christmas december 25, 2021
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Christmas
December 25, 2021
Feast of the Holy Family
Sunday, December 26, 2021
PASTORAL STAFF Phone: 631-929-4339
Pastor: Father Frank Schneider, ext. 16 [email protected] Associate Pastor: Father James Calledo [email protected] Deacon: Fred Finter, ext. 44 [email protected] Deacon: Vincent Pozzolano, ext. 45 [email protected] Parish Organizational Associate: Dr. Jeffrey Pedersen [email protected] (ext. 10) Faith Formation Coordinator: Mrs. Jane Oliva, ext. 12 [email protected] Outreach Director: Deborah O’Hare, ext. 22 [email protected] Music Coordinator: Liz McNeill (631) 495-8913 [email protected] Pastoral Assistant: Barbara Johnston Bookkeeper: Lindsay Finter, ext. 17 [email protected] Receptionist: Sue Kozakiewicz, ext. 10 [email protected] Preschool Director: Mrs. Gayle Mercurio, ext. 14 [email protected] Secretary: Christine Ellis ext. 19 [email protected] Preschool Phone: 631-929-3220 Maintenance: Servio Ortiz Weekend Priest Assistants: Msgr. John Bennett
Parish Outreach Hours: Tues & Thurs 10am-2pm
Parish Office Hours Monday - Thursday, 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Website: www.sjbwr.org
Finance Committee, 2021-2022
Dr. Barbara Fontana, Trustee, ex officio
Steven Gallagher, Trustee, ex officio
Robert Lutz, Chair
Richard Amper
Thomas McEnany
Lisa Kelly
Pastoral Council Members,
2021-2022
Vincent Manzello, Chair
Daniel Bealey
Linda Bealey
Rosemary Desimone
Dr. Barbara Fontana (trustee)
Michelle Gaffney
Michelle Gallucci
Kevin Heavey
Maria Maxwell
Richard Rossin
Worship Committee, 2021-2022
Cheryl MacDougall, chair
James MacDougall
William Hennessy
Barbara Johnston
Liz McNeill
John O’Hare
Elizabeth Waskowiak
Edward Waskowiak
Christmas Masses
2021 Christmas Eve Vigil Masses:
4:00 p.m. Church (Msgr. Bennett);
Hall (Fr. Frank)
10:00 p.m. Christmas “Mass at
Night” (Fr. Frank)
Christmas Day
8:00 a.m. (Fr. James)
10:30 a.m. (Msgr. Bennett)
The Pastoral Staff of St. John the Baptist Church
wishes all our parishioners a blessed Christmas and a New
Year filled with God’s blessings and peace.
Thank you for making our parish family an example of faith,
prayer and service to the poor!
We look forward to celebrating
our parish’s100th Anniversary together as we begin 2022!
Christmas Flower
Memorials
You are invited to memo-
rialize a poinsettia for your loved one. We will
publish all the names in our bulletin the first
week of January.
In Memory of: ____________________________
OR
For the Intentions of: _______________________
Your name: _______________________________
Phone number and email: ____________________
Please bring the form to the Parish Office,
send in the mail, or place in the collection basket.
Thee requested donation of $30.00 is tax-deductible.
Level 7 and Level 8 Students,
Confirmation Preparation
Continue with Mass Reflections
Form and Information on the Parish Website (Faith Formation)
Christmas Break and Recess, Sunday, December 26th—Sunday, January 5, 2022
Meeting with Parents (Level 2), First Reconciliation, Thursday, January 13th, 7:00 p.m.
Registration for this current school year is closed.
Linus Ministry
Next meeting: January 20, 2022
January meetings: January 12th.
Ms. Tara Cully will speak on “Elder Law.” January 26th.
“Wednesday at the Movies”
Pantry needs:
canned beets,
salad dressing,
juice,
paper towels
THANK YOU for turning our Parish Hall into a distribution center for the poor and needy in our
area. You have shared the joy of this Christmas season. Our parish is blessed with the gener-
osity of those who provided 220 gifts, and 36 meals!
Thank you for all you did in 2021!
We are grateful to all of you who donated to, or worked on the Back-to School drive, Thanks-
giving Baskets, or Giving Tree Programs, and for all of you who volunteer on Tuesdays and
Thursday in the Outreach Office. This year with Covid 19 becoming part of our lives you have
REALLY stepped up with food donations insuring that anyone that came to us for food was able
to leave with enough food to feed their family.
Mass Presiders Schedule
This Weekend: Feast of the Holy Family
Sunday, December 26, 8:00 a.m. Father Frank
Sunday, December 26, 10:30 a.m. Msgr. Bennett
Next Weekend: Feast of the Holy Family
Next Weekend: Epiphany
Saturday, Parish New Year Mass, 10:30 am Father Frank
Saturday, January 1, 5:15 p.m. Father Frank
Sunday, January 2, 8:00 a.m. Father James
Sunday, January 2, 10:30 a.m. Msgr. Bennett
CHRISTMAS SCHEDULE ON PAGE THREE
WEEKLY PARISH CALENDAR
2022 Calendars are now in the Gathering Area!
Thank you to Alexander Rothwell Funeral Home for printing them!
100th Anniversary Year
St. John the Baptist Parish
1922—2022
Events include:
Mass and
Parish Barbecue
June 25, 2022
Anniversary Journal
Sharing our Stories and Photos
“Time Capsule” filled by the children of the parish
Parish Lenten Mission (week of March 13)
Pilgrimage to the Holy Land (March 28)
St. John the Baptist Parish
Centennial Jubilee Journal
In addition to our liturgical and social celebrations, prayer experi-ences, and even a pilgrimage, the parish will create a Centennial Jubilee Journal to chronicle parish history and to highlight the various ministries of the parish – to “tell the parish story.” In the Journal we hope to include photographs and reminiscences, as well as stories of the many parish “heroes” that played a part in its rich history. The Journal will also serve as the major fundraiser for the Jubilee Year.
We will be looking for volunteers to help with creating the Jour-nal. We will need committee members to collect photographs and write and edit the history portion, to help with layout and design, to solicit sponsorship ads from our vendors, local busi-nesses, and organizations, and to help coordinate the collection of parishioner sponsorship ads.
If you are interested in helping with the Journal, please contact Jeff Pedersen at [email protected]. We will also have volunteer forms available in the gather-ing area, which you can fill out and we will be in touch with you. We look for-ward to the exciting year ahead and we hope the Journal will be a treasured keepsake marking the Jubilee Year.
St. John the Baptist Parish
Wading River, NY
Centennial Jubilee
1922 - 2022
From the
Office of Bishop Barres:
Masks are Required
in all Houses of Worship,
effective through
January 15, 2022.
“The Governor of New York State has included houses of
worship in the recent directives. Therefore, since the
Church does not require parishioners to present proof of
vaccination in order to worship God, we ask that all
parishioners (two years of age and older) comply with
the requirement to wear masks when participating in any
activities on parish grounds. This State requirement is cur-
rently in effect through January 15, 2022. We will contin-
ue to adapt accordingly as new information becomes
available. Your patience and Christian charity towards one
another during this difficult time is appreciated.”
Please pray for our recently
faithful departed, especially
the people of the parish
who have died during the
year 2021.
May they rest in peace.
Upcoming Baptism Dates:
12:00 Noon
January 16
February 20
March 6
March 20
Baptism Class last Sunday of the month
right after the 10:30 a.m. Mass
Monday, December 27, 8:30 a.m.
John and Mary Ryan
Tuesday, December 28, 8:30 a.m.
Aldo Marletti Jr.
Wednesday, December 29, 8:30 a.m.
Timothy M. Donnery
Thursday, December 30, 8:30 a.m.
Rita O”Connell
Saturday, January 1, Solemnity of Mary
10:30 Parish New Year’s Mass
Epiphany Vigil
5:15 p.m. John and Mary Ryan
Sunday, January 2, Epiphany
8:00 a.m. James Sico
10:30 a.m. Kathleen Mary Greene
Because January 1st is a Saturday, it is not a holyday of
obligation in 2022.
We will celebrate Mass for Mary the Mother of Lord
at 10:30 to begin the New Year together!
Please consider “automated giving” as you reflect on support of our parish family!
The fruitful ministries at our parish are examples of how
many of you have answered, and continue to answer,
that call. To ensure such work can continue requires not
only gifts of time, but also of financial help. I ask you to
prayerfully consider supporting our parish with electronic
donations through Faith Direct. You can find paper enrollment forms in the parish
office, or you can sign up online at www.faithdirect.net by using our church code,
NY67.
Special Collections: 12/25 Christmas and Christmas for Poor
1/1 Solemnity of Mary
1/2 Grammar Schools
1/30 Outreach
2/6 Grammar Schools
2/27 Outreach
Thank you for your generosity throughout 2021,
especially during the hardship of the pandemic.
THANK YOU for your Christmas gifts
to help our parish family!
WEEKLY COLLECTION This bulletin went to press on December 16th,
so we cannot report the 12/19 collection in this bulletin.
The Christmas Collection will be reported at the end of January
to include the gifts that coming in over the next weeks.
Living Stewardship ~ Pillar of Hospitality
Share the joy of Christmas to others this season! Fill our community with love, by being hospitable to all around you.
Bread, wine, altar candles Should you like to donate the candles, bread, wine for the celebration of the weekend Eucharist, in memory of a loved one, please contact the Parish
Office, 631-929- 4339, ext. 10.
Tabernacle Lamp The Tabernacle Lamp indicates that the Blessed Sacrament is present in church. The red candle can be memorialized for the week of your choice.
All memorials are published in the bulletin.
Eucharistic Adoration
The Blessed Sacrament is exposed for Adoration Wednesday afternoon. 2:00-4:00 p.m.
For those serving in the Military
Michael Brennan, Patrick Hanley, Jeffrey L. Beilman Jr., Ryan Santiro, Thomas G. Verbeeck, Michelle Verbeeck, Joseph DeMonte IV, Michael Anderson, Devin Henry, Marielle Ver-
beeck, Cassidy Vail, Evan Purdy, Sean Tully, Sean Brady, Lauren Rodriguez For the Homebound, the Sick and in Hospice Care
For all those who are suffering from the coronavirus, and also Jennifer LaPorta, Gerard Myler, Joshua Grafer, Scott Lehman
Sunday Mass continues to be livestreamed at 10:30 each weekend. Follow the link on the parish website and the
parish Facebook page.
Recitation of the Rosary:
After daily Mass, Monday –Thursday.
Monthly Healing Service
First Saturday of the Month, 9:00 a.m. in Church
Prayers for Healing of Body, Mind and Spirit
