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]February 16, 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 3. Include a bequest to St. Teresa in you will “I leave (amount) for the good workes 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.
MONDAY, February 17 TUESDAY, February 18 WEDNESDAY, February 19
THURSDAY, February 20 FRIDAY, February 21 SATURDAY, February 22
SUNDAY, continued
Do Whatever He Tells You! – (John 2:5)
Thank you for your faithful
support of our parish!
Last Sunday’s collection was
$11,449.
8:30 AM Vincent Brogan 12 Noon In Honor of The Holy Family
8:30 AM Angela J. Goodman
4:00PM Fred Joseph Fischer
9:00 AM Angelina Sapienza
Your prayers are requested for all who are sick in our parish and community, especially:
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, Augustine Ferrer, Mark & Arlene Fileccia, Michael G., Josephine Greco, Elaine Guarlino, David Hall, Vincent Hicks, Barbara Hicks, Buddy Jarrel, Pat Jarrell, Jennifer Johnson, Donnalyn Lawton, Catherine Leone, Edward Lewis, Genevieve Lewis, Linda Mahoney, Paul Mahoney, Emma Jane Mannix, Mikia James Martin, Judy C. Mc., Raymond and Maureen McLaughlin, Bill McMillen, Susan Morris, Helen Nadeau, Josephine Nastasi, Ryan Pizzaro, Joanny Pizzuti, Sal Prestigiacomo, Edwin Rodriguez, Jerry Scattaglia, Cheryl Spinelli, Joseph Tirone, Alex Valenti, David Valle, Margaret White, William Wisnieski.
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.
Corporal Connor M. O’Brien, U.S. Marine Corp., Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, GA.
SRA Michael Mazzarella, U.S. Air Force, Middle East
MASSES FOR NEXT SUNDAY
Church of Saint Teresa of the Infant Jesus and St. Nicholas Chapel Staten Island, NY
8:30 AM Robert Melvian 12 Noon Anthony Alaimo
8:30 AM Rita Eileen Berardi 12 Noon Anna Maria Alessi
7:30 AM Gary Amatrudo II 10:30 AM Riccardo Iacona 12:30 PM For the People of Our Parish 5:00 PM Arielle Newman
February 23 Priest
Saturday 4:00 PM Msgr. Belford
Sunday 7:30 AM Msgr. Belford
9:00 AM Fr. Kallattil
10:30 AM Fr. Kallattil
12:30 PM Msgr. Belford
5:00 PM Fr. Challman
8:30 AM Bonnie MacDermot (Living) 12 Noon In Honor of Sacred Heart
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February 16, 2020
Dear Parishioners and Friends of Saint Teresa Church,
Ash Wednesday is approaching fast - ten days from now, on February 26. Our schedule will provide you with op-
portunities to think about your mortality, and then to accept ashes on your forehead as a sign that you know the future,
and want to be ready for a merciful judgment when each of us has to give an account of ourself to the Lord.
On February 26, ashes will be blessed and traced on foreheads in the Sign of the Cross within Masses at 7:00am,
8:30am, 12 Noon, and 7:30pm. (Our school attends the 8:30 Mass.) For the benefit of our young parishioners in
other schools, or adults who are free, we also offer a brief Liturgy of the Word and Signing with Ashes at 3:30pm.
During the Season of Lent, which is from Ash Wednesday to Holy Thursday , we followers of Jesus Christ must
follow a plan to improve our relationship with God our Father and with the Lord Jesus Christ. A key part of a success-
ful Lent is to admit our sins and be sorry for them, and to change our destructive ways. Very helpful to this good self-
discipline are fasting and abstaining and almsgiving—three disciplines and sacrifices of Lent that precede a joyful Easter.
Here are our Catholic Church's rules and regulations, from the Cardinal's office, about fast and abstinence to help
us make a meaningful Lent. Remember: "No pain, No gain" is true. So is the fact that the person who makes no plan
to do what he or she promises to do, is planning to fail. + Catholics ages 18-59 are obliged to fast on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday. + Fasting means eating only one full meal that day. Two smaller meals can be eaten to maintain physical strength, but together they should not equal another full meal. Snacking between meals is not permitted. Even those who are not specifically obliged to fast are encouraged to join in fasting to the extent that they are able. + Abstinence means not eating meat or poultry. Those 14 and older are obliged to abstain from meat or poultry on Ash Wednesday and all Fridays of Lent. + While the Fridays of Lent require abstinence, all Fridays of the year are designated as days of penance when we can practice self-denial out of gratitude for the sacrifices of Jesus for us. + These weeks are the time for fulfilling your Easter Duty - which is, to go to confession if you have a mortal sin on your soul, and to receive Holy Communion at least once. This is to help us get back to the good habits of Sunday Mass and Holy Communion. Easter duty time is from the First Sunday of Lent (March 1) to Holy Trinity Sunday (June 7).
Sacramental Confession and the Stations of the Cross are two very righteous things to do during Lent. Join us to
make the Stations of the Cross every Friday at 7:30pm, beginning Feb. 28. And come for confession any Saturday from
noon to 1pm, and from 3pm to 9pm on Reconciliation Monday, which is April 6th.
I am happy to repeat the good news that our former Presentation Sisters Convent at 139 Windsor Road has been beautifully renovated by ArchCare—our Archdiocese's organization for many aspects of health care. Since the beginning of January, this building - now called ArchCare at St. Teresa - has been the home for eight young adults with autism. The residents, and their families, are very grateful for and delighted with their new friends and apartments.
The encouragement and prayers of our parishioners and neighbors have been crucial to this success, and soon we are going to have a celebration of this achievement. On Thursday morning, March 26, His Eminence Timothy Cardi-nal Dolan will come for an official Ribbon-Cutting, preceded by a ceremony in our Conran Hall. Invited guests include the members of our Parish Council, who gave me advice and support to go ahead with this great project.
If you would be willing to serve on our Parish Council, this is a time to volunteer and possibly be chosen. On Sun-day March 8 at the 10:30 Mass, we will say a prayer and then pick four new members to serve. The names of all who volunteered will be placed in a bowl, and four will be picked at random. Those chosen will begin their three year term March 11. This has been our annual practice, with excellent results. Members come to meetings in September, No-vember, January, March, and May. Please speak, write, or call if you are willing this year to volunteer to serve if chosen.
Msgr. William Belford
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A PRAYER FOR THIS WEEK
For our Catholic Church, for our families, our na‐tion, and our world, that our prayers for peace and justice, for safety and good health, and for spiritual improvement, will become a reality in the days ahead, we pray to the Lord...
40 DAYS FOR LIFE
Please join our parishioners and many Christians on SI this Lent who are praying for an end to legal abor-tions and who are participating in peaceful hours of prayer each day from Ash Wednesday to Palm Sunday 7am to 7pm, at the bus stop on Seaview Ave. outside
Staten Island University Hospital North in South Beach.
Come to a 1:15 Mass and 2:15 orientation next Sunday at St. Charles Church in New Dorp for information, or go to [email protected] and plan to join us.
Ash Wednesday is in 10 days, on Feb. 26. Ashes will be distributed in St. Teresa
Church during and after Masses at 7am, 8:30am, 12 noon and 7:30pm. We will also have a special service for schoolchildren
and adults in church at 3:30pm.
OLD PALM BECOMES NEW ASHES
Our Boy Scouts are preparing to burn last year’s blessed palms outdoors after 12:30 Mass next Sunday. Following a prayer, all the burnt palms that have been brought by parishioners to the vestibule of the church by then will be reduced to ashes. Those ashes will be used to make the Sign of the Cross on foreheads three days later on the first day of Lent, as our personal sign of repentance for the sins we have committed. and as our pledge to improve our lives during Lent.
As they do on every third Sunday of the month, members of the Legion of Mary are receiving
Holy Communion together at the 12:30 pm Mass today. If you would like to know more
about the Legion of Mary, visit their pamphlet rack in the vestibule, or speak to one of the
Legion members after Mass today.
BABY BIN GIFTS WELCOMED TODAY
After Mass today in the vestibule, and every third Sun-day of the month, donations for babies and their moth-ers will be collected. Thank you for helping families in need of assistance at a crucial time for their families to
make a better start in life.
Our Golden Age Society meets each Monday when school is in session (not this Monday)
in our School Gym from 11:30-2.
There are a few bus seats left for a trip on April 18-20, 2020 to Mystic Seaport and to Foxwood Casino in CT, and the Mansions in Newport,
Rhode island. Two nights, two breakfasts, two dinners: only $280.To reserve a seat or for
more information call Lorraine: 917 292 6737.
The winners of our January 50/50 Drawing was Mr. and Mrs. Rizzo. Their prize was $190. 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 February.
JUST ASK US FOR YOUR CONTRIBUTION STATEMENT FOR 2019 TAXES
We are very grateful to everyone who contributes to the support of our parish, and we are glad to provide you with a statement of your 2019 donations to St. Teresa Church for your tax purposes. Anyone who wants their contribution statement for last year is invited to write a note to us, email to [email protected]. or call 718 442 5412 during the week. Parish Manager Lisa Naughton will be happy to assist you.
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Gospel Today Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time / Matthew 5:17-37 Jesus reminds His people to remember and obey the Mosaic Law. The rules or Ten Commandments given to Moses tell us how to live in a way that pleases God.
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But whoever obeys and teaches these commandments wi l l be cal led greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven.
Matthew 5:19
1] Color the heart puzzle
2] Glue to light cardboard or construc on paper to increase weight
3] Cut out on do ed lines
4] Mix up pieces and reassemble the puzzle
5] Live by God’s rules
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