Salus Animarum Suprema Lex

Douglaston-Little Neck

www.stanastasia.info

saint nastasi church

A A 45-14 245th Street Douglaston, NY 11362-1135 Phone: (718) 631-4454 Fax: (718) 631-1774 Email: 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: 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: 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: Mrs. Janine Kramer, Directress Phone: (718) 225-5191 Email: dre@stanastasia.info

Music Minister: Mr. Joseph C. Extejt

Weekend Masses: Saturday Vigil at 5:30 Sundays 8 AM, 10 AM, 12 PM & 5 PM

Weekday Masses: Monday thru Saturday at 8:30 AM

Sacrament of Reconciliation: Saturdays 4—4:30 PM

Holy Days and Special Liturgies: Mass schedules will be printed in the Bulletin at the appropriate time.

Devotions: Miraculous Medal Novena: Mondays after 8:30 AM Mass

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: 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 must attend the Baptism instructions before Baptism 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 fully participate in the “Pre-Cana” Parish at home. 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 23, 2008

■ ANNOUNCEMENTS November 23, 2008 ST. ANASTASIA BULLETIN

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.

Drivers Wanted

S ubstitute Drivers needed for Meals-On Wheels Dept

at Hillcrest Senior Center at 168-01 B Hillside Avenue in Jamaica, NY. Part time, Mon-day to Friday, $11.54 per hour, plus mileage for MOW. Own car necessary. For more infor-mation, please call John at (718) 297-7171, Monday–Friday 10 AM—3 PM. Senior Services Website

B ishop Nicholas DiMarzio is delighted to introduce

the Blessed John XXIII Senior Services Website, providing all seniors and their families ready access to senior services of-fered throughout Brooklyn and Queens by the Catholic Church. Seniors and their fami-lies can now find information on: Alzheimer’s and dementia services, social services, home care, services for homebound elderly, health insurance hos-pice care, nursing and rehabili-tation programs, affordable senior housing, and senior cen-ters. To visit the Web site, go to the Catholic Charities Brooklyn and Queens home page at: www.ccbq.org. The Blessed John XXIII Senior Services link is on the left hand side. 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. Christmas Giving Tree

T he Giving Tree which has gift tags is once again a

Reminder of the rapid ap-proach of Christmas. It is very important to remem-ber that we would like to get the wrapped gifts back by Monday, December 15th, so that all those people that you are helping will get the gifts before Christmas. Please re-member that you are doing a good thing giving a part of yourself by shopping, wrap-ping, & returning back to us. You will be blessed for your kindness. The tree is located in the hallway next to the Church please stop after Mass to pick up your tag (s). Keeping Christ in Advent

E ach year we struggle to keep the presence of

Christ central to our celebra-tion of Christmas. But the Sun-day readings at Mass during Advent help us with another

challenge: keeping Christ’s presence central during Advent season. This year a large cast of figures from Peter and Paul to all four Evangelists to John the Baptist to Mary and Joseph help us to keep the presence of Christ at the forefront of our spiritual lives during our Advent prepa-ration for Christmas. Christ is with us always as we await his Second Coming, even as we prepare to celebrate again the festival of his First Coming. Join us for a series of Advent reflections using Scripture and film as we seek to Keep Christ in Advent. We will meet on Tuesday evenings, December 2nd, 9th and 16th in Father Smith Hall from 7:30—9:00 PM as Fr. Bill McLaughlin guides an Advent spiritual journey to Keep Christ in Ad-vent. Movie Club

T he next screening at the Movie Club will take

place on Thursday, December 4 at 7:00 PM. More informa-tion in the next Sunday’s Bul-letin.

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— How did the Pilgrims know it was time for Thanks-giving? — The Christmas displays had been up for two months in the stores.

Happy Thanksgiving! Mrs. Lucy Mihulka Principal, St. Anastasia School

W e are delighted to announce that thanks to the efforts of Northern Auto Care, Inc. located at 244-05 Northern Blvd., Douglaston, St. An-

astasia School has been awarded a $500 ExxonMobil Educational Alliance Grant. The money will be used for the continued support of our technological pro-grams. This year, the school has gone wireless, in-stalled a new computer room, and continues to purchase SMARTboards, as funds allow. We thank this estab-lishment and ask that you patronize the worthy estab-lishments who care about the children and the commu-nity. The grant is funded by the Exxon Mobil Corpora-tion. The ExxonMobil Educational Alliance program is designed to provide Exxon/Mobil retailers like Northern Auto Care with an opportunity to invest in the future of the community through educational grants to neighbor-hood schools. Our Student Government recently communicated the following: “As we come upon this season, in which as a country we celebrate the national holiday of Thanks-giving, St. Anastasia School looks for meaningful ways that demonstrate, through service, our appreciation for “All good gifts around us…”. With this in mind, the Student Government is leading the following service projects: Grades K to 2: will gather loose change to be donated to Bridge to Life to feed infants whose mothers have chosen life for them and who are in need of support for basics. Grades 3 to 5: will donate non-perishable foods that will be used in needy parishes within the Brooklyn Dio-cese. Grades 6 to 8: will lead the collection of gently used jackets and coats to be donated to the needy. If anyone in the Parish would like to participate in any of these service projects, please contact the office. The students will participate in a Thanksgiving Prayer

service on Wednesday, November 26 at 11AM in the Church. All in the parish are invited. Dismissal is at 12 Noon for Thanksgiving recess. The students return to school on Monday, December 1st with report cards being distributed on Friday, December 5th. A reminder that our annual Christmas Fair is scheduled for Saturday, December 6th from 9 to 5PM. It is a heart-warming way to start the holiday season and we thank all who work so hard to make it a success for the school. All at St. Anastasia School wish you and your families a blessed Thanksgiving Day as we give thanks for the great gifts God has given us.

■ GOOD NEWS FROM THE SCHOOL PRINCIPAL, MRS. MIHULKA:

ST. ANASTASIA SCHOOL

CHRISTMAS FAIR

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

Father Smith Hall Alameda Avenue & 245th Street

SATURDAY DECEMBER 6, 2008 9:00 AM—6:00 PM

THANKSGIVING FOOD DRIVE St. Anastasia Council #5911 completed its Annual Thanksgiving Food Drive. Council #5911 provided 10 full Thanksgiving dinners to the Jamaica Out-reach Program for Battered Women. CONGRATULATIONS Congratulations to Ron Beattie of St. Anastasia Boy Scout Troop #153 for attaining the level of Ea-gle Scout. St. Anastasia Grand Knight, Neal Fen-ton, attended the ceremony and presented Ron with the Knights of Columbus Eagle Scout Badge of Honor and a Recognition Award from Knights of Columbus State Deputy Edward Castellazi. VOCATIONS St. Anastasia Council #5911 is sponsoring a semi-narian at the Immaculate Conception Center in Huntington. Stanley Celius is the recipient of our financial support during his studies at the Semi-nary. Let’s all continue to pray for vocations.

MEMBERSHIP DRIVE If anyone you know is interested in joining our Council, have them come to the Annex on any Tuesday evening at 8:00 PM or call August Ran-dazzo at 718-279-9096. We will be happy to dis-cuss the benefits of membership.

FATHER JOHN J. GRIBBON WAY Father Gribbon was a 4th Degree Knight and Chap-lain to St. Anastasia Council #5911. The renaming of 245th Street between Northern Blvd and Ala-meda Ave was a well deserved honor to be be-stowed upon a man who touched so many lives.

More pictures from the Fr. Gribbon Way Renaming are available online at www.stanastasia.info.

TOMATO SOUP CAKE | by Joan Hartin ½ cup shortening 1 cup sugar 1 cup tomato soup (condensed) into which 1 Tsp baking soda is dis-solved *put in a 2 cup measuring cup –it bubbles up. 2 cups flour 2 tsp baking powder 1 tsp cinnamon ½ tsp ground cloves ½ nutmeg 1 cup raisins 1 cup chopped nuts Cream shortening and sugar, add tomato Soup sift flour and spices and to creamed mixture – add nuts and raisins – mix well. Grease a 9x5 loaf pan line bottom with wax paper. Bake in 350 F oven 45 minutes to 1 hour. Test for doneness. Remove from pan cool on wire rack . Tastes best if cut the next day.

St. Anastasia Thanksgiving Recipes

The next recipe section will be published in the December 21 edition of our Bulletin. This time we will focus on Christmas reci-pes. If you would like to share your “secret formulas”, leave them at the Rectory or email us at info@stanastasia.info by De-cember 18. Bon Appétit!

MASS INTENTIONS November 22—29, 2008

SATURDAY CECILIA, VIRGIN & MARTYR

5:30 PM John Joseph Finnegan

SUNDAY JESUS CHRIS THE KING

8:00 AM Luciano Schiff 10:00 AM Arcangelo Reali and Nella Kos

12:00 PM Peter Pennachio

5:00 PM

MONDAY VIETNAMESE MARTYRS During the 17th-19th centuries in Vietnam, some 130,000 Christians suffered cruel martyrdom. We remember today 11 Spanish Dominicans, 10 members of the Society of Foreign Missions of Paris, and 96 Vietnamese priests and layper-sons, including Andrew Dung-Lac (+1839), all canonized on June 19, 1988.

8:30 AM Michael Pietromonaco and Susan Ganzekaufer

TUESDAY WEEKDAY

8:30 AM Angela Starcic and Danny Fitzgerald

WEDNESDAY WEEKDAY

8:30 AM John & Lillian Baker and John Kurutz

THURSDAY WEEKDAY—THANKSGIVING DAY

9:00 AM

FRIDAY WEEKDAY

8:30 AM John O’Henry and Marta Isabel Luciano

SATURDAY WEEKDAY

8:30 AM Andrea Casagrande

Bread & Wine Memorial

IN THANKSGIVING FOR

*** Pasquale Petillo *** NOVEMBER 23—29, 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:

Helen Romano

We’re Here Where Are You? Have You Heard

What We Do? Need A Lift To The Doctor………

Call Outreach 347-481-5477 Need To Get To The Store………

Call Outreach 347-481-5477 Want Some Company……………..

Call Outreach 347-481-5477 Need A Ride To- You Name It……

Call Outreach 347-481-5477 We’re Here: Call Us – We’ll Be There!

A Ceremony of Lessons and Carols

will take place at St. Anastasia Church

Sunday, December 7th at 3:00 PM

Please join us to herald in the Advent and Christmas sea-son by hearing the prophets of old as well as the Christmas story. These nine readings will be interspersed with Advent

anthems and Christmas Carols performed by our music minister and the Choir.

Spiritual Journey

Keep Christ in Advent

with Fr. Bill McLaughlin

December 2, 9 & 16 7:30—9:00 PM

Father Smith Hall

DONATE BLOOD TODAY

9:00 AM—2:15 PM

Father Smith Hall