Parish of

St. Stephen, The First Martyr

A Eucharistic Community, Journeying in Knowledge, Love and Service

November 27 2016 - First Sunday of Advent ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

75 Sanfordville Road, Warwick, New York 10990 Phone: 845-986-4028 • Fax: 845-986-4109 • Website: warwickinfo.net/ststephen

Church of St. Stephen, The First Martyr

Rev. Jack Arlotta……………………………………...Pastor Rev. Lorenzo Laboy………………………. Parochial Vicar Rev. Jaime Bono…………………….. Weekend Associate

Deacon Thomas MacDougall Deacon Emmett Noonan Deacon Daniel Byrne Deacon John Tomasicchio

Mrs. Kathleen Bredberg…………………………. Secretary Mrs. Ruthann DiMauro…………………………. . Secretary Mrs. Maxine Martin……………………………. Bookkeeper

Mr. Stephen Mandracchia…………………………. Trustee Mrs. Joanie Rotar……………………………………Trustee Mrs. Karen Reiber...………….Parish Council Chairperson

St. Stephen Religious Education Program

Phone: 845-986-2231 Mrs. Lydia vanDuynhoven………………………….Director Mrs. Marla Silbernagel…………………………….Assistant Mrs. Joanie Rotar………………………………….Secretary

St. Stephen - St. Edward School

Phone : 845–986-3533 • Fax: 845-987-7023 Grades Pre-K to Eight Accredited by AdvancED and the Archdiocese of New York Mrs. Bethany Negersmith………………………….Principal

St. Stephen Cemetery 98 Galloway Road, Warwick, NY 10990

Liturgy, Prayer, and Sacrament Mass Schedule

Saturday Evening: 5:00 p.m. Sunday: 7:30 a.m., 9:00 a.m., 10:30 a.m., 12:15 p.m.

Weekdays: 7:00 a.m., Monday, Tuesday and Thursday 9:00 a.m., Monday to Saturday

Spanish Mass: 7:00 p.m. First and Third Saturdays

Holydays: Please check the bulletin. Morning Prayer: 8:40 a.m., Monday through Saturday Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament: Fridays 7:30-8:30 p.m. First Fridays 7:30 p.m. until Saturday, 8:15 a.m. Reconciliation: Saturdays: 3:30-4:30 p.m. Appointments may be made for emergencies Anointing of the Sick

Administered to the seriously ill. Holy Communion is brought to the homebound. Call the parish office. Baptism

First four Sundays of every month at 2:00 p.m.. Baptisms are not ordinarily held in Lent. Instructions on first Wednesday and third Saturday. Call the parish office for an appointment. Marriage

Parishioners should make arrangements at least six months before the wedding. Call the parish office for an appointment. New Parishioners Welcome to St. Stephen Parish. Please call or visit the parish office to register. Registration helps us to serve you more efficiently, especially in matters such as testi-monial letters, sponsor certificates and school registra-tion. Sponsor Certificates

Sponsoring someone for baptism or confirmation? Please call ahead during the week or see a priest or deacon on Sunday if you need a sponsor certificate. Vocations

Are you interested in becoming a priest, religious or deacon? Speak to Fr. Jack Arlotta.

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Saturday, November 26 5:00 Anna Johanna Wulff Sunday, November 27, First Sunday in Advent 7:30 Mary Lou Vettel 9:00 Msgr. James P. Cassidy 10:30 Theresa D’Esposito 12:15 Anthony Verrilli

Monday, November 28 7:00 Mary Belasco 9:00 Anna Tito Tuesday, November 29 7:00 John A. White 9:00 Edward Chrzanowskit Wednesday, November 30, St. Andrew, Apostle 9:00 Robert Larkin Thursday, December 1 7:00 Eugene Maloney 9:00 Paul C. Maass Friday, December 2 9:00 Timothy Dempsey Saturday, December 3, St. Francis Xavier, Priest 9:00 John Edward English

Weekend Mass 5:00 Deceased members of the Martin & Reilly Families 7:00 Spanish Mass Sunday, December 4, 7:30 Robert Bogdanski 9:00 Duffy, Gingras, Fomia, and McKee Families 10:30 James & Gertrude McGovern 12:15 Ruth Arline & Louis Pupello

To everything there is a season

and a time for every purpose

under Heaven...

...a time to love… Please pray for all married couples and

those preparing for marriage.

...a time to be born Please pray for all children, born and unborn.

...a time to heal... Please pray for all who are ill, especially: Mike Aiello, Hank Beattie, Kyle Bredberg, Louise Bonomi, Jeanne & Lawrence Brodhead, Virginia Connors, Tom Coughlin, Stephen DeGloria, Heba Conway, Jerry & Antonina DeMarmels, Michael Derych Sr., Colleen Devlin, Jean Fay, Gina Eccher, Sandy Florio, Maria Gabor, Karen Gingras, Loukas Glykas, Nick Givas, Nicholas Jesus, Ellen Glebocki, Joanna, Joyce Hillmann, John Kazmarzyk, Claire Kempinger, Lynne Koval, Marie Lackner, Ian Laroe, Cora Lattanzio, Rev. Peter Madori, Ann Marie Malcolmson, Donna Meduski, Joanna Mera-Krinsky, Donald Milligan, Dorothy Murphy, Linda Murphy, Pat O’Connor, Msgr. Joaquin Olendzki, Anna & Ralph Poternoster, Dani Pedlow, Cathy Priest, James Quinn, John Quinn, Peggy Reilly, Danny Scott, Bruce Sewall, Gregg Snigul, Sean Solan, Michael Stubbmann, Helen Taranto, Rosita Tytell, James Vassek, Isabella Vonuchtrup, Florence Wasserman, Lisa Weisbrod, Coire Welch, Georgine Wendel, Justin Wilson, and Kimberly Wittekind.

...a time for war; a time for peace... Sgt. Heather Baumann, Darren Beers Aviation Mechanic, Pvt. 2 Nicolas D’Ancona (AF), Capt. Edward Dauphin, Michael Cprl. Gerard, James McGill, Captain Jason Mazzella (AF), PFC Stephen McCall, Pvt. Timothy Merrill (AF), staff Sgt. Bilitis Rangel (AF), Sgt. 1st. Class Thomas Sala, Ensign Julian Stuart, Sgt. John Trojanoski, Specialist Grant Watson (AF).

...a time to die… Please pray for the soul of William J. Clark, Jr.. May his soul and the souls of all the faithful departed, through the

mercy of God, rest in peace, Amen. Having a Mass Said

Mass Cards are available during the week - 9am to 4pm.

The donation for an announced Mass is $15; for an unannounced Mass it is $10.

Please pay by check or exact change. Thank you.

Altar Society Appointments

Team 3 Mary Ann Eggler, Marie Sisti, & Christine Sears

First Week of

Advent

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Your Gifts to the Parish Collections for Sunday, November 20th will appear

in the December 4th bulletin.

Remaining mortgage: $84,532 (regular quarterly payments will clear this by 2018)

Give to St. Stephen’s On-line

Instead of remembering to bring your weekly collection every week, Parish Pay will deduct monthly contribu-tions directly from your checking, savings, or credit card account. There is no cost to you to participate! You may now give on ANY DAY of each month or split your do-nation between different days!

Go to www.parishpay.com and locate St. Stephen, Warwick or call 866-727-4741.

Shopping Cards SR & PC Sales for October were $48,745

(Profit - $2,150)

Shop Rite - $20, $25, $50, and $100 Price Chopper - $25, $50, and $100

The parish receives 5% of SR sales & 2% of PC sales. Many retail cards are available! Percentage received for Retail Gift Cards

varies from1% to 16%.

Support the parish while you shop!!!

Available after Mass on weekends and at the parish office Monday-Friday - 9:00a.m. to 3:30p.m.

Please pay by check or exact change!

It’s not too early to order gift cards for Christmas! Check online at ShopWithScrip.com

to see cards available to order!

Altar Server Schedule

December 3 5:00 pm Ryan Tashman, Aidan Loeffler, Brendan Eder

December 4 7:30 am Arden Hallett, Aidan Corrigan, Eric & Alex Bodeker 9:00 am Maya Antonelli, Kieran DeHaan, Morgan Mangual, Rachel Nelson 10:30 am Hentry McKenna, Steven Goldstein, Dominic & Elsie Mele 12:15 pm Anthony & John Roca, Josephine McCabe

This Sunday, with the First Sunday of Advent, be-gins the new church year. The liturgical cycle will be Year A. You will see posted at the doors of the church the Christmas Mass schedule. Looking at last year’s Christmas attendance some changes were made. Instead of eight Masses there are now six Masses for that weekend. Please take note and spread the word around. The Christmas eve Masses have become the most attended of the Masses so plan accordingly.

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Please take note of the many offerings for the upcoming month of December:

Saturday, December 3 and 10 - First Penance for our young children at 11:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m.

Sunday, December 4, 3:00 pm - Purchase College Quartet will play a selection of holiday music.

Saturday, December 10 - Breakfast with Santa sponsored by the Warwick Valley Knights in the school gym from 9 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Reservations are necessary.

Saturday, December 10 at 7p.m. - Spanish Mass in honor of Our Lady of Guadalupe

Sunday, December 11, 4 p.m. - Warwick Chorale Concert at St. Stephen’s Church

Wednesday, December 14 - Magnus MacFarlane- Barrow, Founder of Mary’s Meals, will speak in the church at 6:30 pm about the wonderful work they do in providing children with a meal in school.

Friday, December 16 at 7 p.m. - Evening of Re-membrance sponsored by Lazear-Smith & Vander Plaat Memorial Home.

December 17/18 - Blessing of Baby Jesus after all of the Masses.

Monday, December 19—3:00 to 8:00—Archdiocesan-wide reconciliation. Confessions will be heard in every church of the diocese.

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Our Lady of Fatima Statue

Gather together and pray the Rosary each night.

Sign up in the parish office to bring home the statue for one week!

Sunday pick up and Saturday drop off.

"...In this world I cannot see the Most High Son of God with my own eyes, except for His Most Holy Body and

Blood." - St. Francis of Assisi

Holy Hour Come spend some

time with our Lord!

Friday night from 7:30 to 8:30

Adoration is an invitation to intimate conversation with God. We look at God and God looks at us.

For more information, please call Anna at 545-5974.

Bread of Life Catholic Bible Study Thursdays at 10 a.m. • Hospitality Room

The new Liturgical Year has begun. Our study books are available in the church office for $15.00 Join with us to study and prepare for each Sunday’s Liturgy. Please call 986-1521 with questions or more information.

Now on-line at St. Stephen’s Parish

Something for everyone! Audio Talks, Programs, Movies & E-Books too!

Subscribe today with Parish Code

ZNVQV3 and continue your journey of faith!

Baby Bottle Campaign!

Thank you to all who contributed to the baby bottle campaign. If you haven’t already done so, please

return your bottle to the Church office.

Monies collected benefit Mother’s Cupboard and other pro-life efforts.

The Altar Society Needs Your Help! St. Stephen’s Altar Society needs assistance in

maintaining the altar vessels and linens. Please call Kathi at 986-2663 to volunteer or for more information.

Attention All Ushers! We would like to have an accurate roster of our ushers

with contact information. There will be a clip-board on the gift table again next weekend. Please make sure to enter

your information. Thank you!

To Share the Faith!

Fifth Grade Catechists Monday at 4:30

Wednesday at 2:45

Substitutes Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday afternoon and Saturday morning

Call Lydia at 986-2231

God doesn’t call the qualified, He qualifies the called.”

Please consider yourself called!

27th Annual National Night of Prayer for Life

Holy Hour For Life December 8 at 9am

St. Mary’s Church Chapel 50 Ball Street, Port Jervis, NY

Mass for the Feast of the Immaculate Conception will be held at 7pm.

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Be Prepared Be prepared. It’s that simple. As this Advent season opens before us, the Lord Jesus summons us to stand ready for his coming.

At this time of year much of our attention is focused on being prepared for the details that accompany the holiday season. We purchase gifts; we decorate our homes, inside and out; we prepare foods that we eat only during the holidays; we write and send Christmas cards; we attend holiday concerts; we prepare either to welcome family and friends into our homes or arrange for visits to their homes. We really can’t escape the details that make up the season.

Perhaps this Advent is a time to attend to all those details with a different spin. As we prepare to celebrate the feast of Christmas, why not be deliberate about ac-knowledging the presence of the Lord as we go about these tasks? The Lord often comes to us in wonderfully surprising ways. Let us be prepared. Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co., Inc.

Advent November 27 to

December 24 Beginning the Church's liturgical year, Advent (from, "ad-venire" in Latin or "to come to") is the season encompassing the four Sundays (and weekdays) lead-ing up to the celebration of Christmas.

The Advent season is a time of preparation that directs our hearts and minds to Christ’s second coming at the end of time and also to the anniversary of the Lord’s birth on Christmas. The final days of Advent, from December 17 to December 24, focus particularly on our preparation for the celebrations of the Nativity of our Lord (Christmas). Advent devotions including the Advent Wreath, remind us of the meaning of the season.

We are pleased to announce that the founder of Mary's Meals, Magnus MacFarlane-Barrow will be in the United States in December and will be our guest speaker! Mark your calendar now for December 14 @ 6:30pm. Seating is limited. Please contact the Religious Ed office to secure your tickets at reledoffice@gmail.com or 986-2231, or stop in the church office after masses.

Magnus MacFarlane-Barrow

Founder of Mary’s Meals and author of

A Shed That Fed a Million Children

Wednesday, December 14 St. Stephen Church 6:30pm Doors open at 6:00pm Free Will Offering for Mary’s Meals SCHOOL + FOOD = HOPE

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Christmas Altar

The beautiful poinsettias and Christmas decorations on the altar and church each year are the generous gifts of many families and friends. Please help us beautify the altar and church again this Christmas.

I want to make an offering: $15.00 ____ $30.00 ____ $45.00 ____ Other $ ____.

You may wish to add in memory of:

Name __________________________Telephone ___________ Address_____________________________________________ Envelope #_____________

Please make your check payable to St. Stephen Church. Mail or leave in the church office.

Breakfast with Santa

December 10 • 9am to 11am St. Stephen, St. Edward School Gym

Waffles, sausage and potatoes will be served.

Santa will be giving a new toy to all boys and girls.

Admission is a gift of the Knights of Columbus. Reservations are required. Please call Ernie at 986-8035 or Bob at 986-4554.

Warwick Valley Chorale Holiday Concerts

Friday, December 2, 7:00pm Grace Episcopal Church

115 Main Street, Middletown

Friday, December 9, 7:00pm Goshen United Methodist Church

115 Main Street, Goshen

Sunday, December 11, 4:00pm St. Stephen, the First Martyr

Admission is free! • Donations cheerfully accepted!

Winding Through Warwick Holiday House Tour

Saturday, December 3rd 10am to 4pm

Five distinctive, private homes will be open to the public, showcasing their holiday collections, festive décor and

unique holiday entertainment ideas. Live holiday music is performed in each home by members of the

Warwick Valley High School Orchestra.

Self-guided tour • $30 Registration from 9:30 - 12:30

Mount Alverno Center, 20 Grand St, Warwick

Proceeds benefit St. Anthony Community Hospital!

Visit www.windingthroughwarwick.com Or call 845-368-5151.

Prepare the Way - Jesus is Coming!

St. Joseph Advent Parish Mission with the Franciscan Friar of the Renewal

Monday, Dec 5th at 7pm • Adoration & Reconciliation

Tuesday, Dec 6th at 7pm • Healing Procession

14 Glenmere Avenue, Florida, NY

“Prayer is putting oneself in the hands of God.” St. Mother Teresa

Alamo Christmas Store Gifts and Volunteers needed!

December 16, 17, and 18

Winter is a difficult time for local farm workers as work is limited and there are increased needs to pay for food and other necessities. The Alamo Christmas Store provides them with an opportunity to shop for their families at rea-sonable prices. All funds raised are returned to the pro-grams of the Alamo.

The Alamo is asking for donations of new items and for volunteers to help at the store. Lists of suggested items to be donated and volunteer opportunities may be found in the atrium or the church office. For more information email kbrieger@hrhcare.org or call Nicky at 838-7015.

Celebration of the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe

Spanish Mass in St. Stephen’s Church Saturday, December 10 at 7pm

Pot luck Reception to follow in the School Cafeteria

Please bring flowers for Our Lady and food to share.

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Hope Chest Thrift Boutique (non-profit upscale clothing)

The Treasure Chest (home goods)

The Clothing Closet (free clothes to those in need)

20 Schoolhouse Road, Pine Island, NY Thursday & Saturday 10-1

Shoppers, Volunteers and Donations Welcome!

For more information contact: visionclothingcloset@gmail.com

Shopping/Bus Trip to NYC Wednesday, December 14

Sponsored by St. Columba, Chester

Leave St. Columba at 9:00am Drop off at Bryant Park for a day of Shopping.

P/U at. 6:30pm Cost is $30 per person

Contact Sue Anne Volgelsberg at 845-783-6107.

Project Care

Volunteers will provide a meal for a family in an emer-gency, visit and shop for someone who is homebound, or drive someone to and from a medical appointment.

Call 845-986-3292.

St. Stephen Women’s Sodality Christmas Luncheon

Tuesday, December 13th at Noon Landmark Inn

Sodality and Catholic Daughter members, as we as other guests, are welcome to join us.

The cost is $29 per person and the final date for pay-ment is December 1st.

Please reserve your seats by calling Christine at 986-6825.