm. Novena Services: Miraculous Medal Novena and the Saint Teresa No- vena, with veneration of the relic of Saint Teresa, every Monday following the 8:30 am Mass. Baptisms: Every Sunday of the month 1:30 pm following the 12:30 pm Mass. Parents are asked to contact the rectory and schedule an appoint- ment with one of the parish priests to make arrangements for the celebra- tion of the Sacrament and to register for the Baptism preparation class. Marriages: Please contact the rectory at least one year in advance of the wedding to schedule an appointment with one of the parish priests. Partici- pation in the Marriage Preparation Program offered by the Archdiocese of New York, along with Natural Family Planning classes, is required. To register for Marriage Preparation sessions, contact the Family Life / Respect Life website at www.flrl.org. Parish Membership: New parishioners are warmly welcomed. Those already enrolled in the school, CCD Program, sports or other parish activities are not automatically registered in our parish. Please stop by the parish of- fice or call for a membership form. It is important that all parishioners are registered. Served by Msgr. William J. Belford.................................... Pastor Father Jean-Marie Vianney Uzabakiriho Parochial Vicar Father John Kallattil, VC.................. Parochial Vicar Deacon Phillip Maroon........... Permanent Deacon Mrs. Rita Azzopardi ..........................School Principal Mrs. Lisa Rametta .........Religious Ed. Coordinator Mrs. Lisa Naughton ......................... Parish Manager Sister Margaret Mary .......................... Pastoral Care Mr. Edward Morand .....................Director of Music Mass Schedule Saturday ................... 4:00 pm, Vigil Mass Sunday St. Teresa ............... 7:30 am 10:00 am 12:30 pm 5:00 pm St. Nicholas............ 9:30 am & 10:30 am Eve of Holydays .... 4:00 pm Holy Days ............ As announced in bulletin. Daily Masses........ 8:30 & 12 Noon Saturday, 8:30 am only Rectory ............................................ 718-442-5412 School............................................... 718-448-9650 CCD Office ...................................... 718-981-2632 Fax...................................................... 718-442-9041 Website ......................... www.saintteresasi.org Email ....................... [email protected]October 14, 2018 Rectory Office Hours: Monday thru Friday, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm First Friday Masses 8:30 am and 12 Noon, followed by Exposi- tion of the Blessed Sacrament. Exposition continues throughout the morning and early afternoon hours, concluding at 3:00 pm with a Divine Mercy Holy Hour and Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament. Church of Saint Teresa of the Infant Jesus and St. Nicholas Chapel St. Nicholas Chapel La Bau Avenue and Northern Boulevard St. Teresa of the Infant Jesus 1634 Victory Boulevard Castleton Corners Staten Island, NY 10314
Transcript
Confessions: Saturdays: 12:00 noon to 1:00 pm or by appointment. Please call the rectory.
Eucharistic Adoration: Eucharistic Adoration on the First Friday of the month, beginning with the 8:30 am Mass and concluding with a Divine Mercy Holy Hour and Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament at 3:00 pm.
Novena Services: Miraculous Medal Novena and the Saint Teresa No-vena, with veneration of the relic of Saint Teresa, every Monday following the 8:30 am Mass.
Baptisms: Every Sunday of the month 1:30 pm following the 12:30 pm Mass. Parents are asked to contact the rectory and schedule an appoint-ment with one of the parish priests to make arrangements for the celebra-tion of the Sacrament and to register for the Baptism preparation class.
Marriages: Please contact the rectory at least one year in advance of the wedding to schedule an appointment with one of the parish priests. Partici-pation in the Marriage Preparation Program offered by the Archdiocese of New York, along with Natural Family Planning classes, is required. To register for Marriage Preparation sessions, contact the Family Life / Respect Life website at www.flrl.org.
Parish Membership: New parishioners are warmly welcomed. Those already enrolled in the school, CCD Program, sports or other parish activities are not automatically registered in our parish. Please stop by the parish of-fice or call for a membership form. It is important that all parishioners are registered.
Served by
Msgr. William J. Belford.................................... Pastor
Father Jean-Marie Vianney Uzabakiriho Parochial Vicar
Father John Kallattil, VC..................Parochial Vicar
Deacon Phillip Maroon........... Permanent Deacon
Mrs. Rita Azzopardi..........................School Principal
Mrs. Lisa Rametta .........Religious Ed. Coordinator
Mrs. Lisa Naughton .........................Parish Manager
Sister Margaret Mary.......................... Pastoral Care
Mr. Edward Morand .....................Director of Music
Mass Schedule
Saturday ................... 4:00 pm, Vigil Mass
Sunday St. Teresa ............... 7:30 am 10:00 am 12:30 pm 5:00 pm
St. Nicholas............ 9:30 am & 10:30 am
Eve of Holydays .... 4:00 pm
Holy Days ............ As announced in bulletin.
Daily Masses........ 8:30 & 12 Noon Saturday, 8:30 am only
Rectory Office Hours: Monday thru Friday, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm
First Friday Masses 8:30 am and 12 Noon, followed by Exposi-tion of the Blessed Sacrament. Exposition continues throughout the morning and early afternoon hours, concluding at 3:00 pm with a Divine Mercy Holy Hour and Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament.
Church of Saint Teresa of the Infant Jesus and St. Nicholas Chapel
St. Nicholas Chapel La Bau Avenue and Northern Boulevard
St. Teresa of the Infant Jesus 1634 Victory Boulevard
MONDAY, October 15 TUESDAY, October 16 WEDNESDAY, October 17
THURSDAY, October 18 FRIDAY, October 19 SATURDAY, October 20
SUNDAY, continued
Do Whatever He Tells You! – (John 2:5)
Thank you for your faithful
support of our parish!
Last Sunday’s collection was
$12,844.00
8:30 AM Perera (Thanksgiving) 12 Noon Souls in Purgatory
8:30 AM Marie and Ernest DellaDonna 12 Noon Howard and Irene Barbieri
4:00PM Peter DeCesare Sr. 9:30 AM Michael McLaughlin 10:30 AM Debora Elaine Liburdi
Your prayers are requested for all who are sick in our parish and community, especially:
Grace Agalo-os, Patricia Andreano, Karen Ber-tuzzi, Vincent Borzumato, Nicholas Crispiano, Nicholas Ciricirillo, Kevin Dunne, Patricia Dunne,
Joanie Edwards, Augustine Ferrer, Mark & Arlene Fileccia, Mi-chael G., Josephine Greco, Elaine Guarlino, David Hall, Vincent Hicks, Barbara Hicks, Buddy Jarrel, Pat Jarrell, Jennifer Johnson, Caitlin Kaht, Donnalyn Lawton, Catherine Leone, Edward Lewis, Genevieve Lewis, Linda Mahoney, Paul Mahoney, Emma Jane Mannix, Mikia James Martin, Bill McMillen, Susan Morris, Helen Nadeau, Josephine Nastasi, Ryan Pizzaro, Sal Prestigiacomo, Edwin Rodriguez, Jerry Scattaglia, Joseph Tirone, Alex Valenti, David Valle, Margaret White.
Members of our Legion of Mary are willing to visit the sick at home. For additional information please contact Patricia
Signorelli at 718-981-9353.
Pray for Our Parishioners in the Military Private Daniel A. Hughes, U.S. Army, Ft. Jackson, S.C. Lance Corporal Connor M. O’Brien, U.S. Marine Corp.,
Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, GA. SRA Michael Mazzarella, US Air Force, Goodfellow AFB ,TX
MASSES FOR NEXT SUNDAY
Church of Saint Teresa of the Infant Jesus and St. Nicholas Chapel Staten Island, NY
October 21 Priest
Saturday 4:00 PM Msgr. Belford
Sunday 7:30 AM Fr. Jean-Marie
10:00 AM Fr. Kallattil
12:30 PM Fr. Jean-Marie
5:00 PM Fr. Challman
St. Nicholas 9:30 AM Msgr. Belford
10:30AM Msgr Belford
8:30 AM Eileen Healy 12 Noon Intercession of Padre Pio
8:30 AM Theresa Capobianco
8:30 AM Elsa Adia 12 Noon Mary Tirelli
7:30 AM Peter Argento 10:00 AM Nancy Parone 12:30 PM Patricia Sable 5:00 PM Helen Anderson
- 3
October 14, 2018
Dear Parishioners and Friends of Saint Teresa Church, Every Tuesday at 4pm, our Conran Hall gymnasium is filled with 400 students in grades 1 to 8 who come to us for their religious education program, which is under the great leadership of our Coordinator Mrs. Lisa Rametta. She has the help of more than a dozen adult and teen Catechists. "Catechist" is the special title for religion teachers, who give "catechesis" - instruction in the elements of Christianity to those preparing for sacraments. As they gather in the gym with the catechists and some parents, the children have the opportunity to talk, min-gle, and run around a little to use up their energy. Then they line up with their class and we begin with prayers. After I lead the Sign of the Cross and the Our Father and the Hail Mary, we conclude this way. I say, SAINT TERESA, and they shake the walls with their response: PRAY FOR US! I am sure that Saint Teresa was praying for us last weekend, and in fact throughout our nine months of plan-ning, for the beautiful and very enjoyable SAINT TERESA PARISH BENEFIT LUNCHEON last Sunday at Li-Greci's Staaten Restaurant. Intended to be a community-building affair, we were very pleased that so many parishioners and friends wanted to come. As you know, we were honoring our former Religious Education Coordinator, Mrs. Denise Enright; our sports program leader Mr. John Tuohy; a wise legal advisor Mr. Robert Scamardella; and an outstanding apostle who rallies thousands to feed the hungry, Mr. Joseph Delaney. All of this was the inspiration of past and present members of our Parish Finance Council, whose task is to help us be good stewards of our parish resources - John Lauria, Charlie LaGanga, Michelle King, Anthony DeFazio, Jo-seph Granello, Ginevra Porcelli, and Nicholas Caruselle. My thanks to them, especially to John and Charlie as Co-Chairs, and to the many hard-working volunteers - Stephanie and Jon Byrne, Joe Patella, Rich Nellis, Theresa Perera, Angela, Melissa, Bob, and Nick Tronolone, Ann Cuneo, Janet Scaffa, Frank Schiano, EJ LaGanga, Joe Gra-nello, Lynn Randle, and Tony DeFazio - who were all very creative and careful in handling all the details that made Sunday so special. Each element of the party contributed to a beneficial financial result that will help our parish. Many thanks to all of you who supported this effort and contributed to our success! 269 people were in attendance, a number which exceeded our expectations. The profit for our parish - from ticket sales, journal ads, boosters, donations, raffle bas-kets, and 50/50 drawing - was over $19,500! This new event was a beautiful experience for all of us and a benefit for our parish. We look forward to having many of our happy guests, along with other parishioners, join us for next year's festivities in honor of our Saint Teresa of the Infant Jesus. On a much more somber subject, let me recall that at last Sunday's Masses we followed the request of Cardinal Dolan to show a video message from him, with Judge Barbara Jones and two Sisters, about the sex abuse crisis that is weighing so heavily on our spirits, and which will be in our minds for a long time to come. In the pews last week, and even today, you can take home a four page folder of information that I think is important. If you missed the video, it is posted on this website: https://archny.org/news/transparency-accountability-and-action. Let me conclude with this request from His Eminence that ties together all that we are talking about today. "Please remind your people that no money collected for Renew and Rebuild, or for that matter, from the Cardinal's Annual Stewardship Appeal or from any of our charitable, educational, emergency relief, or missionary collections, goes to the costs of settlements with victims. As I publicized many times, like any family in an emergency, we took a loan. We will pay it off with interest from rental on property and investments. (By the way, if the statute of limita-tion fails, the above protections of our peoples' offerings will indeed be in jeopardy)." Saint Teresa - and Saint Michael the Archangel - pray for us! Msgr. William Belford
- 4
Church of Saint Teresa of the Infant Jesus and St. Nicholas Chapel Staten Island, NY
PRAYER FOR THIS WEEK That we remember the strong Gospel warning of Jesus against harming little ones, who need
him so much, and that no one should cause oth-ers to lose faith in God or hope for salvation, let
us pray to the Lord...
The winners of our September 50/50 Drawing was: Mr.& Mrs. Estimada. The prize was $285. If you would like to participate in this monthly activity that benefits our parish and makes people happy,
look for the 50/50 envelopes in the vestibule. The next drawing will be at the end of October.
WORLD MISSION SUNDAY Next weekend, we will celebrate World Mission Sun-day. Pope Francis invites the entire Church to support the mission dioceses in Africa, Asia, the Pacific Islands, and parts of Latin America and Europe, where priests, religious and lay leaders serve the world’s most vulner-able communities. Please keep the Pope’s missions in your prayers, and be generous in next week’s collection for the Society for the Propagation of the Faith.
Prayer and Recollection
You are invited to join others in a morning of Prayer and Recollection in preparation for All Souls Day, which is on November 2. This helpful event will be on Saturday October 27, 2018. Where: Our Lady Help of Christian Church 7396 Amboy Rd. SI, NY 10307. Time: 9:00 AM - 12:30 PM. Day includes Mass, light breakfast, fellowship, discussion, talks, exposition of the Blessed Sacrament and Benediction. This is be-ing arranged by Staten Island Catholic Mental Health Professionals. With questions or to RSVP contact Laura (917) 818-5719 or [email protected].
ADMISSION TEST NOVEMBER 2
The Test for Admission to Catholic High Schools is known as TACHS. It will be administered on Friday, November 2 at various SI Catholic high schools. Students can register on-line at www.tachsinfo.com.
—————————————————————————
ATTENDING CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL OPEN HOUSES HELPS FAMILIES MAKE GOOD DECISIONS
Monsignor Farrell Sunday October 14, 2018 11:30am-3pm St. Joseph by-the-Sea Sunday October 14, 2018 1pm-4pm (for Girls) Sunday October 21, 2018 1pm-4pm (for Boys) Notre Dame Academy Sunday October 21, 2018 1pm-4pm St. Joseph Hill Academy Sunday October 28, 2018 11:30am-2:30pm St. Peter’s Boys Sunday October 28, 2018 1pm-4pm
PRAYERS FOR VOTERS AND FOR PEACE
Deacon Jim Stahlnecker is encouraging people to pray for many voters to come out to vote in the mid-term elections on Tuesday, November 6. Important deci-sions will be made by the Senators, Representatives and state and local officials who take office in the new
year. We all ought to pray for our country, make in-formed decisions, and exercise our right to vote.
Deacon is associated with the Perpetual Eucharistic
Adoration Apostolate of Staten Island, located near us at St. Pauls / Alba House, 2187 Victory Boulevard. In the chapel 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, there is adoration of Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament. One or more people, called adorers, are always present. New
adorers are welcome. Give yourself a peaceful Eucharistic experience by going for a visit this week
ARE YOU READY FOR A CHANGE?
If you are planning some time away, please consider signing up now to provide your weekly donation
electronically when you’re away. It’s easy to do and makes a big difference for our parish. Besides us
receiving your contributions each Sunday, this saves you preparing those envelopes. It also saves us
money printing and distributing them!
To see how easy this is, please click on the ParishPay/WeShare link on our website
saintteresasi.org for the details.
- 5
Church of Saint Teresa of the Infant Jesus and St. Nicholas Chapel Staten Island, NY
- 6
347-778-5954
• Homecare & Hospice Management• Activities of Daily Living Management
• Medical Care Coordination• Insurance Navigation and Much More
Lisa Baez-Alessandro, MBA, RNClient Advocate • President
