St. Josaphat’s Roman Catholic Church

34-32 210th Street Bayside, New York 11361 Rectory: (718) 229-1663 Fax: (718) 229-8018

email: stjosaphats@aol.com Parish Website: stjosaphat-queens.org

Rev. Stephen A. Saffron – Administrator

Rev. James J. Meszaros, In Residence Rev. Martin Kull, In Residence

MASS SCHEDULE : Weekdays: 8:00 AM, Saturday: 8 AM & 7PM, Sundays: 8:00 AM (Polish),9:30AM(Extraordinary Form-TLM) & 12Noon. Holy Days: 7:30 PM Vigil, 8AM & 10AM Rectory Office Hours: Monday-Friday 9AM– 3:30PM. Evenings by appointment. Saturday by Appointment, Sunday Closed. Devotions: Every Monday: Miraculous Medal Devotion after 8AM Mass First Tuesday of Every Month: (October-June) St. Padre Pio Prayer Group 7PM Holy Hour, Exposition, Recitation of the Rosary, Benediction, Confessions, 8PM Holy Mass Following Tuesdays: Novena to St. Jude & Seasonal Devotions -7:00 Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament 7:30PM – Novena (Oct.-May) First Wednesday of the month-8PM– Mass (Spanish) Following Wednesdays: Catholic Charismatic Re-newal Prayer Group–8PM(Spanish) Every Friday: Chaplet of Divine Mercy before 8AM Mass First Friday of every Month: 8AM Mass followed by Adoration & Devotion 7PM Confessions– 7:30PM– TLM, Compline, Adoration until Midnight. First Saturday of every Month: 8AM Mass. Followed by Adoration & Devotion 9:15AM– TLM

Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults- RCIA- For information about the Sacrament of Baptism, Holy Eucharist or Confirmation, please call the Rectory.

Parish Registration: All families are welcome to the Parish and should register in the Rectory. Please call to make an appointment with the Pastor.

SACRAMENTS : Confessions: Monday to Friday before 8AM Mass Saturday 6PM. Tuesday evenings at 7pm.All other times by appointment.

Baptisms: Please call the rectory to arrange the celebration of Baptism. Baptisms ordinarily should not take place during Lent except in case of emer-gency. (2019– March6th– April 21st)

Marriages: Reserve and register date & time as soon as possible, at least six months in advance of the wedding. Pre-Cana and other instructional sessions are required for all couples.

Ministry to the Sick: Sick calls and Communion calls on the First Friday of the month. Please call the Rectory.

First Sunday of Advent

December 1, 2019

“You . . . must be prepared, for at an hour you do not expect,

the Son of Man will come.” — Matthew 24:44

December 1st, 2019 First Sunday of Advent We pray for those in our parish who are ill, especially for:

Fr. Joseph Carroll, Denise Cosentini, Maureen Henning, Vincent Zuccarelli, Robert Tedesco, Eleanor Davis & Christie Tweed.

Please call the rectory to add a loved one to the prayer list. The names will remain on the list for 4 weeks and are repeated as requested.

Sunday, December 1st 8:00 + Joseph, Laura & Carlo Maresca

By: Family 9:30(TLM)* Parishioners

11am-12 noon-Holy Name Society Holy Hour 12:00+Genevieve Codik & Family

Monday, December 2nd

6:35-Rorate+ Pasquale Libretti By: Daughter

8:00 + Mary E. Deegan

Tuesday, December 3rd 6:35-Rorate+ Caroline Libretti

By :Daughter 8:00 + Marco & Mila Vlancancich

By: Maver Family

Wednesday, December 4th 6:35-Rorate+ Vincent Libretti

By: Sister 8:00 + Zorica Kucic By: Maver Family

8:00pm ( Spanish) + Julie Muniz By: Ada Dodici

Thursday, December 5th 6:35-Rorate+ Grandparents

By: Christina Mc Donnell 8:00 + Albaneze Family

By: Family

Friday, December 6th 8:00 + Okrzesik & Saffron Families

By: Fr. Saffron 7:30pm(TLM) * Edward Mc Donnell

By: Mom

Saturday, December 7th 8:oo+For the unborn & an end to abortion

By: Parish Right to Life Committee 9:15(TLM)- John & Rosemarie Savorino

By: Giancola Family

7:00 +Eugene Krigger By: Family

Sunday, December 8th

8:00 * Parishioners 9:30(TLM) + Joseph, Laura & Carlo Maresca

By: Family 12:00+Marie Edel

By Gisele & Richard Kalenka

Weekly Parish Stewardship Attendance 11/24/19 Weekly Collection 11/24/19 Campaign for Human Development $ The second collection is for the Renovation Fund. Due to Thanksgiving, this bulletin was sent to the printer before this information was available.

Sanctuary Lamp...December In memory John S. Cantante Sr.

By: Cantante Family

Congratulations to our parishioners who have achieved honors for the First Quarter at Holy

Cross High School. These students have received an average of 90 or above to achieve Principal’s List status.

Julia Muczynski Adam Muczynski

December Calendar December 2nd-Holy Name Meeting December 3rd– St. Padre Pio Devotion & Mass December 5th– Leisure Club December 7th– Craft Sale December 8th -Craft Sale December 8th— Lessons & Carrols-4pm December 9th—Right to Life Meeting December 10th– Novena December 11th– Our Lady of Guadalupe Mass( Spanish) December 13th– Here We Come a Caroling

Thank you for your generous support last week for the collection for the Catholic Campaign for Human Development! As a parish, we must support those who live on the margins and in pov-erty in the United States. If you missed the collec-tion, it’s not too late to give! Visit www.usccb.org/

On Monday, December 16, 2019, our Diocese will join the Archdiocese of New York in celebrating Advent Reconciliation Monday. On this special day, all the parishes of our dioceses will offer the Sacrament of Reconciliation from 4:00 PM to 8:00 PM, in preparation for the great Feast of the Lord’s Nativity.

December 1st, 2019 First Sunday of Advent

Parish Community News & Events Parish Community News & Events

St. Padre Pio Mass & Devotion Tuesday, December 3rd, 2019 7PM Holy Hour Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament, Recitation of the Rosary, Divine Mercy Chaplet, Bene-diction, & Confessions. 8PM-Mass

Online Giving at Saint Josaphat Should you wish to enroll in Online Giving, you can access our E-Giving Page at: https://www.givecentral.org/stjosaphat Or simply text the world SUNDAY to (518) 501-1663 Or visit our website at stjosaphat-queens.org and select the ways to give icon. It takes less than a minute to enroll!

Christmas Craft Fair: Beautiful Handmade Items… Saturday, December 7th-10AM-4PM Sunday, December 8th -9 AM-3:30PM All handmade items, Centerpieces, cemetery cones, crosses and wreaths. We will have a jewelry boutique, full line of polish bakery items and of course wide selection of kielbasa, kiszka, ect.

St. Josaphat’s CHRISTMAS FLEA MARKET Sunday, December 15th from 9AM – 4PM, Wonderful gifts, light breakfast and lunch is available. Polish meats, breads and bakery items will be for sale. Vendors wanted! Contact Bob @ (646) 229-3071 or Maureen @ (929) 232-0281 to reserve a table.

Christmas Flowers & Decorations… All contributions for Christmas Flowers & Decorations are welcome. However, those contributing 25 dollars or more will have the opportunity to have their names or intentions printed in the bulletin. Additional envelopes can be found in the vestibule of the Church. Please return envelopes in the offertory Baskets. Please return the envelopes before December 16th to be included in the donor list.

St. Mary’s Hospital for Children Holiday Drive November 11 through December 14, 2019 Please bring your donation to one of our three locations. St. Mary's will gladly accept gift cards, checks (payable to St. Mary's Foundation) or new clothing (pjs, socks, underwear, sneakers) or toys (arts and craft supplies, musical books, rattles, etc). Please do not wrap them. Sponsored by Martin A. Gleason Funeral Home 149-20 Northern Blvd. Flushing NY 11354 10-25 150th Street Whitestone NY 11357 36-46 Bell Blvd. Bayside NY 11361

Traditional Latin Mass Pilgrimage ST. FRANCES XAVIER CABRINI SHRINE 701 Fort Washington Avenue Washington Heights, NYC 10040 SATURDAY, DECEMBER 21st Vigil of the Death Anniversary of St. Frances Xavier Cabrini (1917) SCHEDULE12:35 p.m. - Recitation of the Rosary 1:00 p.m. - Solemn High Latin Tridentine Votive Mass of St. Frances X. Cabrini followed by Devotions to Mother Cabrini and Solemn Benediction of the Most Blessed Sacrament Veneration 0f her First-Class Relic Visitors may use free parking at the Shrine. FOR MORE INFO Call Holy Innocents (212) 279-5861.

St Josaphat's Right to Life Committee is sponsoring its Baby Shower for Life this year from November 30th to December 15th on behalf of Bright Dawn Ministry. Sr. Dorothy Rothar, who founded Bright Dawn Ministry, provides sidewalk counseling outside abortion clinics, such as Choices in Jamaica, Queens. Thanks to your donations and gifts received from other parishes, Sr. Dorothy can organize a monthly baby shower at The Immaculate Conception Center in Douglaston to provide these brave mothers with much needed supplies to care for their new baby. The Baptism of the baby is also arranged by Sr. Dorothy. Please place your gifts of baby clothes for girls and boys, diapers and other baby items in the Carriage of Love placed by the side altar with the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Monetary donations can be made by dropping off checks payable to Sr. Dorothy Rothar, CSJ in the Pennies for Life donation box in the back of the church. Thank you for your generosity and God bless you!

Thank you all of our guests who attended Saint Jos-aphat’s Pre-Thanksgiving Dinner Dance on No-vember 13th. It would not have been such a great suc-cess without you. We would thank Elizabeth Rudowski, Stephanie Fable and Carol Yaros for all the organizing, shop-ping, setting up the hall up, cooking and clean up that was involved with such a successful event. In addition, we would like to thank all those that volun-teered at the event for all your hard work. Steven Fable, Margaret Farley, Gina Di Libero, Dorothy Pelczar, Julia Grzica and Rosemarie Veljak. Due to your efforts, $2753 was donated to St. Josaphat’s Church. Saint Josaphat’s relies heavily on our volunteers to sup-port our church. Events like this would not be possible without them.

Parish Community News & Events

SAINTS AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCES Sunday: First Sunday of Advent; World AIDS Awareness Day Tuesday: St. Francis Xavier Wednesday: St. John Damascene Friday: St. Nicholas; First Friday Saturday: St. Ambrose; First Saturday; Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day

Parish Goal: $22,363.00 Raised: $13,260.00 I would like to thank all those generous individuals who have made a pledge to the 2019 Annual Catholic Appeal at Saint Josaphat’s Parish. If you are still considering your donation, please complete a donation envelope at the entrance of the church and return it as soon as possible.

Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament Church Saturday, December 7, 2019 9:30 A.M. - 1P.M. Presenter: Sr.Theresa Agliardi, RSM Don't Get the December busyness take you away from the REAL meaning of Christmas. Start this Advent Season with a spirit of prayerful expectation and reflection: COME, LORD JESUS! Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament Parish Center Coffee and lunch will be provided. Please register by November 26:Jane Brunhuber (718)229-5929 ext.110 A free-will offering will be gratefully accepted!

Special Needs Parents Group We invite parents/guardians with children/adults with all special needs or IEP's to join us to share and exchange ideas in an informal setting. We will be meeting on: Thursday -January 16 Tuesday -February 4 Thursday -March 19 Thursday -April 2 Tuesday-May 12 Tuesday -June 2 At 10:00 AM in the Religious Education Office located in the school building at 216-01 38th Avenue For further information please contact Georgette Lyons at 718-631-1307.

Reboot-a life changing event featuring internation-ally acclaimed speaker, author and TV Host Chris Ste-fanick. Wednesday, Feb.12,2020 7-9:30 pm at St. Sebastian’s Church, Woodside-Tickets:$25 Call 718 396 3436 for tickets or visit RealLifeCatholic.com/reboot

Munera: Teach, Govern, and Sanctify.

We know it is coming and it always seems too early to mention it, especially when we see signs and hints of it in August but, now is the time to mention it… Christmas is coming! Today we begin Advent. I must be honest Advent is one of my favorite Liturgi-cal Seasons, I sometimes wish it was restored to six weeks as it was at one time in church history and still kept in practice in the Ambrosian Rite were Ad-vent begins on the Sunday closest to the feast of St. Martin of Tours (November 11) making Advent a six week preparation for Christmas. Advent has a nick-name of St. Martin’s Lent or St. Martin’s Fast. At one time the Advent Fast was just as strict as the one practiced in Lent. The Lenten Fast is known as an Apostolic Fast whereas the Advent one is of mo-nastic origins. In a health conscience way to do a little fasting and abstaining would be good since we tend to eat so many rich foods during Christmas. But now it seems like the idea of fasting is so for-eign, especially in our country, where Christmas is celebrated from Thanksgiving until Christmas day. We need time to prepare for the great gift of Christ-mas which is Jesus. Perhaps the question would be: why would we not want to fast, pray, and prepare for the coming of Jesus? So, may I ask you to take seriously these Advent days and make sure you truly prepare yourself for Christmas and remember that Christmas starts on December the 25th; we are in the Advent Season not the Christmas one yet! This year we will institute a great Advent tradition which will help us prepare for Christmas. It is a ser-vice known as Lessons and Carols which is a series of biblical readings and sacred hymns all geared up to help us meditate on Christ’s second coming and His coming as a baby in Bethlehem. Lessons and Carols will be held on Sunday, December the 8th at 4:00PM in the church. It will give all who attend an opportunity to hear our beautiful parish choir praise God in song. We will also have “Here We Come A-Carolling” on Friday, December 13 at 7:30 PM which I will write about next week. In Christ,

Fr. Saffron

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