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 Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament at 3:00 pm. Novena Services: Miraculous Medal Novena and the Saint Teresa Novena, with veneration of the relic of Saint Teresa, every Monday following the 8:30 am Mass. Baptisms: Most Sundays at 1:30 pm following the 12:30 pm Mass. Parents are asked to contact the rectory and schedule an appointment with one of the parish priests to make arrangements for the celebration of the Sacrament. Marriages: Please contact the rectory well in advance of the wedding to schedule an appointment with one of the parish priests. Participation in the Marriage Preparation Program offered by the Archdiocese of New York 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. Stop by the parish office or call for a membership form. It is important that all parishioners are registered. Please register with us so that we know you are here. Served by Msgr. William J. Belford .................................. Pastor Father John Kallattil, VC ................. Parochial Vicar Father Steven Challman ............ Sunday Associate Mrs. Rita Azzopardi ........................ School Principal Mrs. Lisa Rametta........ Religious Ed. Coordinator Mrs. Lisa Naughton ........................ Parish Manager Mr. Edward Morand ................... Director of Music Mass Schedule Saturday .................. 4:00 pm, Vigil Mass Sunday St. Teresa............... 7:30 am 10:30 am 12:30 pm 5:00 pm St. Nicholas ........... 9:00 am Eve of Holydays .... 4:00 pm Holy Days .............As announced in bulletin. Daily Masses ........8:30 am Mon. to Sat. 12 Noon Tues. to Fri. Rectory ......................................... 718-442-5412 School ........................................... 718-448-9650 CCD Office ................................... 718-981-2632 Fax .................................................. 718-442-9041 Website ....................... www.saintteresasi.org Email ...................... [email protected]June 14, 2020 Rectory Office Hours: Monday thru Friday, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm Ways To Support Our Parish 1. Use Sunday Envelopes 2. Donate Online. Go to saintteresasi.churchgiving.com 3. Include a bequest to St. Teresa in you will “I leave (amount) for the good works of St. Teresa Church.” 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
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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 Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament at 3:00 pm.
Novena Services: Miraculous Medal Novena and the Saint Teresa Novena, with veneration of the relic of Saint Teresa, every Monday following the 8:30 am Mass.
Baptisms: Most Sundays at 1:30 pm following the 12:30 pm Mass. Parents are asked to contact the rectory and schedule an appointment with one of the parish priests to make arrangements for the celebration of the Sacrament.
Marriages: Please contact the rectory well in advance of the wedding to schedule an appointment with one of the parish priests. Participation in the Marriage Preparation Program offered by the Archdiocese of New York 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. Stop by the parish office or call for a membership form. It is important that all parishioners are registered. Please register with us so that we know you are here.
Served by
Msgr. William J. Belford ..................................Pastor
Father John Kallattil, VC .................Parochial Vicar
Father Steven Challman ............Sunday Associate
Mrs. Rita Azzopardi........................ School Principal
Mrs. Lisa Rametta........ Religious Ed. Coordinator
Mrs. Lisa Naughton ........................Parish Manager
Mr. Edward Morand ................... Director of Music
Mass Schedule
Saturday .................. 4:00 pm, Vigil Mass
Sunday St. Teresa............... 7:30 am 10:30 am 12:30 pm 5:00 pm
St. Nicholas ........... 9:00 am
Eve of Holydays .... 4:00 pm
Holy Days .............As announced in bulletin.
Daily Masses ........8:30 am Mon. to Sat. 12 Noon Tues. to Fri.
Grace Agalo-os, Karen Bertuzzi, Michael Borik, Vincent Borzumato, Nicholas Crispiano, Nicho-las Ciricirillo, Carina DeGulio, Ed Diaz, Rachel
Diaz, Kevin Dunne, Patricia Dunne, Joanie Edwards, Augus ne Ferrer, Mark & Arlene Fileccia, Michael G., Josephine Greco, Edward Gross, Elaine Guarlino, David Hall, Vincent Hicks, Barbara Hicks, Buddy Jarrel, Pat Jarrell, Jennifer Johnson, Donnalyn Law-ton, Catherine Leone, Edward Lewis, Genevieve Lewis, Linda Ma-honey, Paul Mahoney, Emma Jane Mannix, Mikia James Mar n, Judy C. Mc., Raymond and Maureen McLaughlin, Bill McMillen, Susan Morris, Helen Nadeau, Josephine Nastasi, Ryan Pizzaro, Joanny Pizzu , Sal Pres giacomo, Edwin Rodriguez, Jerry Sca -aglia, Cheryl Spinelli, Joseph Tirone, Alex Valen , David Valle, Margaret White, William Wisnieski.
Members of our Legion of Mary are willing to visit the sick at home. For addi onal informa on 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.
Corporal Connor M. O’Brien, U.S. Marine Corp., Marine Corps Base Twentynine Palms, Twentynine Palms, CA.
SRA Michael Mazzarella, U.S. Air Force, Middle East
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June 14, 2020
Dear Parishioners and Friends of Saint Teresa Church, I greet you with the last verses of the Second Letter of Saint Paul to the Corinthians, heard last Sunday: The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with all of you!
We support one another in times of trouble, and we look forward to the grace of our sacraments. So here is the latest information about the big question on your mind and mine: When can we come to Mass in our church and re-ceive Holy Communion? The answer as of June 10: not yet. To protect people from a terrible virus, we are obeying New York State rules. And in New York City we are allowed to be open only for private prayer and for confessions.
Encouraging our patience and giving us hope of soon being able to return to public worship here in our parish, is this fact. Outside Staten Island, Manhattan, and The Bronx, parishes in our seven upstate counties - Westchester, Rockland, Orange, Putnam, Dutchess, Ulster and Sullivan - do have permission from the state to resume weekday Masses (but not Sunday Masses), and baptisms, weddings, and funerals, at 25% of church capacity.
Even though weekday and Sunday Masses are a few weeks ahead of us, Cardinal Dolan and we priests would like to offer a special day for people to come for the Sacrament of Reconciliation. We know that Jesus is rich in mercy for sinners, even giving up his life for us by his death on the cross. And so on the Feast of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus (and think of the large statue facing the congregation) Father John and I will be in church this Friday, June 19, from 10am to 12noon, and from 4pm to 6pm for all who would like to receive the Sacrament of Reconcilia-tion. One change, however, is that we will use the sacristies - the rooms where we get ready for Mass, to the right and left of the altar, instead of the confessional boxes in the back— so that we can maintain your privacy and also give one another that six foot separation that we are now obliged to observe.
I hope you received the mailing sent to all of our registered parishioners ten days ago. Additional copies are available for you to take in the rectory and vestibule, and that information is also posted on our parish website - www.saintteresasi.org— as is this weekly bulletin. A few Sundays ago, as we were nearing the end of the Easter season and our daily Mass readings from the Acts of the Apostles, I offered you chapter 27, which descr ibed the hazardous sea voyage of Saint Paul, when he was a prisoner chained to a soldier on his way to trial in Rome. We ran out of space at the point where Paul was being shipwrecked. Here is the rest of his story, as told by Saint Luke in chapter 28 of the Acts of the Apostles.
1 Once we had reached safety we learned that the island was called Malta. 2 The natives showed us extraordi-nary hospitality; they lit a fire and welcomed all of us because it had begun to rain and was cold. 3 Paul had gath-ered a bundle of brushwood and was putting it on the fire when a viper, escaping from the heat, fastened on his hand. 4 When the natives saw the snake hanging from his hand, they said to one another, “This man must certainly be a murderer; though he escaped the sea, Justice has not let him remain alive.” 5 But he shook off the snake into the fire and suffered no harm. 6 They were expecting him to swell up or suddenly to fall down dead but, after waiting a long time and seeing nothing unusual happen to him, they changed their minds and began to say that he was a god. 7 In the vicinity of that place were lands belonging to a man named Publius, the chief of the island. He wel-comed us and received us cordially as his guests for three days. 8 It so happened that the father of Publius was sick with a fever and dysentery. Paul visited him and, after praying, laid his hands on him and healed him. 9 After this had taken place, the rest of the sick people on the island came to Paul and were cured. 10 They paid us great honor and when we eventually set sail they brought us the provisions we needed. 11 Three months later we set sail on a ship that had wintered at the island. It was an Alexandrian ship with the Dioscuri as its figurehead. 12 We put in at Syracuse and stayed there three days, 13 and from there we sailed round the coast and arrived at Rhegium. After a day, a south wind came up and in two days we reached Puteoli. 14 There we found some brothers and were urged to stay with them for seven days. And thus we came to Rome. 15 The brothers from there heard about us and came as far as the Forum of Appius and Three Taverns to meet us. On seeing them, Paul gave thanks to God and took cour-age. 16 When he entered Rome, Paul was allowed to live by himself, with the soldier who was guarding him.
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MARY, UNDOER OF KNOTS
Dearest Holy Mother, Most Holy Mary, who undo the knots that suffocate your children, extend your merci-
ful hands to me. I entrust to You today this knot. (which you now mention) and all the negative conse-
quences that it provokes in my life. I give you this knot that torments me and makes me unhappy and so impedes me from uniting myself to You and Your Son Jesus, my Savior. I run to You, Mary, Undoer of Knots because I trust you and I know that you never
despise a sinning child who comes to ask you for help. I believe that you can undo this knot because Jesus grants you everything. I believe that you want to undo this knot because you are my Mother. I be-lieve that You will do this because you love me with
eternal love. Thank you, Dear Mother. Mary, Undoer of Knots, pray for me!
FATHER’S DAY ENVELOPES Father’s Day is June 16. Our priests
will offer a Novena of Masses for the Fathers of our parish and families,
both living and deceased.
St. Teresa’s Bereavement Group St. Teresa’s Bereavement Group will be meeting every Saturday morning at 10:45 via the Conference Call Sys-tem until they can resume scheduled meetings in the Parish House. This is the phone # for participants to call in at 10:45am on Saturday mornings - 978-990-5027. The access code is 455962# as some may want to refer to it in the weeks to come. Contact Deacon Novella Lawrence at 347-581-1082 if you have any questions. A call before is requested to make first-time visitors comfortable.
Our Religious Education Program welcomes new students now and
throughout the summer! Contact Reli-gious Education Coordinator Mrs. Lisa Rametta at [email protected]
We are eager to serve you and to help your children to grow in faith, hope,
and love.
IMPORTANT REASONS TO FILL OUT YOUR CENSUS FORM NOW
Please do not miss the chance to help our Staten Is-
land community by giving information about our numbers and our need for services.
The Census form is easy and quick to fill out.
The Census is a count of all individuals living in the US regardless of citizenship status.
Children will not be counted in school. You must list them so we know they are here.
The Census form does not ask for your social secu-rity number or any financial information.
Please fill out the entire Census form. If you do not answer at all, or if you leave things out, Census
workers will be obligated to come to your address. Almost every part of our daily lives is impacted by
the decisions based on Census data– things like public transit, school funding, and essential local,
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Everyone goes through crises sometimes. When that is happening, we can benefit from a conversation
with a professional counselor who shares our Catholic perspective.
Our parish can make a connection for you with the
Archdiocese of New York's PARISH COUNSELING NETWORK.
Our parishioners can make an appointment to meet with a professional counselor on Staten Island or any-place in the Archdiocese, for up to six meetings, with
only a $10 co-pay per session. This can be arranged easily. Tell one of our priests that you want to talk with a counselor. He will contact the PARISH COUNSELING NETWORK on your
behalf, and then you can call and arrange your first visit with someone who can listen.
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