MASSES WEEKDAY MASSES Monday - Friday 6:45 am 9:00 am Saturday Morning 8:30 am December 27, 2020 RECTORY OFFICE 631.261.1077 • Fax 631.757.0572 www.saintanthonyofpadua.org Office Hours: Monday - Friday: 9:00 am - 8:00 pm Saturday & Sunday: 9:00 am - 8:00 pm OUR MISSION Saint Anthony of Padua Parish is a welcoming, loving Catholic community, centered in Christ and guided by the Holy Spirit. Together we celebrate the liturgy in prayer and sacrament; we educate our children and adults in the faith; we support and reach out to those in need. We believe the Holy Spirit is calling us to con- tinue: to love one another as Jesus loves us, to share the word of God and to serve both within and beyond our Parish family. PASTORAL STAFF TRINITY REGIONAL SCHOOL Principal: Mrs. Pat Ayers • 631.261.5130 PARISH OUTREACH 631.261.1695 • Office Hours Mon. - Fri. 10 am - 2 pm RELIGIOUS EDUCATION 631.261.1306 • Mon. - Thurs. 10 am - 3 pm (closed 12-30-1:30) St. Anthony of Padua ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH 20 Cheshire Place, East Northport, New York 11731 THIS MONTH WE CELEBRATE Sunday 7:30 am 9:00 am (Family Liturgy) 10:30 am (Choral Mass) 10:30 am (Spanish Mass Lower Church) 12:00 noon 7:00 pm (Teen Mass) Feast of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph Rev. Edward Sheridan, Pastor 261-1077 ext. 202 Rev. Valentine Ofomata, Associate Pastor 261-1077 ext. 203 Rev. Rajan Savarimuthu, Associate Pastor 261-1077 ext. 204 Robert Braun, Deacon Judy Corbellini, RCIA 261-1077 Ann Finley, Adult Faith Formation 261-1077 ext. 208 Patricia Seibert, Coordinator of Religious Education, 261-1306 ext. 226 Valerie Raineri, Administrator of Religious Education, 261-1306 ext. 224 Karen Humphreys, Parish Outreach Coordinator 261-1695 ext. 230 Joe Chiovarelli, Youth Minister 261-1077 ext. 209 Bill Margiotta, Music Director 261-1077 ext. 205 Don Ferrer, Business Manager 261-1077 ext. 206 Maricelle Jalbuena, Parish Secretary 261-1077 ext. 200 Saturday Evening 5:00 pm HOLY DAYS As announced in the bulletin WEEKEND MASSES
Office Hours: Monday - Friday: 9:00 am - 8:00 pm Saturday & Sunday: 9:00 am - 8:00 pm
OUR MISSIONSaint Anthony of Padua Parish is a welcoming, loving Catholic community, centered in Christ and guided by the Holy Spirit.
Together we celebrate the liturgy in prayer and sacrament; we educate our children and adults in the faith; we support and reach out to those in need.
We believe the Holy Spirit is calling us to con-tinue: to love one another as Jesus loves us, to share the word of God and to serve both within and beyond our Parish family.
PASTORAL STAFF
TRINITY REGIONAL SCHOOL Principal: Mrs. Pat Ayers • 631.261.5130PARISH OUTREACH 631.261.1695 • Office Hours Mon. - Fri. 10 am - 2 pmRELIGIOUS EDUCATION 631.261.1306 • Mon. - Thurs. 10 am - 3 pm (closed 12-30-1:30)
St. Anthony of PaduaR O M A N C A T H O L I C C H U R C H2 0 C h e s h i r e P l a c e , E a s t N o r t h p o r t , N ew Yo r k 11731
THIS MONTH WE CELEBRATE
Sunday 7:30 am 9:00 am (Family Liturgy) 10:30 am (Choral Mass) 10:30 am (Spanish Mass Lower Church) 12:00 noon 7:00 pm (Teen Mass)
Feast of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph
Rev. Edward Sheridan, Pastor 261-1077 ext. 202
Rev. Valentine Ofomata, Associate Pastor 261-1077 ext. 203
Rev. Rajan Savarimuthu, Associate Pastor 261-1077 ext. 204
Robert Braun, Deacon
Judy Corbellini, RCIA 261-1077
Ann Finley, Adult Faith Formation 261-1077 ext. 208
Patricia Seibert, Coordinator of Religious Education, 261-1306 ext. 226
Valerie Raineri, Administrator of Religious Education, 261-1306 ext. 224
, 2020 Again a Blessed and Merry Christmas to all from all of us at Saint Anthony’s. My Dear Parishioners, As we celebrate the great solemnity of Christmas, we recognize that “Emmanuel”, Our God is with us. This year we especially pray for an end to the pandemic. We know this has been an especially difficult time for each of you during this pandemic. My prayer is that the Prince of Peace be with you and those you love this Christmas Season to re-invigorate and heal all of us! May Christ bring Peace to our Nation and our World. We truly appreciate your Christmas offerings, Flower offerings, Novena offerings, and all you do for our parish, our Outreach program and our St. Vincent DePaul Conference here at St Anthony’s. FYI, if you want to start contributing on-line, please go to the parish website. You can click on parish and on-line giving for donations as well. St. Anthony’s Parish has a great history of generosity. This year it is so very much appreciated. During this critical time, we have provided assistance to those who have asked for help. Let us know if you need help! We certainly appreciate your continued generosity this Christmas, which will assist us in serving you. May Emmanuel, Jesus Christ, the Prince of Peace, bring you joy and His love this Christmas and may His blessings be upon you especially for good health in the New Year.
May I extend these Christmas greetings to you,
announcing again as the angel announced more than
two-thousand years ago: “Glory to God in the highest
and peace to His people on earth!”
I want to thank all of you who tried to help us with social
distancing during the Christmas Masses. I especially
want to thank Freddie Leonardo, the ushers, and the
lectors and Eucharistic ministers, and Peggy Rupnick
and Phil Sweeney, and all who helped us to coordinate
the logistics for these Masses. A special word of thanks
to Bill Margiotta and our Music Ministry cantors, organ-
ists, choir for all their beautiful voices!
Future Youth and Parish Planning: As I mentioned last week, in working through the pandemic, we need to make some important decisions for our youth in the faith that we all cherish. We would like to strengthen and grow our youth group with its great tradition here at St. Anthony’s parish. Over the years, the youth group has been active at the Sunday evening Mass. In discussing this with our priests and staff and also with our neighboring pastors, we are looking to develop a regional youth experience for our young people building on our youth group here at St. Anthony’s. In order to support this new initiative, as of Sunday January 24
th, the evening Mass on Sunday will be
moved from 7pm till 5pm. This will also allow us to have the Youth involved in activities and meetings after the 5pm Mass. The 7pm Mass has been sparsely attended over a long period of time, so we hope the move to 5pm will also encourage more parishioners and especially our youth to attend the Mass at 5pm. I ask your cooperation and your patience as we try to do what is best for our youth and our parish. Thanks for your understanding and cooperation. Hail and Blessed be the hour and the moment in which the Son of God was born of the most pure Virgin Mary at Midnight in Bethlehem in piercing cold. In that hour vouchsafe oh my God to hear my prayer and grant my desire through the merits of our Savior Jesus Christ and his Blessed Mother. Amen. (Prayer to Obtain Special Favor/Novena to St Andrew from Nov 30th till Christmas)
Prayers for a Healthy Happy and Holy New Year.
Fr. Ed
Pastor
The Celebration of the Sacraments
Baptism
Baptisms are normally celebrated at 2:00PM on
scheduled Sundays in a month. Please call the
Parish office to arrange for a meeting with a Parish
Priest and to register for the baptismal class which is
normally held on the 4th Monday of each month at
7:30PM.
Marriage
Couples should make an appointment with a Priest
at least eight months prior to the wedding. A
Marriage Preparation Program is required.
Anointing of the Sick
Anyone seriously ill, elderly, or prior to an operation
should be anointed with the Sacrament of the
Anointing of the Sick. Please speak with one of the
Priests to make the arrangements.
Communion for the Homebound
Anyone who cannot attend Mass due to illness or
age may receive Communion at home. Please call
the Rectory office to make arrangements.
Reconciliation (Confession)
Every Saturday from 4:00PM to 4:45PM in the
Church and on the Thursday before the First Friday
of every month after the 9:00AM Mass. Individual
confessions may be arranged by calling the Rectory
office.
Interested in becoming a Catholic or completing
your Sacraments?
The Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA) is the
process by which adults are brought into the
Catholic Church. If you have never been baptized,
confirmed or received first Holy Communion or if
you are a member of another Christian Church and
wish to become a member of the Catholic Church,
contact Judy Corbellini at 631-261-1077 and leave a
message. Holy Orders - Priesthood
Those young men interested in preparing for or
learning more about the Priesthood, please contact
Isn't There Anyone Who Knows What Christmas is All About? -Charlie Brown
The best explanation I ever heard was the one Linus gave to Charlie Brown...
And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were so afraid. And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior,
which is Christ the Lord. And this shall be a sign unto you; You shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger. And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying, Glory to God in the highest, and on Earth peace, good will toward men.'" Gospel of Luke, [King James Version]
We want to thank all of you who support us in everything we do. It is with your generous help that we can do God's work. We wish all our parishioners a very Blessed Christmas Season and a Spirit-filled New Year.
St. Anthony’s Peanut Butter & Jelly/Mission Gang Our next PBJ/Mission Gang will meet Saturday, January 2nd in the lower church. Everyone must e-mail RSVP if you would like to help us. Please arrive by 8:50am. We end by 10:30.
Join the dozens of wonderful people who attend each month to help feed the hungry. PBJ/Mission Sponsors: Fred Leonardo, Maryann Sacher, John & Susan Vizzi, Shane & Helena
Rogers, Claudia & Frank Cetta, Ann & Bob Dabkowski, Deacon Bob Braun.
We rely on financial donations to sustain our ministry.
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Children—Family—Faith Formation
The Holy Family of Jesus Mary and Joseph Holy Gospel of St. Luke 2:22-40
The time came for Joseph and Mary to perform
the ceremony of purification, as the Law of
Moses commanded. So, they took the child to
Jerusalem to present him to the Lord, as it is written
in the law of the Lord: “Every first-born male is to be dedicated to the
Lord.” They also went to offer a sacrifice of a pair of doves or two young
pigeons, as required by the law of the Lord. When Joseph and Mary had
finished doing all that was required by the law of the Lord, they re-
turned to their hometown of Nazareth.
The child grew and became strong; he was full of wisdom, and God's
grace was upon him.
Hello! God’s Children! Jesus’ parents, Mary, and Joseph took Jesus to
the Temple, to present Him to God as was their custom. Then they
took Him home again and it is at home He grew strong, smarter, and
learned the art of a loving relationship. Jesus was a human child just
like you. He grew up in a family and a Jewish community. He had a hunger to know God more and
more.
Children! You are blessed with a family, and a community of St. Anthony of Padua.
It is a place of belonging – a place to be nurtured and loved and given strength
and encouragement to grow and become the person God created you to be. You
can learn wisdom and responsibility by imitation and correction. They will teach
and encourage you. Be thankful for them. Love them. Listen to them. Imitate
them. Help them.
Dear Jesus, thank you for bestowing upon our family a new, fresh year, help us to grow like you
and makes us new.
In this new year: May the Lord Jesus
bless you with love, fun, wisdom,
happiness, and good health.
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Christmas Flower Envelopes: OOPS! - It appears the Christmas Flower offering envelopes were not in some of the mailings you received with the Christmas Schedule and Greetings! This is an important envelope for the parish. It also gives all an opportunity to memorialize loved ones. In January we will be listing all the contributions to the flowers which decorate St. Anthony’s church and a list
of those memorialized at Christmas. It is a beautiful way to bring our loved ones to mind during this season of Love at Christmas! Please consider using these Christmas flower envelopes. It will make a difference!
Christmas Novena- What is a Novena and what is the significance of a novena?
A novena is a nine-day period of private or public prayer to obtain special
graces, and to implore special favors, or make special petitions. A novena is
an ancient tradition of devotional praying in Christianity consisting of private
or public prayers repeated for nine successive days or weeks. Traditionally
here at St Anthony’s there have been these Christmas Novena of Masses
offered from Christmas Day through January 2nd
. There are Spiritual
Bouquet cards which can be used to remember our loved ones during the
Christmas season. You can find them throughout the Church. When you fill
in your loved ones names with a donation, please leave them in the collection or special box
provided in the church. They will be placed in the sanctuary as a sign of our prayers for those
who have gone before us!
Online Giving: Please consider making an automatic contribution each week to the parish. You can do so by going to the parish website: Saintanthonyofpadua.org. Click on parish and then go to Online giving to create an account. You will have the option to make a one time or recurring donation. Thanks so much for considering this important option.
Thanks for all you offer to Saint Anthony of Padua parish. It truly makes a difference! God Bless you!
Christmas Flowers, Novenas & Online Giving
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Outreach
Our Faith in Action Current needs For the Huntington Interfaith Homeless Initiative: Cases of water, granola or power bars, warm
socks, men’s undergarments (size medium), hand and foot warmers.
Parish Outreach is one of the tangible ways the St. Anthony of Padua community fulfills Jesus’
command to love our neighbors who are hurting financially, emotionally or physically.
Our office and volunteers provide residents of East Northport with:
Community referrals and information on social services
Budget counseling and emergency financial help for housing, utilities, etc.
Emergency food (with the parish food pantry and government programs)
Heating help through the Home Energy Assistance Program and Project Warmth
Transportation to medical visits and food shopping
Compassionate care, telephone reassurance, and bereavement support
Job and career guidance
For help or to join our dedicated volunteers, call 631-261-1695
Office: 125 Fifth Ave., basement on east end of Trinity Regional School
Society of St. Vincent de Paul Neighbors helping neighbors
“Feed my Lambs” is the weekly request of the SVDP society to parishioners to bring to Church the one or two items of which the Food Pantry is in low supply. This week’s items are: 1 lb packages of rice, canned fruit, cereal, tuna fish,
rice/pasta sides, shelf milk (all types), juices, pancake mix & syrup, and coffee. Of course any other items you wish to donate will be gratefully accepted, but the items that we are concentrating on will help us ensure that these items will be in supply for our clients. All items can be left in the rear of the Church before and after all weekend Masses. Please do not leave perishable items, opened items, clothing items, or household items in the Vestibule Food bin. Thank you!
Feed My Lambs
PLEASE REMEMBER OUR POOR BOX!
CATHOLICISM DVD SERIES
CREATED BY BISHOP ROBERT E. BARRON
THE CATHOLICISM SERIES DVDS ARE AVAILABLE ON LOAN.
THE SUBJECTS ARE:
INTRODUCTION DVD 50 THEOLOGICAL QUESTIONS
DVD 1/2 THE REVELATION OF GOD BECAME MAN.
THE TEACHINGS OF JESUS.
DVD 3/4 THE MYSTERY OF GOD.
MARY THE MOTHER OF GOD.
DVD 5/6 PETER, PAUL AND THE MISSIONARY ADVENTURE.
THE MYSTICAL UNION OF CHRIST AND THE CHURCH.
DVD 7/8 THE MYSTERY OF THE LITURGY AND THE EUCHARIST.
THE COMMUNION OF SAINTS.
DVD 9/10 PRAYER AND THE LIFE OF THE SPIRIT.
WORLD WITHOUT END.
IT IS NOT NECESSARY TO REQUEST THE ENTIRE SERIES AT ONCE. EACH DVD HAS
SEPARATE SUBJECTS. TO REQUEST A LOAN OF ONE OR MORE OF THESE DVD’S, CALL
ANN @ 631 261 1077 EXT. 208 AND LEAVE A MESSAGE.
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Religious Education
The Religious Education Office will be
closed December 23, 2020-January 3 2021.
The Office will re-open
January 4, 2021.
A HEARTFELT THANK YOU!!!
The staff of Religious Education is very grateful to those who
answered God’s call to be a Catechist to teach the Catholic Faith to the 1153
children in our Religious Education Program.
OFFICE HOURS Monday through Thursday - 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM - Closed for lunch 12:30 PM to 1:30 PM
By appointment only Closed Friday and Saturday
Phone: 631-261-1306 Email: [email protected] Please visit our website for additional information or to download forms:
www.saintanthonyofpadua.org
Religion & Rock
Tune into “Religion and Rock” with Msgr. Jim Vlaun on Sunday from 7:00 AM – 8:00 AM on WBAB 102.3 FM or 95.3 PM on Long Island’s East End. Listen on Saturdays at 11:00 PM on Sirius Radio, Channel 159, the Catholic Channel and at 11:00 PM on XM Satellite, Channel 117. Next Sunday’s theme is “Being Excited!” Don’t miss it! To listen online or receive more information regarding Religion and Rock, go to www.ReligionandRock.com or at “Religion and Rock” on ITUNES. Don’t forget to tune into CATHOLIC FAITH NETWORK, Cablevision Channel 29/137 or Verizon FIOS 296 or visit www.cfntv.org!
Parish Outreach has again been selected as a “Share the Love” hometown charity by EMPIRE SUBARU of Huntington. For every new vehicle purchased or leased through Jan. 4, 2021, Subaru will donate $250 to the purchaser’s choice of participating charities, including St. Anthony of Padua Parish Outreach. In the past, Subaru has generously donated $65 million to many national and local charities. It also has conducted coat drives for Parish Outreach clients. Please support those who support our community.
A special thank you to Bishop Luis Romero for coming out to our parish to celebrate the Spanish Mass this past Sunday, December 20. Bishop Romero (Most Reverend Luis Miguel Romero Fernández) has the uniquely fitting assignment of Vicar (representative) to the Spanish speaking congregations of the Diocese of Rockville Centre. He was originally ordained a priest in Spain, later serving 25 years in Latin America including as the head of a large university and the head of an organization of Latin American universities. We are highly honored to have him here on Long Island and to have him spend a morning in prayer with us. Feliz Navidad!
Un agradecimiento especial a Obispo Luis Romero por venir a nuestra parroquia para celebrar la misa española el
pasado domingo 20 de diciembre. El obispo Romero (Reverendo Luis Miguel Romero Fernández) tiene la asignación
única de Vicario (representante de) las congregaciones de habla española de la diócesis del centro de Rockville.
Originalmente fue ordenado sacerdote en España, sirviendo más tarde 25 años en América Latina, incluyendo el jefe
de una gran universidad y el jefe de una organización de universidades latinoamericanas. Nos sentimos muy honrados
de tenerlo aquí en Long Island y de pasar una mañana orando con nosotros. Feliz Navidad!
News from the Hispanic Community
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