SAINT STANISLAUS PARISH PLEASANT VALLEY, NY DECEMBER 10, 2017 SECOND SUNDAY IN ADVENT

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ANNOUNCED MASSES Saturday, December 9 5:30PM Dorothy M. Devine – Jim & Doraine Reed

Sunday, December 10 8:15AM People of St. Stanislaus Kostka 11:00AM Bernice & James Murphy – the Bates family

Monday, December 11 9:00AM Josephine & Ralph Mancini – Diana & Bill Cianchetta

Tuesday, December 12 9:00AM William Murphy – the Schollmeyer family

Wednesday, December 13 9:00AM Communion Service

Thursday, December 14 9:00AM Salvatore & Mary Sucato – the Sucato family

Friday, December 15 9:00AM Rudolph & Irene Shemain – the Sucato family

Saturday, December 16 5:30PM Edward Waz, Jr. – Mom and Dad

ST. STANISLAUS IS A TITHING PARISH God’s Plan for Giving

In return for the Lord’s generosity, our people returned to His Church the following December 3, 2017 + Parish Pay $6791.00 Capital Improvements $2468.00 Grocery card profits (last week) $195.00

Thank you for your continuing generosity that enables us to continue to serve the people of God.

THIS WEEK’S SECOND COLLECTION

RETIRED RELIGIOUS

**BIRTHDAY GREETINGS**

December 10 Robert Conklin, Lisa Cypher, Carol Daley, Allison delRio, Michelle DiBenedetto, Nicole Filiberti, Gail Greco, Giavanna Greco, Destinee Hauptman, John Manetta, Donald McClay, Britney McHugh, Ann Meagher, Kaiden Meagher, Chelsea Sablinski, Jamie Stout, Isaiah Vargas, Terence Weidner, Ciranno Wilkins, Joan Zamprelli

December 11 John Fumo, Bridgett Leonard, Diane Malone, James Papineau, Christine Parsio, Louis Rossi, Melissa Schaeffer

December 12 Rachel English, Pauline Herr, Ryan Kiernan, Carol McCann, Cheri Salfelder, Diane Slifstein

December 13 Ryan Brady, Deacy Carroll, Catherine Cole-Weber, Christopher Courchaine, Thomas Fenton, Christopher Foster, Emmalee Fumo, Kyle Handy, Jennifer Quattrocchi

December 14 Patricia Iapichino, Joseph Quinn, Bryan Valletta, Andrea Vanswearingen, Karl Wenzel

December 15 Andrew Aldrich, Lisa Cali, Alyssa Cipriano, Justin Crandell, Margaret Dauser, Richard Duggan, Mary Forgette, Jason Gasparini, Stacey Hammell, Clarisse Murphy, Chuck West

December 16 Robert Alderman, Joseph Banas, Joshua D’Eredita, Cali DeLawder, Joseph DeMatteis, Thomas Gibson, Jose Guerra, Patrick Long, Scarlett Miller, Karen Pagano, Devin Rigolino, Jo Anne Smith, Robert Tompkins

ADVENT GIFTS

If you did not get a key tag or prayer book last weekend, they are still available by the doors of the Church.

SECOND SUNDAY IN ADVENT

FAITH FORMATION NEWS

REMINDERS

December 10 – Children’s Liturgy of the Word

December 15-16 – Confirmation Lock-in

December 17 – CROSS FFIT/ 7th & 8th grade class

December 26 & 27 – No Class – Christmas break

WINTER WEATHER INFORMATION

Faith Formation Information If the Arlington School District has an early release or is closed, there will be no Faith Formation classes. In cases of inclement weather during class time, the emergency phone chain will be activated and a message will be sent via FlockNotes and cancellations.com

Morning Mass Information If the Arlington School District has a delayed opening or is closed – there will be no morning Mass (9am). If an intention is planned for that Mass, Fr Jay will say a Mass for that intention privately.

Parish Activities If the Arlington School District cancels afternoon and evening activities, any scheduled Parish activity or meeting will be cancelled.

SAVE US, O LORD The Second Week of Advent

Like the Israelites in times of trouble, we too can call on God as our savior and plead for God to come down once again and help us.

Scripture readings for the second week of Advent: Sunday 1 Chronicles 16:35 Monday Psalm 71:1-3 Tuesday Psalm 6:3-5 Wednesday Psalm 31:1-3 Thursday Psalm 119:146-148 Friday Psalm 86:1-3 Saturday Psalm 54:1-4

Advent 2017 Open Your Heart

We are very excited to offer a variety of events to enhance our Advent season in preparation for the

coming of the Lord!

“MINI – MISSION” “Advent” 7:15- 9pm

Wednesday, December 13 - Watch and Pray / The Gift As we Open Our Hearts, these thought provoking sessions will give us the opportunity to quiet ourselves and to look into the way we all prepare during this holy time. Each of these will be held in the church, with coffee and cookies at the end.

Please RSVP to Kelley Secor – x 13

ANNUAL SENIOR BREAKFAST Always a nice time!

Tuesday, December 12 9:30 – 11 am Buffet breakfast after 9am Mass

Short Video clip: Watch and Pray We would love to do a cookie swap. Hope you can bring a favorite homemade or store bought cookie or candy to share and take home a lovely variety of treats.

Please RSVP to ext 13

RECONCILIATION MONDAY

DECEMBER 18

"Confession heals, confession justifies, confession grants pardon of sin, all hope consists in confession; in confession there is a chance for mercy."

Fr. Backes and Msgr. Quinn will be hearing Confessions from 4:00pm-8:00pm

Every parish in the Archdiocese will have priests available to hear confessions from 4-8pm on the 18th if you prefer to go elsewhere. Come home for Christmas!

No morning confessions on Tuesday, 12/19

Other Upcoming Opportunities for the Sacrament of Reconciliation

Saturday, December 23 11:30am – 12:30pm No afternoon confessions on Saturday, 12/23

Saturday, December 30 4:30 – 5:00pm

Please Note: These are the only confessions available from

December 18 until 2018.

The regular schedule will resume on Saturday, January 6, 2018.

CHRISTMAS MASS SCHEDULE

Please Note: NO Mass or confessions on 12/26 Masses for Sunday, December 24th – 4th Sunday of Advent:

Saturday, December 23rd at 5:30pm Sunday, December 24th at 8:15 & 11:00am

Masses for Christmas Sunday, December 24th at 4:00 and 7:30pm

Monday, December 25th at 8:15 and 11:00am

PLEASANT VALLEY ECUMENICAL FOOD PANTRY

Each church has a responsibility to provide certain specific perishables. We have been assigned: 25 ½ gallons of whole milk 15 1 lb. cartons of butter (in 4 quarters or bars) These can be brought to the church kitchen refrigerator

before or after each Mass on December 16/17 only!

CHRISTMAS GIFTS FOR LUTHERAN CARE RESIDENTS

Each year The Lutheran Care Center looks to provide gifts for its residents – especially those who have no family.

The following UNWRAPPED items are suggested: MEN: Clothing (sizes L-2X), Sports figurines/pictures, toiletries, electric razors WOMEN: Clothing (sizes M-2X), NEW costume jewelry including large face watches, perfume, toiletries MISCELLANEOUS: CDs, Radios, word puzzle books, pictures, coffee table books, socks/slippers

PLEASE NO used items, NO jigsaw puzzles, NO lap robes/blankets, and NO hats/gloves

Bin will be in Hall vestibule for collection

This facility, within our parish boundaries, is served by our priest, deacon and many volunteers and holds a special place in our hearts. Please consider giving to these, your fellow parishioners.

Due by THIS Sunday, December 10

MARCH FOR LIFE

January 19, 2017 The March for Life on Friday, January 19 in Washington, D.C. will truly be an unforgettable, inspiring, joy-filled adventure for hundreds of thousands of pro-life persons of all ages (mostly under 35). Buses will leave St. Columba church at 5:00am after a 4:30am Mass. Price is reasonable: $35 for adults, $25 for students. Call George Morton at (845) 226-6896 before December 25th to reserve your seat. Seats are limited so please call soon! Since 1974, millions have said, “Thank God I participated in the March for Life!” Make this the year you say it too!

ST. STANISLAUS PTAF TEENCLUB CROSSFFIT

CONFERENCE 2017: Last weekend, December 1-3, our teen club participated in the 56th Annual Pallottine Teenage Federation Conference. What an amazing weekend! 30 teens and adults from St. Stanislaus join teens from all over the Archdiocese to share their Faith. As always our teens made us very proud. There was no lack of pride, enthusiasm or excitement from our teens. These kids, ranging in age from 12-19, cared for each other, encouraged each other, and shared the joy of being together. Words can not express our pleasure and pride in these wonderful examples of Evangelization. A Great Big Shout Out to Garrett Linnane, who was this years Conference Chairperson. This is a very big responsibility and Garrett handled it with confidence and humor. Awesome job! At this Conference we also said goodbye to Hope Andrews, outgoing PTAF President, and Apryl DeMild, outgoing PTAF Program Chair. Both young women served PTAF well and with extraordinary dignity, efficiency and grace. We are lucky here at St. Stanislaus to still have them working here in the parish with our teen club and in our Faith Formation classrooms. We also have to thank Rachael Nazak for serving as last years PTAF Day Chairperson. It was a great day and she did us proud. We also need to acknowledge Veronica Keene who is taking on the role as the 2018 PTAF Day co-Chair and Samantha Schucker, 2018 Respect Life Co-Chair. Both of these positions are vital to PTAF and we know our girls will serve us well. So many thank you’s are necessary. First and foremost, thank you to our Pastor, Fr. Backes. Father is always a support to our teens, as he showed by coming to Conference to hear Confessions on Saturday morning. Also, none of this could happen without the help and support of our adult advisors. Thanks to Dawn Andrews, Michele DeMild, Shannon Linnane, Carmella Newman and Kevin Tighe. Thank you for giving of your time, sharing your Faith, and being examples for our kids. Thank you to the parishioners who stepped forward to help cover some of the cost of conference. Your generosity never ceases to amaze me. Last but not least, we need to thank the parents of our great teens. Thank you for trusting us with your children, and thank you for your support. You should all be proud of these wonderful young men and women.

NEXT MEETING: Our next teen club meeting and CROSSFFIT (7th & 8th Graders) is Sunday, December 17th from 12:15-2:30. Great fun is planned, so bring a friend.

CHRISTMAS SLEEPOVER/ICE SKATING: Our annual Christmas Break Sleepover will be Friday, December 29th – Saturday, December 30th. More details will follow.

MARCH FOR LIFE – WASHINGTON DC: Once again, St. Stanislaus will be joining PTAF to March in Washington DC to support Life. We will be leaving on Thursday evening, January 18th, after school, and will return Saturday night, January 20th. If you are interested in attending, please call Andrea Tighe in the parish office.