Salus Animarum Suprema Lex

Douglaston-Little Neck

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Douglaston, NY 11362Douglaston, NY 11362Douglaston, NY 11362Douglaston, NY 11362----1135113511351135 Phone: (718) 631Phone: (718) 631Phone: (718) 631Phone: (718) 631----4454445444544454

Fax: (718) 631Fax: (718) 631Fax: (718) 631Fax: (718) 631----1774177417741774 Email: info@stanastasia.infoEmail: info@stanastasia.infoEmail: info@stanastasia.infoEmail: info@stanastasia.info

Rev. Msgr. George J. Ryan, Pastor

Rev. William A. McLaughlin Rev. Chris J. Piasta, OFM

Rev. Msgr. Michael J. Cantley, S.T.D., Pastor Emeritus

Rectory Office Hours:Rectory Office Hours:Rectory Office Hours:Rectory Office Hours: Monday to Friday 9:15 AM to 8 PM

Saturday 9:15 AM to 1 PM

Mrs. Betty Harris, Secretary

Mrs. Ann Larkin, Accounting Admin.

St. Anastasia School:St. Anastasia School:St. Anastasia School:St. Anastasia School: 45-11 245th Street

Mrs. Lucy Mihulka, Principal Mrs. Cindy Roma-McCann, Assist. Princ.

Phone: (718) 631-3153; (718) 631-3155 Email: school@stanastasia.info

Religious Education & CCD Office:Religious Education & CCD Office:Religious Education & CCD Office:Religious Education & CCD Office: Mrs. Janine Kramer, Directress

Phone: (718) 225-5191 Email: dre@stanastasia.info

Music Minister:Music Minister:Music Minister:Music Minister: Mr. Joseph C. Extejt

Weekend Masses:Weekend Masses:Weekend Masses:Weekend Masses:

Saturday Vigil at 5:30

Sundays 8 AM, 10 AM, 12 PM & 5 PM

Weekday Masses:Weekday Masses:Weekday Masses:Weekday Masses: Monday thru Saturday at 8:30 AM

Sacrament of Reconciliation:Sacrament of Reconciliation:Sacrament of Reconciliation:Sacrament of Reconciliation: Saturdays 4—4:30 PM

Holy Days and Special Liturgies:Holy Days and Special Liturgies:Holy Days and Special Liturgies:Holy Days and Special Liturgies: Mass schedules will be printed in the

Bulletin at the appropriate time.

Devotions:Devotions:Devotions:Devotions: Miraculous Medal Novena:

Mondays after 8:30 AM Mass

PARISH MEMBERSHIP:PARISH MEMBERSHIP:PARISH MEMBERSHIP:PARISH MEMBERSHIP:

All new families are welcome to the Parish and every family should be properly registered.

Registration forms are available at the Rectory.

Use of the electronic giving (Faith Direct) or envelope system is required if statement of

contribution is sought for tax purposes. All parishioners should use either one of the do-

nation forms. If you move or change your address, please notify the Rectory by mail.

SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM:SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM:SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM:SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM:

First Sunday of each month at 1:30 PM only. Parents should make arrangements by call-

ing the Rectory no later than 2 weeks before the Baptism.

Parents mustmustmustmust attend the Baptism instructions beforebeforebeforebefore Baptism

SACRAMENT OF MATRIMONY:SACRAMENT OF MATRIMONY:SACRAMENT OF MATRIMONY:SACRAMENT OF MATRIMONY:

Time available: Saturday 11 AM-3 PM; Sunday 2:30 PM-3 PM

Couples must make arrangements six months prior to the selected date of their marriage

and fullyfullyfullyfully participate in the “Pre-Cana” Parish at home.

R.C.I.A. (Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults)R.C.I.A. (Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults)R.C.I.A. (Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults)R.C.I.A. (Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults)

It is the process for adults wishing to become Catholic, complete their sacramental initia-

tion, or attain full membership in the Church. For further information, please contact

Ms. Janine Kramer

November 16, 2008

Thirty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time

■ ANNOUNCEMENTS November 16, 2008 ST. ANASTASIA BULLETIN

Leisure Club News

T rip to Atlantic City $30. pp on Monday, November

17, 2008. For more information call Peg McKeon at (718) 428-2833.

Outreach Committee

G etting to Know You Want some company?

Need some help? Have a neighbor in need? Want to help? Let us know! The Outreach Committee Hotline is (347) 481-5477. St. Anastasia’s Outreach Com-mittee is a group of parishion-ers who have come together to offer services (visits, errands, etc.) to those in need. We’re ready and waiting for your call! Healing Mass

T uesday, November 18, 2008 at Immaculate Con-

ception Center at 7200 Doug-laston Parkway in Douglaston. Schedule: 7 PM Rosary, Mass & Healing Service. For more info call: (718) 229-8001. Help the Homeless

H omeless men living under Flushing Meadow

Bridges need clothing For a number of years now and thanks to the generosity of our parishioners; every Sunday morning during the winter months, we bring hot choco-late, a sandwich and some warm clothes to a group of homeless men living under the bridges and surrounding areas of Flushing Meadows Corona Park. These are men who for different reasons have given up on life and seen unable to cope with it. As the cold weather approaches, once again we are preparing to start our mission and we need clothing. If you have warm clothes and blan-kets that are clean and in good

condition and would like to donate them please call us and we will pick them up. For more information call Jorge at (718) 224-8187 or (718) 423-5988. Choir News

S t. Anastasia Choir is look-ing to expand its members.

If you are interested and like to sing we need you and your voice! Please call Joseph Ex-tejt, our Music Director at (718) 631-4909. Annual Coat Drive

T he coats are dropped off to needy parishes in Queens

and Brooklyn, visiting Nurse Early Head Start program in Rockaway, St. John’s Bread and Life Ministry, and other spots that are in need of help. The coats can be left at my office at Bryce Rea Associates, or if you can’t come to me I will go and pick them up; just call my cell phone: Carolyn Meenan at (917) 796-2990. Thank you again for your gen-erous help by keeping someone warm this winter. Indoor Flea Market

S aturday, November 22, 2008 between 10:00

AM—5:00 PM (rain or shine). If you are a professional or private vendor of new, used, or homemade items and you would like to participate, please send a check or money order payable to SFA School. no later than November 5th to secure a spot. Tables are $40.00 each. St. Francis of Assisi School at 21-18 46th Street in Astoria For more in-formation, please call Angie at (917) 841-5219. Need a ride to Church?

C entury Car Service is of-fering a special rate to

parishioners who need a ride to

Sunday Mass. This offer is only available to get to St. An-astasia Church for Sunday Mass. The fee is $5.00 plus any gratuity they choose to give. (This is a 16% reduction in their usual rate. Just advise the dispatcher that you are go-ing to St. Anastasia Church in Douglaston in order to get the discount.) Century Car is lo-cated at Springfield Blvd and Union Turnpike in Bayside Call: (718) 740-6600 or (718) 428-1010. Lions Club Dinner Dance

T he Annual Lions Club Dinner Dance is set for

November 23, 2008 at the Inn in New Hyde Park at 214 Jeri-cho Turnpike. The festivities are from 6:00—10:00 PM, including cocktail hour, D.J. Dinner and a raffle. The price per ticket is $75.00. This year the Honorees are three of our parishioners: Thomas Cress: “Man of the Year”, Lori Cress: “Woman of the Year” and Bar-bara Barba: “Lion of the Year”. Indicate the number of tickets and send your checks to Doug-

laston Lions Club, P.O. Box 630330 Little Neck, NY 11363. For more information: call Charlie McBride at (917) 312-3043. How Sweet It Is

A rmenian–American Health Professionals Or-

ganization of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut invites you to a workshop entitled: “How sweet it is!—Thriving with Diabetes” on Friday, No-vember 21, 2008 at 7:00 PM at the Armenian Society at 39-03 Little Neck Pkwy in Little Neck. For info call Dr. Arthur H. Kubikian at (718) 786-3842 or Dr. Edmund Gergerian at(718) 896-5435 Medicare Part D

F ree Forum on Thursday, November 20, 2008 at

11:00 AM at Samuel Field Y at 58-20 Little Neck Pkwy in Little Neck. More info at (718) 225-6750. Sponsored by assembly member Mark S. Weprin. Open to all

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A discovery was made in 2004 in a dusty church basement outside Frank-

furt, Germany that wrote history. Before the briefcase full of papers was found, only a friend knew for sure that Elisabeth Schmitz was per-haps the most forceful voice of Christian resistance against the Na-zis. This discovery connected a for-gotten woman to the most tumultu-ous events of the 20th century. Who was this courageous woman? The Clergy Association of Little Neck/ Douglaston, which is an in-terfaith organization, proudly hosts a screening of “Elisabeth of Berlin,” the latest film by director Steven D. Martin of Vital Visions, Inc. Rev. Martin has pro-duced three films on the role of the Protestant church in the Third Reich, beginning with the breakthrough “Theologians Under Hitler” This event is part of a se-ries of screenings across the United States and Ger-many in commemoration of the 70th Anniversary of Kristallnacht (the night of Broken Glass”). “Elisabeth of Berlin” tells the forgotten story of a schoolteacher who pleaded with church leaders to take a stand on behalf of the Jews of Germany. When the oppression of the Jews turned violent in November of 1938, she took early retirement, objecting that she could no longer teach her subjects according to the Nazi worldview. For nearly five years afterwards she put her life at continuous risk by sheltering Jews in her Berlin apartment and in a small house in the country. Elisabeth Schmitz recognized the danger of Nazism long before others in the churches. While most church leaders embraced Nazism, and others regarded Hitler with more caution, Schmitz understood the catastrophe from the very beginning. “Elisabeth of Berlin” is part biography, part historical narrative, and part detective story. It has brought fascination and inspiration to adults and children alike. Above all this film shows the importance of broadening our circle of friendships, es-pecially during dangerous times. When Elisabeth Schmitz died in 1977, only seven per-

sons attended her funeral. But this forgotten woman, a student of the greatest theologians and scholars of twentieth century Europe, was one of the only voices of resistance to the Nazis in the church. Could this for-gotten woman be the one we should most remember? How are we to answer the many desperate, bitter ques-tions and complaints: Why doesn’t the Church do any-thing? Why does it permit the nameless injustices to go on? How can it time and again pay joyous tribute to the National Socialists and offer political endorsements to a government that persecutes some of its own mem-bers? Why does it not at least protect the children? How could it be that everything that is simply incom-patible with the nowadays much maligned humaneness could be compatible with Christianity? -Elisabeth Schmitz to Confessing Church leadership, 1936 More about the move at www.elizabethofberlin.com

Screening and discussion with director Steven D. Martin

November 18 at 8:00 PM in Father Smith Hall For more information, call Rev. Paul Drake at (718) 229-2534

Great Raffles Italian Pastry Wreaths Poinsettias Sports Stuff Ornaments Beauty Products Jewelry Kid’s Accessories Gift Baskets Ladies Wear Doll Clothing Irish Gifts Pasta

Pictures with Santa 12:00 Noon—2:00 PM

St. Anastasia School Christmas Fair Saturday, December 6, 2008

9:00 AM—6:00 PM

Father Smith Hall Alameda Avenue & 245th Street

The Billboard Players

presents

“Separate Tables” by Terence Rattigan

Directed by Louis V. Fucilo

Produced by special arrangement with Samuel French, Inc.

Featuring

*Madelon Avallone *Dan Bubbeo *Ria Gallagher *Oz Kaufhold *Christine LaCamera *Paulette Murphy *Lauren Pallini

*Joe Pepe *Patricia Servidio * Dean Schildkraut *Arthur Vidro *Marilyn Welsher *Claudia Wilson

Performance Dates

Friday November 14 & 21 at 8:00 PM

Saturday November 15 & 22 at 8:00 PM

Sunday November 16 & 23 at 3:00 PM

General admission: $13.00 Seniors: $10.00

Group Rates Available

For information/tickets call: 516-746-7356 or 347-235-0972

Community Church of East Williston East Williston Avenue & Roslyn Road

East Williston, New York 11596

The Padre Pio Group will meet on Friday of this week at 7:30 PM in the Church to be followed by Mass at 8:00 PM. Please note, this is not the usual last Friday of the month.

PADRE PIO GROUP RECIPES

The next recipe section will be pub-lished in the November 23 edition of our Bulletin. This time we will focus on Thanksgiving recipes . If you would like to share your “secret formulas”, leave them at the Rectory or email us at info@stanastasia.info by November 18. Bon Appétit!

MASS INTENTIONS November 15—22, 2008

SATURDAY WEEKDAY

5:30 PM Nicholas Guagliariello and Cesare Mastromarco

SUNDAY THIRTY-THIRD ORDINARY SUNDAY

8:00 AM Monica Finnerty and James P. Quigley, Sr.

10:00 AM James Baumann and Bambina Di Re

12:00 PM Edward C. Hammill & The Santamaria

and Delserra Families

5:00 PM

MONDAY ELIZABETH OF HUNGARY Elizabeth (+1231 at age 23); wife of Louis VI of Thuringia and mother of three; as a widow she became a Franciscan tertiary, dedicated to the needs of the poor and the sick; patroness of the Franciscan Third Order and of Catholic chari-ties.

8:30 AM Richard Lynch and Danny McMenemy

TUESDAY WEEKDAY

8:30 AM Mary McDermott and Josephine Chimenti

WEDNESDAY WEEKDAY

8:30 AM Pete Ellithorpe and James Fuchs

THURSDAY WEEKDAY

8:30 AM Antoniette McLaughlin and Antonio Boniello

FRIDAY THE PRESENTATION OF MARY This memorial finds its origins in a 2nd c. apoc-ryphal source “Protoevangelion” or “Book of James”, and the dedication on November 21, 543 of the basilica of St. Mary the New in Jeru-salem.

8:30 AM Gerard Wilson and Angela Cialone

SATURDAY CECILIA, VIRGIN & MARTYR Cecilia or Cecily (+ 3rd c. probably); known from legendary “Passio”, a poem which exalts Chris-tian virginity; honored in Rome since the 5th c.; patroness of sacred music because of the song of God in her heart.

8:30 AM Michelle Galluccio and Carmino Caruso

Bread & Wine Memorial

IN THANKSGIVING FOR

*** Rosa D. Acosta *** NOVEMBER 16—22, 2008

{ Remember }

Please remember in your prayers all the sick of our Parish Community, especially:

• Ruth Marchese • Annette Montello • Joseph Alchus

and those who have died, especially:

• Nancy Rosalia Shack Blacio

This week: ■ Leisure Club on Tuesday

■ “Elizabeth of Berlin” on Tuesday

■ Religious Education Classes on Wednesday ■ RCIA on Wednesday

■ Spanish Prayer Group on Thursday

■ Padre Pio Group on Friday

■ Blood Drive on Sunday ■ Last Sunday of Ordinary Time

Mommy & Me

The Mommy and Me Program meets on Wednes-days 11:00—12:30 in the Annex.

Blood Drive

Our Annual Blood Drive will take place on Sunday, November 23 between 9:00 AM—2:30 PM . Eligibility criteria: on donation Sunday bring your ID and know social security number; minimum weight 110 lbs; age 16—76 (16 year-olds must have parental permission); eat well (low fat) and drink fluids; no tattoos for past 12 months. For medical questions concerning blood donations call 1-800-688-0900.

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