MASS SCHEDULE MONDAY, January 15, 2018 NOON Carlos A. Aizpurua TUESDAY, January 16, 2018 6:30am Thanksgiving to the Lord NOON Loretta Brady WEDNESDAY, January 17, 2018 6:30am Intentions of the Celebrant NOON Rose & James Mahaney THURSDAY, January 18, 2018 6:30am Mildred Saverese NOON Albert J. Gill FRIDAY, January 19, 2018 NOON Brian Charles Khan SATURDAY, January 20, 2018 8:30am Christian M. Ekwueme 5:30pm John, Irene and Michael Carroll SUNDAY, January 21, 2018 8:00am People of the Parish, Purgatorial Society 11:30am Mary Cahalan 5:30pm Romeo Bombase

Sick: Rosaline Peiters, Annette Petti, Ann Dormody, Jean Chenet, Rosemary Po-desta, Louis Cardiello, Anthony Boffa, El-len Lahane, Julien Dolisca, Frank Incor-vaia, Patricia Watson, Ingrid Velinskie, Grace Lipani, Carissa D’Alba, Kimberly Palmo, Edwin Walsh, Dorothy Lasher, Dr. Vijay Anand, Carol Melo, Antoinette Cas-coni, Dimona Galli, Alexander Elias, Baby Charles Richardson, Edie Neumann, Mi-chael Serrone, Carol Perrone, Lisa Cullen For those who died– Erick Raymond, Jeff D’Meza, Robert Clark

SAVE THE DATES

Sunday, January 28th, 2018- Feast of St.

Thomas Aquinas and

rededication of our Sanctuary-11:30AM.

Saturday, February 3rd, 2018- Memorial

Mass for Msgr. Bennett-10:30AM

Saturday, February 10th, 2018-Disco Party-

7PM

Saturday, March 3rd, 2018-Memorial Mass

for Msgr. Brown-10:30AM

Saturday, March 10th, 2018-St. Patrick/St.

Joseph Party-7PM

ROSARY SOCIETY ATLANTIC

CITY TRIP The Rosary Society of St. Thomas Aquinas Parish runs a trip to Resorts Casino in Atlan-tic City on the FIRST THURSDAY OF EVE-RY MONTH. The bus leaves from in front of the Church ( 1550 Hendrickson Street, be-tween Flatlands Avenue & Avenue P ) at 8:30am. The cost of this is $40.00, which in-cludes a bagel for breakfast and a $30.00 bonus from the Casino. The next trip is scheduled for Thursday, February 1, 2018 For further details or to sign up for the trip, please call Noreen at (718) 253-7824.

A MESSAGE FROM BISHOP DIMARZIO

Dear Fr. Dwayne

It was a joy for me to concelebrate the Eu-charist with you for the faithful of your parish.

Thank you for thinking of me in such a thoughtful way. Your kindness and generosity is greatly appreciated.

Be assured of my remembrance of you in

prayer

Most Reverend Nicholas DiMarzio

AN IMPORTANT MESSAGE FROM FR. DWAYNE

In order to give letters of recommenda-tion, letters attesting to character, sponsor certificates, and other documents that may have legal or religious purposed, it is required that persons requesting those documents.

Be registered and be active

members of St. Thomas Aquinas Parish

(Parishioners with envelopes for at least 6 months) We cannot give any of these documents to per-sons not register in the parish If you do not have a parish ID number you are not registered

COMMUNION TO THE HOMEBOUND

If you know a parishioner who is unable to

attend mass on the weekend, or are unable

to attend yourself, please contact Fr.

Clifford at 718-253-4404. Fr. Clifford will ar-

range a visit and then assign an Extraordi-

nary Minister of Holy Communion to visit on

a regular basis. Homebound parishioners

are very grateful to be able to receive com-

munion in their homes. Please keep our

homebound members in your prayers

PILGRIMAGE

Our Lady Queen of Peace Prayer Group is sponsoring a pilgrimage to Medjugorje,

February 17-25, 2018. The cost of the pil-grimage is $1,899 leaving from JFK and this

includes; round trip air fare, transfers, all taxes, accommodations, daily Mass, spiritu-al direction by Fr. William Elder from the NY

Archdiocese & breakfast and dinner. For more information

call Penny Abbruzzese at 516-644-8421 or Liz at 206 Tours at 631-361-4644

ST. THOMAS

AQUINAS

SANCTUARY STARS Any Donation of a $100.00 or more made toward the painting of the sanctu-ary, you will received a memorialized

star for you or a loved one.

JOIN ST. THOMAS AQUINAS

PARISH

ON A PILGRIMAGE TO THE HOLY LAND

Walk Where Jesus Walked

WITH FR. DWAYNE DAVIS

AUGUST 19-28, 2018-$3,899

FROM NEW YORK, JFK

OPTIONAL POST YOUR TO ROME-$999

AUGUST 28-31, 2018

Www.pilgrimages.com/frdavis

*FOR RESERVATION AND

DEPOSIT ($400)

Arrangements being made

Thru– 206TOURS

St. Thomas Aquinas Bereavement Group

The death of a love one can be the most stressful event in a person’s life. A wide array of emotions can be experienced, such as sadness, an-ger, anxiety, guilt, and despair. There is no right way and wrong way to grieve. Each person experiences grief in his or her own way, partly be-cause of the relationship with the person who died. St. Thomas Aqui-nas Invite you to set aside and hour of your time for yourself sharing the suffering that accompanies grieving. We meet on the 1

st and 3

rd Wednes-

day of every month. For more infor-mation contact Fr. Kieran 718-253-

4404

2017 CONTRIBUTIONS

All contributions to your 2017commitment to Saint Thomas Aquinas Parish received by December 31st, 2017, will be recorded on your 2017statement that you will be re-ceiving no later than January 31st, 2018. Any contribution received after December 31st, 2017 will be credited to your contribu-tions for 2018. Thank you for your contin-ued generosity to the Parish of Saint Thomas Aquinas.

Please be advised that we can only send out letters to parishioners who use the en-velops, we are unable to substantiate cash placed in the collection basket. Throughout the year a few parishioners place checks in the collection basket instead of using their parish envelopes; please know that these checks have not been recorded in our par-ish data program and your end of the year statement will not reflect these contribu-tions.

Feast of St. Thomas Aquinas and Rededication of

Sanctuary

In Memory of Msgr. John J. Brown and all the priests who have served

our Parish

Calendar of Events Saturday, January 20 through Sunday, January 28 Blessing with the relic of St. Thomas Aquinas after each Mass

Sunday, January 21 at 1 PM

Sunday Afternoon Movie

January 23 & 24 at 7:30 PM

Retreat on St. Thomas Aquinas & the Spiritual Life with Msgr. Thomas G Caserta, Pastor-The Shrine Church of St. Bernadette

Sunday, January 28 at 11:30 AM

Feast of St. Thomas Aquinas Rededication Mass with Bishop Raymond Chappetto followed by an International Feast

All are Welcome