cchhuurrcchh ooff ssaaiinntt mmeellSt. Mel’s Rectory 2615 154th St., Flushing, NY 11354

(718) 886-0201 - Fax: (718) 886-0882www.saintmel.org stmel2820@aol.com

PASTORAL STAFFRev. Gerard J. Sauer, Pastor

Rev. JunHee Lee, Parochial VicarRev. Al Barozzi, In ResidenceDeacon Joseph A. Freda

SCHEDULE OF MASSESSaturday - 5:00 P.M.

Sunday - 7:30, 9:00 (Italian),10:30 A.M., 12:00 P.M.

WEEKDAY MASSESMonday - Friday: 7:00, 9:00 A.M.

Saturday: 9:00 A.M.

CONFESSIONSaturday 11:00 - 12:00 P.M.

and by appointment at the Rectory.

ST. MEL’S CATHOLIC ACADEMY154-24 26th Ave., Flushing, NY 11354(718) 539-8211 Fax (718) 539-6563

www.stmelsacademy.orgPrincipal: Mr. Christopher W. Stein

DIRECTOR OF MUSICRudolph Albert

FAITH FORMATIONCO-DIRECTORS

Paula Migliore - Denise DeRosaFaith Formation Office - (718) 461-9840

RECTORY OFFICE HOURSMon.-Thurs. 9:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M.

Fri. 9:00 A.M. to 3:00 P.M.Emergencies any time.

BAPTISMSCall the Rectory for information at least one month in advance.

MARRIAGESCall the Rectory for information and appointment with a Priest atleast six months prior to the date you wish.

NEW PARISHIONERSWe are always happy to welcome new parishioners into the familyof St. Mel. Stop in at the Rectory to register, ask questions andmeet the priests who gladly serve you.

PASTORAL CARE TO THE HOMEBOUNDWe are concerned about parishioners who are homebound andwould like to receive the Eucharist, the Sacrament ofReconciliation or the Anointing of the Sick. If you arehomebound, or if you know someone who is unable to come toMass - please do not hesitate to contact the Rectory -718-886-0201. Visits will be happily arranged for you.

MIRACULOUS MEDAL NOVENAEach Monday after the 9:00 A.M. Mass.Blessed Sacrament Devotions:First Friday Adoration 9:30 A.M. to 3:30 P.M.Daily Recitation Of The Rosary: 8:30 A.M.

EVANGELIZATIONIf you know of any Catholic, who is not attending Church orreceiving the Sacraments and desires help in returning, please callor refer them to one of the priests at 718-886-0201. Allinformation is confidential.

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AVAILABLE MEMORIALS

Ceiling Medallions: Our Ceiling is decorated with 18 hand designed and hand painted medallions. Each medallion expresses a different Christian symbol. The family name will be placed on a memorial wall near the Risen Christ statue in the church. The following crests are available. • Sacrament of Reconciliation: $3,000 (Above Confessional) • Sacrament of Holy Orders: $3,000 (Above Altar Server chairs) • Crest: Sisters of St. Dominic: $3,000 (Above the organ) Deacon Vestments: The recent ordination or our new deacon necessitated the purchase of Dalmatics (deacon vestments). The vestments are worn at Mass each Sunday and you will notice that they are different than the vestments worn by the priest. Each vestment will have a memorial sewn inside the vestment in memory of your loved one. Purple (Advent): $600 Purple (Lent): $600 Red: $600 White: $600 (Sold) Green: $600 (Sold) Festive White: $1200 (Sold)

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November 12, 2017

SAT. 11/11 5:00 John Joseph Marino Sr. SUN. 11/12 7:30 Michael Fiorentino 9:00 Rita DiCamillo Salvatore Vitale Maria D’Aquila Helene Albano People of the Parish 10:30 Stanislav & Joyce Antolos 12:00 Rocco Migliorelli MON. 11/13 7:00 Alex Fazzi 9:00 Mike Laruccia TUES. 11/14 7:00 John O’Brien 9:00 Larry & Isabelle Sullivan WED. 11/15 7:00 Kyle Sauer 9:00 Lina Pellarin THURS. 11/16 7:00 Sheila Twomey 9:00 Deceased Member of the Flaim Family FRI. 11/17 7:00 James McCarty 9:00 Frank Rappa SAT. 11/18 9:00 Lucia DeVincentis 5:00 Jenny, Matteo, Francesco Calabro & Family, The Baldo Family, & Francesca Limandri SUN. 11/19 7:30 Fiorentino Family 9:00 Giuseppa & Vito Decimati and Rosario & Ignazia D’Amico Pietro & Maria Vicari and Giovanni & Pietra Vicari Carmine Martelli Carmelo Giardina, Anna & Angelo Graci, & Americo Chima People of the Parish 10:30 Donald Halmy 12:00 Antonio & Antonia Curto and Vincenzo & Antonia Guccione

Father of goodness and love, hear our prayers for the sick members of our community and for all who are in need. Amen.

We pray for all those who are sick, especially: Joseph D’Angelo, Joelle Lehocky, Rose Robinson, Ester Batara, Jesus Batara, Ann Gorga, Angela Isernia, Joan Buzzi, Lisa Sperrazza, Kaitlin Lam, Kathy Allen, Ann Gysen, Katherine Lizul, Manuel Leites, and Jack Hartel, Maria Scopa, Maureen Friss, Joseph Perricelli, Ellen Marie Krochak, Edmund Giugliano, Domenica Audia, Tony Rubinich, Matt Z., and Marie J. Smith

Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them. May the souls of the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen.

Please pray for the deceased members of our parish family who recently died.

We pray for all members of the Military and their families.

Lord hold our troops in your loving hands. Protect them as they protect us. Bless them and their families for the selfless acts they perform for us in our time of need. Amen.

Altar Bread and Wine

This week the Altar Bread and Wine are donated in Memory of John Joseph Marino Sr. Given by his Loving Friend Kathleen Hand.

PARISH STEWARDSHIP

November 5, 2017

1st Collection: $ 8,278.00 Youth Ministry: $ 2,315.00 Rectory Donations: $ 2,488.00

Total donations this Week: $13,081.00

Thank you so much for your generosity and your continued love and support of

the parish.

In your prayers...

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COME IN AND PRAY

Our Church is open each day for private prayer until 3:00 pm. We encourage you to stop by for a quiet prayer, light a candle, or just spend time with our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament

FIRST FRIDAY DEVOTIONS

Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament following the 9:00 AM Mass Visits to the Blessed Sacrament all day on First Friday Adoration Society Prayers at 2:30pm

St. Mel’s Memorial Candles Remember Your Loved Ones

An Annual Memorial Candle can brighten your intentions all year long.

Purchasing an Annual Memorial Candle to Honor a loved one or a special

intention is a wonderful way to express our sentiments. When we go, leaving

the burning candle behind, we are reminded that our prayers and intentions

burn before the Lord unceasingly.

You can have a perpetual memorial for about .50 cents per day. The annu-

al offering for each candle is $200, which supports our parish.

If you would like to reserve a memorial candle, please fill out the form below

and return it along with payment to the Rectory. For more questions, please

contact the office at (718) 886-0201.

……………………………………………………….

ORDER FORM PLEASE PRINT CLEARLY

Name_________________________________

Address________________________________

Phone_________________________________

Please print your intention (example-In Memory of, Devoted Husband and Father, Always in our prayers,

In Thanksgiving, In Memory of, For the living and deceased members of, etc.

____________________________________

____________________________________

____________________________________

Please place my memorial in front of

(Please Circle)

St. Ann

Our Lady of Fatima

St. Jude

Infant of Prague

Our Lady of Lourdes

St. Francis of Assisi

Padre Pio

St. Rita

Our Lady of Romitello

St. Theresa Little Flower

St. Elizabeth Seton

St. Mel

St. John Neumann

St. Patrick

St. Joseph

St. Anthony

Blessed Mother-Limited Space

Newly Enrolled in the Purgatorial Society

October, 2017 Clotide DiGiallonardo Mary Kaiser Thelma Garcia Mark Magagna The Purgatorial Mass is offered on the First Friday of each month at 7:00am. Enrollment in the Purgatorial Society is for the period of one year.

“It is therefore a holy and whole-some thought to pray for the dead, that they may be loosed from sins." (II Machabees 12:46)

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Saint Mel’s Church

FUND RAISING RAFFLE

First Prize: $8,000 Second Prize: $1,500 Third Prize: $500

The Roman Catholic Church of Saint Mel 26-15 154th Street, Flushing, New York 11354

Phone: 718-886-0201– Fax: 718-886-0882 Website: www.saintmel.org

You may purchase raffle tickets from any of the following

St. Mel Organization representatives:

St. Mel’s Choir—Rudy Albert Leisure Club—Anthony & Nancy Mordente or Lee Vito

Men’s Club—Joseph Vitobello Rosary-Altar Society—Ann Acquaviva

Parent Academy Association—Dorian Mecir Italian American Association—Gerardo Pinto or Mary LoBasso

Girl Scouts—Julie Mansour CYO—Tom Shannon or Mike Garcia

Or you may purchase your ticket at the School or Rectory Office.

Drawing December 8, 2017

At the Parish Tree Lighting

ONLY 300 TICKETS

SOLD Donation: $100

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Seventh Grade News Our 7th Graders are learning to "Read Like a Historian in Social Studies" this month. They proudly displayed their "Snapshot Autobiographies" to the entire class. They did a wonderful job with this project and we all had a lot of fun listening to the events in their lives. The 7th graders also completed their first unit in the Go Math curriculum. They worked very hard and we are all very proud of them. Way to go 7th grade!

Art in Action!

Our 8th graders went to the memorial garden next to St. Mel’s to create still life sketches.

Their work was amazing and it was a wonder-ful experience to grow as artists.

Stop & Shop Rewards

When your Thanksgiving shopping, don’t for-

get about St. Mel’s. The school will receive donations when you register your Stop & Shop

card. Just go to stopandshop.com/aplus

and use school code 09514

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November, 2017 Dear Parishioners,

The Christmas season is quickly approaching, and we hope to illuminate St. Mel’s Catholic Acade-

my and Church. With a $10.00 donation per bulb, a light will shine brightly in honor of your family, rela-tive, friend, or special occasion. You may request as many bulbs as you would like to help celebrate the birth of our Lord Jesus Christ.

If you would like to donate a bulb, please fill out the slip below and send it to St. Mel’s Catholic

Academy by Tuesday November 21st. As Jesus is the light for all of our lives, we can symbolize his light by illuminating our school and

Church with thousands of bulbs. Thank you for your dedication to the St. Mel’s community, and we wish you a blessed Christmas.

Yours in the Christmas spirit, Mr. Christopher Stein Principal - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Name:__________________________________________ Address: ______________________________________ Number of Bulbs: _____________ Amount Enclosed: ____________ Special intention for the bulb

1._________________________________________________________

2._________________________________________________________

3._________________________________________________________

4._________________________________________________________

5._________________________________________________________

6._________________________________________________________

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OFFICE OF FAITH FORMATION

RCIA—RITE OF CHRISTIAN INITIATION OF ADULTS or OLDER CHILDREN

Are you interested in the Catholic faith? Maybe, you have been coming to church for a while but are not Catholic. Have you been baptized Catholic or validly baptized in another Christian denomination and wish to be fully initiated into the Catholic faith through the Sacraments of Confirmation and Communion? If you answered yes, to any of these questions, we invite you to look deeper into the Catholic faith through a process called the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults or RCIA. It is also adapted for older children seeking full initiation into the Catholic Church and is sometimes referred to as the Rite of Christian Initiation for Children (“RCIC”). Our parish offers a set of RCIA and RCIC sessions to share with others the truths of the Catholic faith and the fellowship of our church family. We invite you to learn what Catholics believe in an open welcoming environment. These sessions are also an opportunity for you to ask those perplexing and difficult questions you have about the Catholic faith. If you are interested in joining this special journey of faith, contact the Office of Faith For-mation at stmelsdderosa@gmail.com or call the Office of Faith Formation at 718-461-9840.

SCHOOL OF RELIGION

Classes for children attending public schools are held on Wednesdays from September through May from 3:30 pm to 5:00 pm for grades 1 to 5; and from 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm for grades 6 to 8.

Children’s Liturgy/Family Mass: Children’s Liturgy- Sunday, November 19 and 26 at the 10:30 am mass Family Mass – Sunday, November 12 at the 10:30 am mass for children in grade 7 attending St. Mel’s Academy and the School of Religion. Save the Date: Sunday, December 3rd – Annual Advent Family Gathering following 10:30 am Mass

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Children and Your Families

Join Us for Our Annual Advent Gathering

Directed By: St. Mel’s Family Mass

& Children’s Liturgy Team

Join us in preparing for the coming of Jesus through Christmas Craft

Activities. Light refreshments and breakfast treats will be served.

If you plan to attend this Advent Gathering, please complete the following &

return to the rectory, your child’s teacher or drop it in the Faith Formation

mailbox, located in the school, by November 22nd.

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Names____________________________________________________

Number of adults _______ Number of Children ____________

Age of Children ________________________________________________

Email Address: _________________________

Phone No. _________________

Sunday, December 3rd

After the

10:30 am Mass

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Are You Willing to Say “Yes”? When one lives in the seminary, one often hears “Vocation Sto-ries” from the seminarians. They describe the way in which they “heard” and answered God’s call to the priesthood. Some stories include literally “leaving everything behind”, dramatic conver-sions, struggles and difficulties in saying “Yes” to God’s call. My

own vocation story is not as interesting or entertaining—some might describe it as boring—because all my life I wanted to be a priest. I never thought of, desired, or dreamed about anything else but becoming a priest. Deep in my heart, I knew what God wanted from me and I knew that I should begin my journey to-wards priesthood at the High School Seminary, Cathedral Prep in Elmhurst. I told family and friends that I was going to Cathedral because of the small size, the easy travel, and the reasonable tuition, but I knew that I was going there for one reason—I wanted to be a priest. Cathedral Prep gave me the proper environment that I needed to confirm that God could be, and was, calling me to the priesthood. Thanks to the priests at Cathedral, especially Fr. Fred Marano, Fr. Bill Dulaney, and Fr. Tom Ahearn, I was able to understand that priesthood wasn’t so much what I wanted but what God wants for me. These priests became a great inspira-tion for me against the temptations and discouragements present in our culture.

After four years at Cathedral Prep, I entered the college semi-nary, Cathedral Seminary Residence in Douglaston. The very first day I heard the words, “We don’t need priests, we need good and holy priests.” After hearing these words, I figured there was no need for me to unpack—either I was going to leave or I would be asked to leave. After two weeks of living out of my suitcase, the rector, Monsignor (now Bishop) Cisneros came to my room and asked me, “How badly do you want this?” That question changed my life. In fact, I have had to ask myself that same question many times during the following eight years. During that time I have come to realize that what Bishop Cisne-ros was asking was, “Are you willing to say ‘Yes’ – in the midst of fears, imperfections, and doubts? Are you willing to say ‘Yes’ fully and totally?” Seeing the joy of priests that I have lived with, at “Douglaston”, in the major seminary in Huntington and on my pastoral year at St. Mary Star of the Sea in Far Rocka-way, and watching my brother seminarians after their priestly ordination, I have come to believe that it’s worth it – it’s worth everything.

FR. JAMES KUROLY

Fr. Sean Suckiel, Vocation Director (l) with Fr. James Kuroly (r)

2017 - 2018 Rosary Society Calendar December 2, 2017 Christmas Luncheon March 5, 2018 Meeting April 9, 2018 Meeting May 7, 2018 Meeting (Bridge to Life Shower) June 7, 2018 Mass & Year End Dinner 6pm / 7pm

Christmas Giving Tree

Our Christmas Giving trees will be in place on Friday, November 24th. Please select an orna-ment or two from either tree. All gifts must be returned unwrapped and in the gift bad no later than Sunday, December 10th. THIS IS THE LAST DAY THE TREES WILL BE IN THE CHRUCH. Thank you.

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A Diocesan Lenten Pilgrimage

To Our Lady of Guadalupe, Mexico

Father Jorge Ortiz Spiritual Director

March 2 – 8, 2018

For a Brochure call

Regina Tours Lucille

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Empire Casino Wednesday, November 15, 2017

$25pp PU: 9:15am Call: Nancy (718) 886-2326

St. Mel’s Senior Club Christmas Party

Wednesday, December 6th

At Verdi’s Sit Down Dinner

$40 per person 12pm—4pm

Nancy: 718-886-2326 $40 Members Only

Rachael’s Helpers There is hope after abortion. Are you burdened with memories of your abortion? Take this opportunity to experience a beautiful plan of healing by sharing with others in a very sensitive manner with prayer and scripture reflections. This will help foster the joy of healing in the mercy of Christ. Your experience is completely confidential. Please call 347-702-2352 (all calls are

Diocesan Pilgrimage to Ireland

And attendance at the 9th World Meeting of Families

--------------------- August 19-27, 2018

----------------- Sponsored by:

The Pilgrimage Office, and the Office of Family Life

School of Evangelization ----------

Bishop Massa Spiritual Director

and Mass with our Holy Father

Pope Francis

For a Brochure call Peters Way Travel

516-605-1551

DEFENSIVE DRIVING COURSE

Saturday, December 9, 2017 in St. Mel Men’s Club

26-01 154th Street, Flushing, NY

9:00 am-3:30 pm Cost: $45

To register call Marty at (631) 360-9720

The Defensive Driving Course is a 6-hour classroom course presented by the National Safety Council which offers you a new approach to learning accident prevention skills. When you complete the course you become eligible for numerous motor vehicle insure discounts, each year, for a full 3 years!

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