the parish family of st. christopher and st. sylvia ... · 12/25/2016 · to the top of the wall!...
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PASTORAL STAFF Rev. Patrick F. Buckley, Pastor George Sevigny, Lay Trustee Rev. Xavier S. Santiago, Parochial Vicar Bill Paccione, Lay Trustee Rev Msgr. Charles P. Coen, Pastor Emeritus Rick Moglia, Finance Council Chairman Gwen McCann, Parish Council President
CELEBRATION OF THE EUCHARIST Saturday: 5:00pm Monday-Saturday 9:00am at the Church Sunday: 7:30am 9:00am Family Mass, Tues. & Thurs, 7:00am at the Holy Spirit Chapel 10:30am & 12:00 noon For Holy Days schedule, consult bulletin
Adoration: First Fridays after the 9:00am Mass until 6:00pm Confessions: Saturday, 3:30pm - 4:30pm
Baptism: Phone Rectory to make arrangements Baptism Classes: 2nd Monday of month, 7:30pm-Rectory (by appointment)
Marriages: Phone Rectory at least 6 months in advance
Sick Calls: Phone Rectory at any time. Please do not wait until the last moment.
Hospital Visits and Anointing of the Sick: Parishioners in need of the Sacrament of Anointing of the Sick, please
call the Rectory. This includes anyone going to the hospital for a serious operation or who has a relative who is gravely ill.
Rectory Office Hours: Monday through Friday—9:00am to 4:00pm
PARISH OFFICES Rectory Religious Education Parish Center/Maintenance 7411 South Broadway 30 Benner Rd 30 Benner Rd
845-758-3732 Fax: 845.758.1214 845.758.5506 845-758-5689
Diana Calio-Secretary/Bookkeeper Ellen Farina— CRE Joseph Scala — Maintenance Supervisor
Patricia Grassi, Maureen Terranova Helen Moore— CRE Assistant Sacristan
Vicki Capel-Parish Cemetery Cor. [email protected] John Dorrian
The Parish Family of St. Christopher and St. Sylvia www.stchrisredhook.org
December 25, 2016
In Time: Intention: Requested by:
Sat December 24
4:00 PM Deceased Members of the Vosburgh Family
Family
6:00 pm Lilo Trimarco Husband Joe, Children, Grandchildren, & Great Grandchildren
12 Midnight Pro Populo ———————-
Sun December 25
8:00 AM Intentions of the Kennedy Family
Betty & John Kennedy
10:30 AM John Martin Christopher Stehling
Phyllis Stehling
Mon December 26
9:00 AM Arthur Daniel Farry MaryJane & Walter
Tues December 27
7:00 AM Intentions of Elvira Davis (lvg.)
Family
9:00 AM Ronald Papile Griffin Family
Wed December 28
9:00 AM Billy Totten Rick & Barbara Rizzolo
Thurs December 29
7:00 AM Joan White Jim & Margaret Mary Cayea
9:00 AM Catherine Paccione
Month’s Mind
Fri December 30
9:00 AM Vincent Manna, Jr. Richard & Cathy Zipp
Sat December 31
9:00 AM Jack Misasi Keith & MaryAnn White
5:00 PM Eugene Milanesi Gorga Family
Sun January 1, 2017
7:30 AM Intentions of Our Lady’s Guild
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9:00 AM Veronica Cambalik Cambalik Family
10:30 AM Robert Johnson Fiorella-Prinz Family
12 Noon Pro Populo ——————
This Week at St. Christopher and St. Sylvia
Welcome to the Parish Family of St. Christopher and St. Sylvia! We hope that all new residents to the Red
Hook area will feel at home in our parish and strive to be an active part of our faith community. Please take a
moment to stop in the Rectory office to fill out a membership form and to meet a member of the Pastoral Staff.
DECEMBER 25TH, 2016 + THE NATIVITY OF THE LORD
Sunday, December 25 THE NATIVITY OF THE LORD
Christmas Mass 8:00 AM Church
Christmas Mass 10:30 AM Church
Monday, December 26 St. Stephen
Rectory Office Closed —————- ———————
Religious Ed. Office Closed ————— ———————
Tuesday, December 27 St. John
Religious Ed. Office Closed —————- ———————
Wednesday, December 28 Holy Innocents
No Religious Ed. Classes
Thursday, December 29 St. Thomas Becket
Radio City Trip 7:30 AM Meet at
30 Benner Rd.
No Religious Ed. Classes ————— ——————–-
Adult Choir Rehearsal 7-8:15 PM Church
Friday, December 30 Holy Family of Jesus
Religious Ed. Office Closed ————— ———————-
Saturday, December 31 Eve of the Solemnity of Mary
St. Sylvester
Solemnity of Mary Mass 5:00 PM Church
AA Meeting 7:00 PM Don Bosco Hall
Sunday, January 1, 2017 Solemnity of Mary
Solemnity of Mary Mass 7:30 AM Church
Solemnity of Mary Mass 9:00 AM Church
Solemnity of Mary Mass 10:30 AM Church
Solemnity of Mary Mass 12 NOON Church
Religious Ed. Office Closed
Religious Ed. Office Closed ————— ———————
S T E W A R D S H I P R E P O R T
Due to the early deadline of this week’s bulletin, the collection numbers for last week were not yet
available.
God Bless you for your continued generosity!
Please Note on calendar above, that the Religious
Education Office will be closed the week of
December 26 – December 30, 2017.
It will reopen on January 2, 2017.
'Twas the Night Before Christmas
(or A Visit from St. Nicholas) by Clement Clarke Moore
'Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house
not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse.
The stockings were hung by the chimney with care,
in hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there.
The children were nestled all snug in their beds,
while visions of sugar plums danced in their heads.
And Mama in her 'kerchief, and I in my cap,
had just settled our brains for a long winter's nap.
When out on the roof there arose such a clatter,
I sprang from my bed to see what was the matter. Away to the window I flew like a flash,
tore open the shutter, and threw up the sash.
The moon on the breast of the new-fallen snow
gave the lustre of midday to objects below,
when, what to my wondering eyes should appear,
but a miniature sleigh and eight tiny reindeer.
With a little old driver, so lively and quick,
I knew in a moment it must be St. Nick.
More rapid than eagles, his coursers they came, and he whistled and shouted and called them by name:
"Now Dasher! Now Dancer!
Now, Prancer and Vixen!
On, Comet! On, Cupid!
On, Donner and Blitzen!
To the top of the porch!
To the top of the wall!
Now dash away! Dash away!
Dash away all!"
As dry leaves that before the wild hurricane fly,
when they meet with an obstacle, mount to the sky
so up to the house-top the coursers they flew,
with the sleigh full of toys, and St. Nicholas too.
And then, in a twinkling, I heard on the roof
the prancing and pawing of each little hoof.
As I drew in my head and was turning around,
down the chimney St. Nicholas came with a bound
He was dressed all in fur, from his head to his foot,
and his clothes were all tarnished with ashes and
soot.
A bundle of toys he had flung on his back,
and he looked like a peddler just opening his pack.
His eyes--how they twinkled! His dimples, how mer-
ry! His cheeks were like roses, his nose like a cherry!
His droll little mouth was drawn up like a bow,
and the beard on his chin was as white as the snow.
The stump of a pipe he held tight in his teeth, and the smoke it encircled his head like a wreath.
He had a broad face and a little round belly,
that shook when he laughed, like a bowl full of
jelly. He was chubby and plump, a right jolly old elf,
and I laughed when I saw him, in spite of myself.
A wink of his eye and a twist of his head
soon gave me to know I had nothing to dread.
He spoke not a word, but went straight to his
work, and filled all the stockings, then turned with a jerk.
And laying his finger aside of his nose,
and giving a nod, up the chimney he rose.
He sprang to his sleigh, to his team gave a whistle,
And away they all flew like the down of a thistle.
But I heard him exclaim, 'ere he drove out of sight,
"Happy Christmas to all, and to
all a good night!”
Look What’s Happening at St. Christopher—St. Sylvia Parish!
January 1st
is a Holy Day of Obligation
The Solemnity of Mary The Masses will follow the regular
Sat. & Sun,. Schedules
New Year’s Masses
Sat., Dec.31st 5:00 PM—Church
Sun,, January 1st 7:30, 9:00, 10:30, 12 noon
All at the Church
FOR THOSE GOING ON THE
2016 Radio City Christmas Spectacular on
Thurs., Dec. 29
Please be at the school parking lot at 30 Benner Rd. by 7:30 PM to load the bus. The bus leaves at
8:00 AM sharp. From 1-4 PM you are free to have lunch on your own, walk to the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree, and walk to St. Patrick’s Cathedral where the bus will leave at 4:00 PM. The show
tickets will be handed out on the bus. ( Please note that the trip has been sold out )
Merry Christmas!
Christmas Blessings! Ellen & Helen
Grades 1-6
Classes are back in session on:
Wednesday, January 4, 2017
Thursday, January 5, 2017
Youth Alive!
Please remember to check your
calendar’s for your child’s next class!
Confirmation
Christmas Dinner Prayer
Loving God and Father of us all, we joyfully celebrate the birth of your Son, the eternal Word who came to dwell with us and is born this day of the Virgin Mary. May the meal we share on this great feast satisfy us not only with the good food you give us, but also grace us with the fullness of your love, which you bestowed on our human nature when your Son took on our very flesh. May we come to share completely in your divine life through the coming of your Son
among us. May his self-giving love be made manifest in our hearts so that the joy of our Christmas feast
may extend beyond our family and home to touch the lives of others with the love that makes this day holy and makes us all children of one family in you.
Amen.
PLEASE NOTE: CHANGE OF PLANS
In honor of Fr. Xavier’s Farewell Luncheon we will join it with the Epiphany Party on- New Date
Jan. 29th after the 12 Noon Mass at the School,
30 Benner Rd.
All Volunteers please RSVP to the Rectory Office
845-758-3732
The party is open to everyone for
our dear Fr. Xavier!
In your prayers, please remember the sick
especially
John Aeolus ● Frances Allen ● Paul Anderson
Hope Babineau ● Roma Buel ● Helen Burns
Brianna Chase ● Scott Clements ● John Conlon
John Conway ● Holly Daly ● John Dykeman
Janice Farinacci ● Charles Fasce ● Fr. Cassian Folsom
Thomas Galbraith ● Jeannette Gordon ● Arthur Hallenbeck
Haley Hines ● Brian James ● Alex Katz ● Pam Kaliche
Sylvia Ledenko ● Kevin Ledwith ● Norma Liuzza
Henrietta Lynch ● Mary Machete ● Judy McEleney
Nora Mercier ● Marlene McGowan-Yedic
Gina Maculski ● Alex Cortes Molloy
Thomas Richard Malone ● John Manning ● Eric Moore
Richard Murray ● Frank Pasqua, Jr. ● Joe Piccard
Lynn Prinz ● Michael Qianonni ● Maureen Randene
James Rudy ● Anna Safford ● John Sculco
Amy Sivulich ● Lisa Slayton ● Robert Smith
Samantha Smith ● Zach Swart ● Janet Towner
Mary Verlin ● Bryan Williams
Peggy Williams ● Alice Zelasco
Please call the office to add or remove someone from this list.
Go to formed.org and log-in or register using
parish code: BT2DRR Under the title “Programs, Movies, & Books,” find: Relating to the Gospel “In the beginning was the Word.. and the Word became Flesh.” Who is this Jesus, who came to share in our humanity? Audio: Who Do You Say That I Am? By Bishop Robert Barron On Our Calendar This Week: This week we celebrate the Feasts of the Holy Innocents and the Holy Family. Joseph was given the job of protecting and raising Jesus, and it wasn’t always easy…. Movie: Joseph of Nazareth Theme for the Month of December: Advent and Christmas! Need a break from baking, shopping, decorating…..? Try one of these… Program: Advent Discipleship Group - 4 sessions to enhance your Advent journey Movie: The Story of the Nativity - explore the true story of Jesus’ birth Audio: Prepare the Way of the King-learn what scholars now know about the shepherds, the Magi & King Herod
DEFENSIVE DRIVING CLASS
Sat., January 21, 2017…………
…..8:30AM—3:00PM
at the Parish Center, 30 Benner Rd.
To register or for more information
contact :
Bill Owens at 845-756-2481
Prayer Shawl Group...Are you or someone you know going through a difficult time, perhaps physi-cally or emotionally and feel that you would like a Prayer Shawl? If so, please contact Celine Turchetti 758-8083
Pocket Prayer Square If you feel that you would like a little “extra" spir-itual support to place in your pocket, please feel free to take one located in
the back of the church.
THE 2017 CALENDARS ARE HERE!
Again we would like to thank the
Troy and Giek Families of Burnett & White
for providing our parish with the 2017
calendars, “Saints of the Americas.”
Please pick up your calendar in the back of
the church.
THE SUPER SUNDAY GIVEAWAY
GRAND PRIZE $ 1350 IN VALUE, WINNER
TAKE ALL VIZIO 55’ FLAT SCREEN 4K HD SMART TV AND
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FLORINA’S TRATTORIA
Ticket chances will be available for sale on Sunday Jan.8th after all masses and at the January 15th Parish Holy Name breakfast. Ticket prices $ 5.00 ea. or $ 20
for 5 tickets
Drawing for the prizes will be
January 15th at 10:30 AM
Merry Christmas from all the Societies of
St. Christopher –St. Sylvia
Adult Faith Formation, Co-Chairs-Maggie Burud & Tina Wert….
………………………..……………[email protected]
Adult Choir Director, Richard Totman……... ....... 845-876-7444
Basketball Coord., Dan Totman………[email protected]
Battered Women ........................................... ........ 845-876-1554
Holy Name Society Pres., Tom Sullivan ....... ........ 845-758-3732 [email protected]
Knights of Columbus GK, Bill Paccione ...... ..... ...845-758-5913 [email protected]
Our Lady's Guild Pres., Ann Totten……...…. ....... 845-758-3732 [email protected]
Our Lady Queen of Peace Prayer Group ................ 845-758-3732
Respect Life Committee, Barbara Totman……….845-758-3732
St. Christopher Food Pantry ................................... 845-758-3732 [email protected] Senior Citizens President, Betty Bader .................. 845-758-5758
Youth Choir Director, Charles Robitaille............... 845-758-0580
RCIA, Eileen Cassidy ............................................ 845-758-3732 [email protected]
Bereavement Committee, Eleanor Troy ................. 845-758-3732
Teen Fusion, Kathy Marici .................................... 845-758-3732 [email protected]
Prison Ministry, Rosemary Molloy………………...845-758-3732
SOCIETIES & CONTACTS
Please keep our Military
and their families in your
prayers.
33 Days to Morning Glory:
a consecration to Jesus through
Mary Retreat begins: Tues., Jan. 10, 2017 and cont. on Jan. 17, 24, 31 & Feb. 7
@ 7 pm in the Don Bosco Hall. The consecration will be made on the Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes, Feb.11. Retreat materials are $20. You will receive your retreat materials at the first meeting. Please sign up in the back of the church.
The retreat is open to all parishioners 16—96!
For more information call Barbara at 845-597-5226
MEN’S RETREAT
The Holy Name Society will host a one day retreat for all men of the parish.
Sat., Feb. 4th, 2017 at Mariapolis Luminosa, Hyde
Park Our retreat director is Fr. Michael Ramous OFM,Cap. The topic is “PRAYER” our way we talk to God and listen to Him. Please, prayerfully consider coming to receive and share God’s Love. Sign-up sheets are in the back of the church Holy Name Members $10...Non members $25 Lunch included. Questions, call Tom Sullivan 845-758-2194
