St. Anne’s R.C. Church “Our Love shines through” Est. 1895

88 Second Ave. Brentwood, New York 11717 (631) 273-8113 Fax (631) 436-7914

Parish Website: www. stannebrentwood.org Parish Email: stannesbrentwood@gmail.com

PARISH MEMBERHIP: We welcome all new families! To register as a part of the family of Saint Anne’s Parish, please stop by the Rectory Office to fill out a simple registration form.

You have joined a wonderful community! Office hours: Monday-Thursday 9:00a.m.-12:00 noon, 1:00p.m - 5:00p.m. & 7:00p.m. - 9:00p.m.

Friday & Saturday 9:00a.m. - 1:00p.m. CLOSED SUNDAYS.

Welcome • Bienvenidos • Bienvenue

November 3 & 4, 2018 —31st Sunday in Ordinary Time

To keep the faith alive for future generations, please consider remembering St. Anne’s in your Will.

The Pastoral Staff

Rev. Stanislaw Wadowski, Pastor Rev. Victor Evangelista Valses, Associate Pastor

Rev. Charlince Vendredy, Associate Pastor Deacon Thomas R. Samson, Emeritus

Deacon Jay Alvarado Deacon John E. Walters Deacon Andres Colpa

Mrs. Marge Baum, Pastoral Associate Mrs. Sue Lindsay, Director of Music

Mrs. Bertha Keenan, Director of Family Faith Formation Mr. Tony Bellizzi, Youth Ministry

Mrs. Janet Lambert, Outreach Director

MASS SCHEDULE

Monday - Friday: 12:00 Noon and 5:30 PM (English) Wednesday: 7:30 PM (French Creole)

Thursday: 7:00 PM (Spanish) Saturday: 9:00 AM (English)

WEEKENDS:

Saturday: 5:00 PM (English), 7:00 PM (Spanish) Sunday: 7:30 AM (English), 9:00 AM (Spanish), 11:00 AM (English), 12:30 PM (French Creole),

5:00 pm (English)

HOLY DAYS: Will be announced as each Holyday is celebrated.

THE SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION:

Saturdays 4:00 - 4:45 PM in English & Spanish

PLEASE REMEMBER IN YOUR PRAYERS Carmela Inguanti, Antoinette Inguanti, Anne Cisco, Alice Corwin,

Carol DiMuro, Jo Ann & Joe Verrechio, Gladys Torres, Anthony Falci,

Brigid Esse, Manifred Esse, Laurie Santos, Christopher Grabe,

George Grabe, Dawn Grabe, Barbara Grabe, Guy Hanlon,

Anna Romero, Maritza Benites, Michael Chicas, Robert Newell Sr.,

Joel Auerbask, Timothy Hanaburgh, Conner Amato, Ebner Family,

Avery Family, Marsch Family, Emmaline Strick, Salvadore Espostito,

Bartosik Family, Ivona Bartosik, Biangardi Family James Paladino, ,

Pat Rassanen, Ana Josefa Rodriguez, Jenny Jamsy Rodriguez,

Taylor Chanoine,

PRAY FOR THOSE WHO ARE SERVING IN THE MILITARY

Steven Reyes Luis Vieta Thomas Shelton Trinifer Garcia Richard Laureano Robert Gilman William Suhr Shawn G. Muller Daniel Mejia Sr. Mariana Rodriguez John Lampkin Colin McNulty Alexandria Talleriso Joseph A. Rodriguez William Krausch Jr. Stacey Delano Matthew James Murphy Omer Cadet Jon Jay Uebel Angel Gonzalez Peter Daniel Rivera Kevin Shaw Tyler Rodriguez Stephen Gregory Angel Gonzalez Keith Jermyn

Christopher A. Cary Ryan Gregory Americo Otero Matthew Ghiringhelli Joseph Shelton Joseph Swiderski

WEEKLY MASS INTENTIONS Saturday, November 3, 2018 9:00 - All Souls Novena McCormick Family for Healing 5:00 - Mary-Ann O’Keefe (Birth in Heaven)†

Amor González Francisco †

7:00 - (Spanish) Prospero Arévalo (6 Meses) †

En honor al Divino Nino Jesus En honor a la Virgen del Cisne Santiago Tenesaca †

Sunday, November 4, 2018 7:30 - Antonio Scalia †

All Souls Novena 9:00 - (Spanish) Félix Gómez Cují (1st Ann) †

Almas del Purgatorio †

Jesús Prudencio †

Por la salud de Aura Feña Justiniano 11:00 - All who are falsely accused Beverly Abery (Healing) 12:30 -(Haitain)Jean Enel Ulysse (Birth.)in Thanksgiving 5:00 - Lucila Durand †

St. Anne’s Parishioners Living & Deceased Monday, November 5, 2018 12:00 - All Souls Novena Mass Margaret Calandra † 5:30 - Available Tuesday, November 6, 2018 12:00 - All Souls Novena Mass Christian Mothers Living & Deceased 5:30 - Antonio J. Roman †

Wednesday, November 7, 2018 12:00 - All Souls Novena Mass Margaret Calandra †

5:30 - Available 7:00 - (Haitian) Available Thursday, November 8, 2018 12:00 - All Souls Novena Mass Teresa and Francesco Greco †

5:30 - Joan Ward †

7:00 - (Spanish) Herminio Reyes (1st Annv.) †

Por el Empiezo del Cursillo Jorge Romero (8th Annv.) †

Anatilde Daza de Romero †

Friday, November 9, 2018 12:00 - All Souls Novena Mass Mildred Lopez (Healing) (Liv.) 5:30 - Available Saturday, November 10, 2018 9:00 - All Souls Novena 5:00 - Andres Romay †

7:00 - (Spanish) Victoria Martínez (22Annv.) †

Bienvenido Cedeño (1st Annv.) †

Rosa Vivas (10th Annv.) †

Gregorio Santana (4 Meses) †

Sunday, November 11, 2018 7:30 - All Souls Novena 9:00 - (Spanish) María Marte †

José Salvador Quintanilla †

Ángel Román (2nd Annv.) †

Ronald Enrique Rodríguez †

11:00 - Jeffrey R. Herrmann †

George W. Riley †

12:30 - (Haitain) Available 5:00- Rosa Avilés †

St. Anne’s Parishioners Living & Deceased

IMPORTANT TELEPHONE NUMBERS Parish Offices: 631-273-8113

Parish Fax: 631-436-7914

Office of Family Faith Formation: 231-7344

Fr. Thomas Conerty Outreach: 631-339-7470

or 273-8113 ex 142 Parish Office

Haitian/American Apostolate: 951- 0129

Hospitality Too/Soup Kitchen: 516-983-5378

Our Lady of Providence Regional School:

631-234-6324

St. Anne’s Gardens (Senior Housing): 516-733-7076

Eucharist to the Homebound: 631-273-8113

Pronto: 631-231-8290

Catholic Charities Immigrant Service: 631-789-5235

Our Weekly Collections:

Was not available at time of publication.

October 28, 2018

First Collection: $ 9,522.00 Thank you for your continuous support of

our parish. We can not do it alone we depend on you!

31st Sunday in Ordinary Time

Dear Sisters and Brothers,

Last weekend, once more we have heard sad news of an attack on a

Synagogue with 11 people loosing lives in Pittsburgh. There is no place for

violence in our lives. We all resent bullying and mistreatment, not talking about

any physical abuse. We need to continue to pray for the victims and their families,

that they find strength to bear the pain of their loss and hurt. It’s so difficult to find

understanding and acceptance to such senseless violence.

Every person desires respect and fair treatment in all places, we desire

kindness and love from our family and friends and so we have to give to others this

same. In the gospel of this Sunday, Jesus gives us an indication for holiness and

happiness in our lives simplifying the whole Bible to two commandments of loving

God and our neighbor as ourselves. How important it must be for us, to come to know God’s love for us, to be able to

respond to it as Jesus asks us through the words of the Old Testament: to love God with all our heart, with all our

soul, with all our mind and with all our strength ? How important it must be for us to make an experience of that

love ? How much we must ponder God’s Word, how much we need to be close to God to have this total love with all

strength of the: body, mind and soul, all for God.

What in life do we love with all our strength, with the power of our body, mind and soul ??? Does love like this

exists ??? Or at least what love comes closest to that kind of love ??? Love like this probably exists, but who of us

would say that we love God in that profound way of total self gift??? Or what it means to love God or another person

in that way???Certainly one needs to ponder this meaning in faith and love in prayer to come to terms with it.

Loving others seems simple, to love them as ourselves with simple reciprocity. If we define our practical life

answer to this question, we will answer to our greatest call as a human person. Jesus gave us a clue with his own life

and death. Are we ready to imitate Him ??? Here I would like to share with you this prayer, that you may have seen me

share in the bulletin, but it’s worth remembering. Attributed to Fr. Pedro Arrupe, SJ (1907-1991)

“Nothing is more practical than

finding God, than falling in Love

in a quite absolute, final way.

What you are in love with, what seizes your imagination, will affect everything.

It will decide what will get you out of bed in the morning, what you do with your evenings,

how you spend your weekends, what you read, whom you know,

what breaks your heart, and what amazes you with joy and gratitude.

Fall in Love, stay in love, and it will decide everything.”

This week we honored All Saints who tried to embody this prayer, and now we honor them for their efforts and

example. We continue to pray for the Souls of our departed family members. You may remember them by enlisting them

for the All Souls Novena of Masses taking the envelope from the entrances of the church and writing their names for

remembrance in Novena of Masses and in our prayers in the month of November. May the Lord show them his Mercy,

and give them the happiness of heaven. And us let’s ponder and learn how to love God and one another as ourselves.

God bless everyone always !!!

Fr. Stan

Let us welcome the following

babies and their families who

were Baptized into the Church:

Jayden Alexander Halley

Christian Jamaal Smiley

WEDDING BANNS

FIRST BANNS

Ever Zelaya

&

Matilde Contreras

Wedding November 10, 2018

Queridos Hermanos y Hermanas:

El fin de semana pasado, una vez mas, hemos escuchado tristes noticias de ataques a la

Sinagoga con 11 personas perdiendo la vidas en Pittsburgh. No hay lugar para la violencia en

nuestras vidas. A todos nos molesta la intimidación y el maltrato, no hablamos de ningún abuso

físico. Necesitamos continuar orando por las victimas y sus familiares, para que encuentren la

fuerza para soportar el dolor de su perdida y su dolor. Es tan difícil encontrar compresión y acepta-

ción ante semejante violencia sin sentido.

Todas las personas desean respeto y trato justo en todos los lugares, deseamos bondad y

amor de nuestra familia y amigos, por lo que tenemos que darles a los demás lo mismo. En el

evangelio de este Domingo, Jesús nos da una indicación de la santidad y la felicidad en nuestras

vidas simplicando toda la Biblia a dos mandamientos de amar a Dios y al prójimo como a nosotros

mismos. Que tan importante debe ser para nosotros, conocer el amor de Dios para nosotros, para

poder responder a el como Jesús nos pide a través de la palabras del Antiguo Testamento: amar a

Dios con todo nuestro corazón, con toda nuestra alma, con Toda nuestra mente y con toda nuestra fuerza. ¿Qué tan importante

debe ser para nosotros hacer una experiencia de ese amor? ¿Cuánto debemos reflexionar sobre la Palabra de Dios, cuanto debemos

estar cerca de Dios para tener este amor total con toda la fuerza del cuerpo, la mente y el alma, todo para Dios?

¿Qué en la vida amamos con toda nuestra fuerza, con el poder de nuestro cuerpo, mente y alma? ¿El amor como sale? O

al menos, ¿Qué amor se acerca mas a ese tipo de amor? Probablemente exista este tipo de amor, pero ¿Quién de nosotros diria que

amamos a Dios de esa manera profunda de entrega total? ¿O que significa amar a Dios u otra persona de esa manera? Ciertamente,

uno necesita reflexionar sobre este significado en la fe y el amor en la oración para llegar a un acuerdo con el.

Amar a los demás parece simple, amarlos como a nosotros mismos con reciprocidad simple. Si definimos nuestra respuesta de

vida practica a esta pregunta, responderemos a nuestro mayor llamado como persona humana. Jesús nos dio una pista con su pro-

pia vida y muerte.

¿Estamos listos para imitarlo? Aquí me gustaría compartir con ustedes esta oración, que quizan hayan visto en el boletín

anteriormente, vale la pena recordarla una vez mas. Escrita por el Padre Pedro Arrupe, SJ (1907-1991)

NADA ES MAS PRACTICO.

Nada es mas practico

Que encontrar a Dios;

Que amarlo de un modo absoluto, y hasta el final.

Aquello de lo que estés enamorado, y arrebate tu imaginación,

Lo afectara todo.

Determinara lo que te haga levantar por la mañana

Y lo que hagas con tus atardeceres;

Como pases los fines de semana, lo que leas

Y a quien conozcas;

Lo que te rompa el corazón y lo que te llene de asombro

Con alegría y agradecimiento.

Enamórate, permanece enamorado, y eso lo decidirá todo.

Esta semana horamos a todos los Santos que intentaron encarnar esta oración, y ahora los honramos por su esfuerzo y

ejemplo. Continuamos orando por las almas de nuestros familiares difuntos. Puede recordarlos escribiendo sus nombres para la

Novena que se llevara a cabo en la Misas de recordación de todas las almas difuntas, tomando un sobre a la entradas de la iglesia

y escribiendo sus nombres, para ser recordados durante la misa y en nuestra oraciones durante el mes de Noviembre. Que el Señor

les muestre su Misericordia y les de la felicidad del cielo. Y reflexionemos y aprendamos a amar a Dios y a los demás como a no-

sotros mismos.

Dios les bendiga a todos siempre!!!

P. Stan

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ST. ANNE PARISH OUTREACH

THANKSGIVING

SPONSOR A FAMILY

Our Parish Outreach will be giving Thanksgiving baskets to those in

need in our Brentwood/Bay Shore community. If you would like to

sponsor a family, we would be extremely grateful for your help.

SPONSOR INFORMATION

_____YES, I WOULD LIKE TO ADOPT A FAMILY FOR THANKSGIVING

I WILL ADOPT A FAMILY WITH ______MEMBERS.

NAME__________________________________

ADDRESS_______________________________________________

PHONE_________________ FAX___________________________

PLEASE CHECK ONE OF THE FOLLOWING

_____I WILL DONATE A BASKET OF FOOD

_____I WILL DONATE MONEY

_____I WILL DONATE A GROCERY CARD

I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ADOPT THIS FAMILY FOR

CHRISTMAS ___YES ___NO

ANY QUESTIONS PLEASE CONTACT THE OUTREACH OFFICE

631-273-8113 EXT.142

PLEASE SPONSOR OR DONATE BEFORE

NOVEMBER 12TH

THANK YOU

This is the message we as

Christians need to spread this

Holiday Season!

Will you help us do this!

These car magnets are

available in the

Parish Business Office.

Donation is $5.00

Pick up one before we run out!

November/December/January

Cenacle Retreat House Schedule

Sunday, November 11, 2018

1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. at the Retreat Center, 12:30 p.m. arrivals and refreshments

ANGELS AND ALLELUIAS

The role and presence of angels is explored through scripture, music, and prayer inviting participants to renew and embrace our

relationships with the beautiful gifts of God. A healing time of grace and spiritual alignment as we place our hopes, prayers and

questions and grow closer to our guardians and learn a bit more about the angels.

Presenter: Paul Alexander, LCSW Offering: $35 $20 deposit required to hold your reservation

November 16-18, 2018

A WOMAN’ S WAY THROUGH THE 12 STEPS – STEPS 4-5

One year continuous recovery in a 12 Step Program required.

Using A Woman’s Way Through the Twelve Steps as a guide, join us and other women in recovery who are discovering the power of

healthy choice and inner wisdom to light our way toward deeper meaning and a life filled with empowerment, joy and peace. Steps

4 and 5 will be explored and can be revisited with a beginner’s mind and a new awareness, no matter the length of your recovery.

Presenters: Pamela J. Carlton, MS, MT-BC and Ann Schehr, LMHC, CRC

Offering: $250 – No Sunday lunch. Commuters: $195 $50 deposit required to hold your reservation

Thursday, December 6, 2018 10:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. at the Retreat Center, 10:00 a.m. arrivals and refreshments

LIFE’S CALLING YOU – COME, FOLLOW CHRIST-Morning for Seniors

ADVENT SEEDS OF WINTER’S BEAUTY: Preparing and waiting with faith and trust, for newness to unfold.

Presenter: Carmela Bergman, Cenacle Staff Associate

Offering: $30 – Lunch included $20 deposit required to hold your reservation

December 7-9, 2018

SILENT DIRECTED ADVENT RETREAT WEEKEND

In the midst of this busy season, you are invited to rejoice in the impending brightness of the Lord’s coming and to find Him very

near in the hush of silence. This contemplative weekend, with individual spiritual direction, will begin with an inspiring Advent

prayer.

Presenters/Directors: Cenacle Ministry Team

Offering: $250 – No Sunday lunch. No Commuters $50 deposit required to hold your reservation

Friday, December 14, 2018

6:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. at the Retreat Center, 5:30 p.m. arrivals

HOLIDAY EVENING WITH YOUR HIGHER POWER

An evening for those in a Twelve Step Program. The evening begins with a festive meal, followed by a presentation, personal pro-

cessing and integration.

Presenter: Ann Schehr, LMHC, CRC Offering: $50 – Festive Dinner included $20 deposit required to hold your reservation

Sunday, December 16, 2018

1:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. at the Retreat Center, 1:00 p.m. arrivals and refreshments

BRING A TORCH, JEANETTE ISABELLA! – SILENT AFTERNOON OF PRAYER

This French carol is about two female farmhands running to tell the inhabitants of a nearby village that they have found the baby

and his mother in a stable. What can its beckoning and hushed quality say to us about greeting the Christ Child with exuberant and

contemplative presence to the moment this Christmastide? What noise must we still, lest we awaken Him?

Presenter: Sr. Kathryn Madden, r.c.

Offering: $35 $20 deposit required to hold your reservation

January 18-20, 2019

Spa Retreat for Women “The Gifts of the Visitation” are you looking for that special gift for someone for Christmas well for

the ladies here it is. The story of the Visitation of Mary and Elizabeth teaches us an important lesson: when Christ is grow-

ing inside of us, we will be led to people, places and situations that we never dreamed of. In the very act of consoling others,

we will be consoled. How does your spiritual life influence your journey, bod, mind, and spirit? Presenters: Cenacle Sisters

and Team. Offering $275.00 No Sunday Lunch. No Commuters. $50.00 deposit required to hold your reservation. Limited

Registrations accept.

Linda Siedlecki - Retreat Office Manager Ronkonkoma Cenacle 310 Cenacle Road

Ronkonkoma, NY 11779 631-588-8366 x116 Fax: 631-737-3375

e-mail: lsiedlecki@cenaclesisters.org

Ministerios y Servicios En Español

P. Víctor Evangelista Tel. (631) 273-8113 Fax (631) 436-7914

Santa Misa Jueves y Sábado 7:00 p.m. Domingo 9:00 a.m.

Confesiones Sábado 4-4:45 p.m. Domingo 8:30-9/10:30-11 a.m.

Unción de los Enfermos y Exposición Eucarística Primer jueves del mes

Cenáculo Eucarístico (Divina Misericordia) Cuarto sábado del mes

Bautismo de niños menores de cinco años 1º , 2º y 3er.. sábados del mes

(Para Bautismo, Matrimonio, 15 años, etc. es necesario pedir una Cita con Sacerdote/Diacono en

la Oficina parroquial, más información puede encontrar en la sección en inglés -

SACRAMENTAL INFORMATION ST. ANNE’S PARISH-).

Grupos, Movimientos, Comunidades parroquiales

Hermandad de Emaús Martes 7:30 p.m. Capilla (Romilio Lorenzo: 631-4045205).

Renovación Carismática Miércoles 7:30 p.m. Templo (Reina Rodríguez: 516-9397048).

Comdad. Neocatecumenal Jueves 7:30 p.m. Capilla

Cursillos de Cristiandad Jueves 7:30 p.m. Bjo. Rectoría (Pedro y Laura: 631-2456087).

Gpo. J. A. (RENACER) Viernes 7:30 p.m. Bjo. Templo (Pamela Cueto: 631-4820792).

Legión de María Dom. desp. de la Misa de 9:00 a.m. (Hilda González: 516-8183294).

S. Miguel Arcángel 2º Domingo de mes a las 2:00 p.m. (Alida Moreno: 631-3985213).

Divina Misericordia 2º y 4º domingos a 2:00 p.m. (Carmen Elibo: 631-8973151).

L. Fams. y G. Acólitos Ultimo viernes de mes 6:00 p.m. (Yolanda: 631-3056611; Andrés: 631-2738225).

Ap. Hpno. y Cf. de Amistad 4º Domingo desp. de misa dominical (Miguel Alfaro: 631-2207830)

Coro Parroq. de la Misa de Sábado y Domingo (Contacto: Moisés Telenta: 631-7452164).

Curso Pre-Cana y Mov. Fam. Cristiano (Contacto: Alberto Román y Margarita: 631-6824986).

R.I.C.A. (Contacto: José Núñez y Carmen: 646-345-8591).

Educación Religiosa (Contacto: Bertha Keenan: 631-231-7344).

XXXI-B DOMINGO ORDINARIO

Deuteronomio 6:2-6 Escucha, Israel: El Señor, nuestro Dios, es el único Señor; amaras al Se-

ñor, tu Dios, con todo tu corazón, con toda tu alma, con todas tus fuerzas. Graba en tu corazón

los mandamientos que hay te he transmitido…esto es para los judíos a manera del Credo para

los católicos, una confesión de fe, valga decir que también es nuestro, Jesucristo nos lo entrego

cumplido en la Cruz. Hay que enfatizar que este ‘Shemá, Israel’ (Escucha, Israel) está funda-

mentado en la Alianza, en el amor de Dios que eligió un pueblo (Israel), y en sentido más am-

plio un Pueblo Nuevo: la Iglesia. ‘Shemá, Israel’, busca explicar y aplicar la Alianza con el Dios

uno y único, alianza en la cual Dios tiene la iniciativa y responsabilidad.

Hebreos 7:23-28 Ciertamente que un sumo sacerdote como este era el que nos convenía:

santo, inocente, inmaculado, separado de los pecadores y elevado por encima de los cielos…uno

que se ofrece como víctima propiciatoria. El texto de la segunda lectura tiene una profundidad

teológica que cobra sentido en el sacerdocio bautismal de todos los creyentes, y por supuesto en

el único sacerdocio “según el rito de Melquisedec”, el de Cristo.

Marcos 12:28b-34 “Cuál es el primero de todos los mandamientos?” (…) El primero es:

‘Shemá, Israel (…) El segundo es este: Amaras a tu prójimo como a ti mismo. El mandato de

Jesús es claro, no se ama a Dios si no se ama al prójimo, en palabras sencillas: Levantamos una

mana para alabar a Dios y nos ponemos la otra en el bolsillo para ser generosos con los pobres e

indigentes. En el orden de los 10 mandamientos, es curioso, el numero de mandamientos que

refieren a Dios son tres, son siete (a partir del 4º), que refieren al prójimo y la relación con el

mundo material (bienes, dinero, etc.).

THIS IS A WORLD YOUTH DAY

FUNDRAISER. PLEASE COME AND SUPPORT

OUR YOUTH REACH THEIR GOAL! ON SUNDAY AFTER 7:30, 9:00 & 11:00 a.m. Masses

MARIA REGINA RESIDENCE Maria Regina Residence, at 1725 Brentwood Road, Brentwood, is an 188—bed Skilled Nursing Facility under the care of the Sisters of St. Joseph.

We are currently seeking compassionate, dedicated men and women who are willing to volunteer their time and talent in varied

Service areas, (usually for one morning or afternoon/week) in assisting the Pastoral Team as Eucharistic Ministers or

Helping to transport residents in their wheelchairs within the building, both priority needs. We also welcome assistants for

Recreational services and other needs in the building. Is the Holy Spirit calling you?

For more information, please contact Sister Mary Sheppard, CSJ and leave contact information at 631-299-3288. Prayerfully and thankfully,

We look forward to hearing from you.

AROUND OUR COMMUNITY

ST. JAMES R.C. CHURCH

Vendors Needed

Saint James Church Christmas Fair

We would like to invite you to consider

being a vendor at our Christmas Fair this

year! It promises to be a wonderful event

with: one of the largest miniature nativities

in the world! (called a presidio), many

vendors, pictures with Santa, entertain-

ment, food, make-and –take kiddie crafts,

raffles, many collectibles for viewing and

purchase & so much more.

The date is Saturday, December 1, 2018.

Secure a space for $75.00 by calling

Todd Bradshaw or Fr. Jerry Cestare

at 631-941-4141.

WORLDWIDE MARRIAGE ENCOUNTER

Do we put our trust in God and allow him to be Lord

in every area of our life like the widow did? Trust

that God wants great things for your marriage by

attending a Worldwide Marriage Encounter

Weekend. The next Weekends are Nov. 16-18, 2018

in Huntington, N.Y. and Feb 8-10, 2019 in

Huntington, N.Y. For more information, call John &

Toni Torio at 877-697-9963 or visit them at

https://wwmenyli.org/.

SISTERS OF ST. JOSEPH

This November 16th marks the twenty-ninth

anniversary of the assassination of six Jesuit priests,

their housekeeper and her daughter in the small

country of El Salvador. In addition, this year will

mark the thirty-eighth of the murders of the four

Churchwomen and now Sainted Archbishop Oscar

A. Romero, also in El Salvador.

With those anniversaries in mind, a prayer service

has been planned to commemorate the lives of these

holy people and to remember all those who have,

and continue to, dedicate their lives to the struggle

for social justice and peace all over our world.

This service will be held on Sunday, November

18th at 3:00 p.m. at the Sisters of St. Joseph

Renewal Center Chapel 1725 Brentwood Road,

Brentwood, N.Y. All are welcome to join in prayer.

ST. SYLVESTER’S COMMUNITY SOCIAL & DANCE

Featuring Bill Wilkinson and his “Savoy Swing Band” A

live 20 pc. Band with vocals playing for your listening

and dancing entertainment. Saturday, November 17, 2018

from 7:00pm to 10:00pm St. Sylvester’s Church - Patricia

Desmond Hall, 68 Ohio Ave, Medford, N.Y. 11763

Admission: $15.00 pp—snacks and beverages included.

Call 631-730-3333 or website

www.goodolddanceband.com

ST. ANNE’S CHRISTIAN MOTHERS ORGANIZATION

Annual Cake Sale Sunday, November 11, 2018

After all the Masses until we run out of cakes!

Reserve your seats now

by stopping into the

Parish Office, fill out

the form, leave your

deposit and you are on

your way to POLAND

in August with

Fr. Stan.

Pere Charlince Vendredy

Le plus grand commandement (Mc12 :28-34)

Jésus, notre Example parfait, nous appelle à vivre une vie basée sur l’amour de

Dieu et du prochain

La question qu’il formule peut étonner de la part d’un scribe (v.28b). Il est un

bon connaisseur de l’Ecriture. C’est même sa spécialité. Mais, a l’époque, la

discussion est vive entre les rabbins sur l’importance de tel ou tel précepte

divin. Ils en ont recensé jusqu’à six cent treize dans l’Ancien Testament.

Les pharisiens, toujours rigoureux sur la Loi, en tirent une morale tatillonne. Un

discernement s’impose. On pouvait s’attendre a ce que Jésus renvoie son

interlocuteur au Décalogue (cf. Ex20, 1-17). Au lieu de cela, il cite les premiers

mots de la prière qui, chez les Juifs, est l’équivalent du ‘Notre Père ». Elle porte

le nom de « Shema Israel » : « Ecoute Israel… » (Dt 6 : 4-5). C’et une

magnifique profession de foi au Dieu Unique qui veut être aimé totalement.

Mais Jésus n’en reste pas là. Il joint à ce premier commandement un second qui

prescrit l’amour du prochain. Car pour lui, l’amour de Dieu et du prochain est

préférable à tous les sacrifices du culte juif (v. 33).

Ainsi, mes chers amis, aimons-nous les uns les autres comme Jésus nous l’a

appris. St Augustin disait : « Aime et fais ce que tu veux. » Sans l’amour, l’ave-

nir de l’histoire et du monde est incertain.