Masses: SATURDAY 4:30pm • SUNDAY 8am, 10am, 12pm, 5pm • MON - FRI 8:30am
“Let me sow your love”
REV. PETER F. KACZMAREK, PASTOR • REV. FRANÇOIS EALE
DEACON ALLAN LONGO • DEACON JEAN CANTAVE • DEACON JAMES BYRNE
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THE BREAD THAT I WILL GIVE IS MY FLESH FOR THE LIFE OF THE WORLD JOHN 6:51
AUGUST 8, 2021 • NINETEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME OUR MISSION St. Francis of Assisi is a Roman Catholic Church steeped in history, yet forward thinking, creating a positive impact on our community while bringing brothers and sisters in Christ together to be the hands and feet of Jesus. In the true Franciscan way, we sow the seeds of the future in the good soil of tradition.
MASS INTENTIONS FOR THE WEEK LECTOR/EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS SATURDAY, AUGUST 7, 2021 SATURDAY, AUGUST 7, 2021 11:30am - Catherine & Angelo Penna, Rose & Salvatore DeStefano 4:30pm - Lector - Mary Lemp Eucharistic Ministers - Deacon Jim Byrne, 4:30pm - Patricia Fusaro Hammond, Carol Ann Gallo Russo, Mary Schlaikjer Michael Izzo, Raymond Kelly SUNDAY, AUGUST 8, 2021 SUNDAY, AUGUST 8, 2021 8:00am - Lector - Gawaine Esteibar 8:00am - St. Francis Parishioners Eucharistic Ministers - Deacon Jim Byrne, Diane Lake, Linda Costello Roth 10:00am - Frankie Fardette, Antoinette Crisafulli, Lisena Vilsaint, Fidele Charles, 10:00am - Lector - Peter Dowd Dolores Victor Eucharistic Ministers - Deacon Allan Longo, Lorraine Longo, Charles Giardino 12:00pm - Vincent Dunn, Martin Dolan, Ints. of John & Lindsay DeStefano, 12:00am - Lector - Neil Coscio Ints. of Grace & Jacob Donaldson Eucharistic Ministers - Deacon Jean Cantave, Thomas Buckley, Nancy Christensen 5:00pm - Rev Edward J. Kealey, Youth of St. Francis 5:00pm - Lector - Albert Porpora MONDAY, AUGUST 9, 2021 Eucharistic Ministers - Laurel Waite, Diane Young 8:30am - Ints. of Louise Tatora SATURDAY, AUGUST 14, 2021 William O’Brien TUESDAY, AUGUST 10, 2021 4:30pm - Lector - Eucharistic Ministers - Deacon Jean Cantave, 8:30am - Rev John Denniston Emilia Carvousanos, Frances Takach WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 11, 2021 SUNDAY, AUGUST 15, 2021 8:30am - Rev Simon Palliparambil 8:00am - Lector - Rosemarie Esteibar Eucharistic Ministers - Deacon Jim Byrne, THURSDAY, AUGUST 12, 2021 Catherine Armstronge, Clare Intemann Shirley E. O’Hara 8:30am - 10:00am - Lector - Michael Mordarski FRIDAY, AUGUST 13, 2021 Eucharistic Ministers - Deacon Jean Cantave, Peter Dowd, Louise Mordarski 8:30am - Doria Frank 12:00am - Lector - Ellen Lobasso Eucharistic Ministers - Deacon Allan Longo, DEVOTIONAL LIFE - HOLY HOURS Lorraine Longo, Nancy Christensen Diane Young HOLY HOUR FOR PRIESTS 5:00pm - Lector - Mondays: 12:30pm - 1:30pm Eucharistic Ministers - Catherine Kitakis, Ann Ahlstrom Saxer SACRED HEART HOLY HOUR Wednesdays: 6:30pm - 7:30pm THE RECTORY office will be open at regular hours PATRIOTIC HOLY HOUR - Fridays: 2:00pm - 3:00pm 9AM - 3PM. Masks must be worn in the office. ADORATION - Mondays & Fridays: 9:00am - 5:00pm ROSARY - Daily at 8:00am SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION: HAITIAN MASS - Every 3rd Saturday at 6:30pm Saturday 2PM - 3:30PM 631-896-3747 Deacon Jean Cantave: Call Rectory for private confessions
BULLETIN LIVING STEWARDSHIP REFLECTION PILLAR OF HOSPITALITY
In the first reading, Jesus stands firm In today’s Second Reading, Paul calls each of us to be that He is the Bread of Life. compassionate and forgiving. This week, forgive someone who has hurt you in the past. If they are no longer with us, forgive them in your heart. The Pastor’s Desk a message from father peter
Last weekend we hosted Fr. Paul Farin of Cross Catholic International who spoke of the work of this wonderful Catholic organization helping missionaries throughout the world.
I want to thank the great number of parishioners who responded so positively to his message and requested more information.
As a faith community we profit spiritually in a profound way from the visit of a genuine missionary priest with a heart for his work and a soul full of God’s compassion and love.
Please keep Cross Catholic International on your “database” and Fr Farin in your prayers!
For more info. on Fr. Paul Farin, visit their ministry website at: www.crosscatholic.org.
Working For Christ St. Vincent To do the work of Christ is really quite simple. de Paul Society It means to be faithful in little things, for to be faithful in little things is a big thing. August 8: Nineteenth Sunday It means to do one’s task, of Ordinary Time no matter how humble it may be, not only thoroughly but joyfully. In this Gospel the love that Jesus reveals It means to make oneself available, through the symbol of bread is: self-giving, yet never to seek the limelight. sacrificial, healing, forgiving, in solidarity with It means to strive to make oneself useful the weak, confident in the power of God. without seeking to push oneself. It means to carry one’s burden, During the hot summer months many of the without, as far as possible, becoming a burden elderly, especially those who are sick, are not on others. able to find relief from the heat. Please help the In a word it means to be at one’s post, Society of St. Vincent de Paul to bring helpful and faithful, loyal and constant. respite and hope to them. *Checks made payable to Society of St. Vincent de Paul -Saint Mother Teresa and dropped in the collection baskets will help us serve our neighbors in need throughout the Greenlawn area. Referenced in Deacon Jim’s homily of July 10/11. St. Francis of Assisi Conference: 631.651.2655 our community page 4 12th Annual Parish BOOSTER CLUB Welcome to the start of our 12th Annual Parish Booster Club. Everybody loves a winner. So join up, be a winner and help St. Francis be a winner too.
There will be a weekly and a monthly drawing The club will be a true club and your ticket(s) remain in play for an entire year (September 6th, 2021 to August 29, 2022) Just imagine – one ticket purchased and you are in the running every single week of the year!
What Are The Rules? Each week (Monday morning) in the rectory, there will be a drawing and a $60.00 winner. The winner drawn during the last week of the month takes home $600.00! At Christmas (the 2nd week of Decamber), the monthly prize is doubled to 1200.00! Each week, the winner’s name appears in the bulletin. Monthly winners ($600) will be announced from the lectern on Sunday. Tickets are $50.00 each. You may buy as many as you wish, giving you more opportunities to win. All tickets stay in the bin all year. Purchase early and you have over 50 chances to win. You may, however, purchase more tickets at any time during the entire year. Also you can purchase tickets on behalf of others and give them as gifts.
Return The Ticket Stubs With Your Check Two (2) tickets are enclosed for you with this letter. We encourage all parishioners to purchase both or just try to do your best! You may turn in your stubs and remittance in the Sunday collection basket or in the mail. Additional tickets may be purchased throughout the year at the rectory.
Weekly Excitement! Weekly Blessings! “God loves a cheerful giver” and giving to the parish in this way is enjoyable - many like to “take a chance”, go to Mass, and find out who won! Please join at your very earliest convenience.
The First Drawing will take place on Tuesday, September 7th, in the Rectory!
Your participation will ensure a meaningful boost in the parish income during these stressful times. Thank you in advance for your generous response. My only regret is that we all can’t win the prizes. Remember that even without winning the cash, Boosters are all true winners in God’s sight! God’s Blessings, Rev. Peter F. Kaczmarek, Pastor our community page 5 HAITIAN STARFISH YOUNG ADULT COMMUNITY COFFEE HOUSE Contact Deacon Jean Cantave Contact us at 631.896.3747 • [email protected] [email protected]
THIRD ORDER LAY EUCHARISTIC CARMELITES ADORATION CHAPEL Contact Mike & Ellen Lobasso Contact Tom & Anne Buckley 631.486.2155 631.651.2619 [email protected] [email protected]
SERENITY BIBLEinstructed by Barbara STUDY Campbell CINEMA Contact Mary Ann Farmer Contact Ellen Lobasso 631.351.1148 • [email protected] 631.486.2155 Mary Vacca at 631.547.7023 [email protected] [email protected]
HANDICAPPED DIVINE WILL ENCOUNTER CHRIST STUDY GROUP Contact Tom & Anne Buckley Contact Deacon Allan Longo 631.651.2619 631.754.6436 [email protected]
OUR LADY’S HOME ARISE AND VISITATION PROGRAM Contact Barbara Magali BEYOND 631.664.2344 Contact Ellen Lobasso [email protected] 631.486.2155 • [email protected]
STEWARDSHIP ST. FRANCIS SENIORS Contact Pat Brennan Contact Pat McDonough 631.757.8775 • [email protected] 631.261.4206
BETANIA XIII CHARISMATIC Contact Tom & Anne Buckley RENEWAL 631.651.2619 Contact Phil Mandato [email protected] [email protected] • 516.445.3884 our ministries page 6 ADULT CHILDREN’S CHOIR CHOIR Contact Contact [email protected] [email protected]
RELIGIOUS USHERS & EDUCATION GREETERS Contact Anita Modelewski Contact Paul Sepp 631.754.6436 • [email protected] 631.368.7673 • [email protected]
RCIA YOUTH Contact Deacon Jim Byrne 631.757.3389 ContactMINISTRY Ivonne Porpora [email protected] 631.499.3780 [email protected]
TRINITY BAPTISM REGIONAL SCHOOL PREPARATION Contact Pat Ayers 631.261.5130 Contact the Rectory [email protected] 631.757.7435
PRE-CANA MARRIAGE INSTRUMENTS PREPARATION OF PEACE YOUTH Contact Diocese ROCK BAND of Rockville Centre Contact Greg Gullotti 516.678.5800 516.449.4346 • [email protected]
LECTORS AND ALTAR SERVERS EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS Contact Mildred Torres Contact Patrick Brennan [email protected] 631.757.8775 • [email protected]
Our Faith in Action Plan LITTLE PEOPLE’S Embracing Dramatic Missionary Growth. LITURGY Contact Adam Wessinger [email protected] GET INVOLVED! our ministries page 7
FEAST AND CELEBRATIONS Register Now for August 6 - Transfiguration Religious of the Lord. Tradition holds that it was Education on Mt. Tabor where Christ appeared radiant in the company of Moses and Elijah. A voice said, Religious Education classes begin ‘’This is my be/oped son, in early September. You must with whom I am well register your child BEFORE pleased; listen to him.” classes begin! August 8 - St. Dominic (1221). Contact the Religious Ed Office at Dominic was alarmed by the Albigensian heretics 631-754-6436 who threatened the Church. lie and his followers for more information. rejected material comforts while many Catholic preachers traveled in luxury. St. Dominic became an itinerant preacher like the Apostles and founded Registration forms can be found on the Order of Preachers, “Dominicans.” our parish website (see Religious Education) if you’d like to mail August 10 - St. Lawrence (258). your registration in. A Roman deacon to Pope St. Sixtus, II. In response to Roman demands for the Church’s material Thank you! treasure, St. Lawrence gathered the poor and presented them as the Church’s treasure. He was martyred shortly afterwards.
August 15 - Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Declared a dogma of our faith in 1950 by Pope Pius XII, the Assumption celebrates Mary’s taking up into Heaven body and soul at the end of her life.
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NINETEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME READINGS
THE BREAD OF LIFE Chapter 6 in John’s Gospel is often referred to as the Bread of Life discourse, perhaps because this is where Jesus makes his strongest claims for being the bread that has come down from heaven, bringing eternal life for those who believe in him. This is one source of our belief in the Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist. In the first reading, the prophet Elijah has come to the brink of despair, but an angel comes with food and tells him to eat, “else the journey will be too long for you.” The Responsorial Psalm is from Psalm 34; from very early on, the Church has applied the line, “Taste and see how good the Lord is” to the Eucharist. The second reading describes an ideal Christian community characterized by mutual love and service, which is the greatest fruit of its eucharistic celebrations.
THE READINGS AT MASS DON’T ALWAYS SEEM TO FIT TOGETHER On the greatest feasts and solemnities of the Church’s liturgical year, the three readings are chosen to all apply to the theme or the event being celebrated. During Ordinary Time, however, only the Jewish scriptures/Old Testament selections are chosen to go with the Gospel. The second reading makes its way independently through the New Testament letters and often appears to have a very different message. Today’s readings, however, present us with that happy coincidence of a Sunday in Ordinary Time when all three readings are very much closely connected-a connection that we might describe as God’s generosity in nurturing the people so that they can in turn “nourish” each other by their acts of service and charity.
BUT TODAY THEY DO In John’s Gospel, Jesus insists over and over that he is the bread of life; when he sees that some of his listeners find this hard to believe, he insists on it even more strongly. Note that centuries before the Christians celebrate Jesus as the Bread of Life in the Eucharist, the psalmist sings, “Taste and see how good the Lord is!” John’s Gospel contains no blessing of the Bread and Cup that the Church uses to consecrate the bread and wine. What John does have is Jesus washing the feet of the disciples and commanding them to wash each other’s feet, which is to say, to serve each other without regard to station or rank. He also gives a long, prayerful discourse in which he gives the “new commandment” to love one another. Receiving Holy Communion is much more than a “me and Jesus” moment, although that is undoubtedly a precious encounter. Ultimately, our reception of the Bread of Life attains its fullness only in our mutual love and service in our communities and beyond.
God fed Elisha to strengthen him on his journey. God TODAY’S READINGS fed the Israelites with manna on their journey in the 1 Kings 19:4-8 wilderness. Today, we receive from God the Bread of Psalm 34:2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9 Life for strength in whatever journey we are on. Ephesians 4:30 - 5:2 © J. S. Paluch 2021. All Rights Reserved. John 6:41-51 life & social ministries page 9
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SOCIETY OF EUCHARIST TO THE ST. VINCENT HOMEBOUND DE PAUL Contact Phil Dedora Contact the Rectory 631.651.2655 • [email protected] 631.757.7435
EVANGELIZATION ALTAR SOCIETY Contact Peter Dowd Contact Clare Intemann 631.235.8493 631.216.3473 [email protected] [email protected]
GIFT SHOP HOSPITAL MINISTRY Contact Joan Sepp Contact Deacon Jim Byrne 631.368.7673 631.757.3389 [email protected] [email protected]
RESPECT LIFE PB&J COMMITTEE Contact Ellen Lobasso GANG 631.486.2155 • [email protected] Contact Leslie Kulewicz Maureen Klein 631.754.2132 646.761.9121 • [email protected] [email protected] Weeds Vs. Wheat Ella Ella wakes up from this crazy dream! The weeds are yelling at the wheat as if they are trying to go to war. A fight for the ages!
After waking from a strange dream Ella Ella attempts to weed out the bizarreness to get to the root of its meaning.
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The St. Francis Don’t Let Your Emotions Booster Club Winners Ruin Your Life... Retreat for July 2021
Weekly Winners $60 Deanna Ayoung Irene Smith Fran Vecchiarelli There’s Still time to join our collaboration retreat with Living Waters Therputic Monthly Winner $600 Counseling and Star of the Sea William Miller Ministries for a retreat to reclaim the self that God created! You can still join our Booster Club and support our parish. For more info, visit our websites at: Return your tickets or purchase at the www.stfrancisgreenlawn.org Rectory. $50 per ticket is in the running all www.livingwaterstherapy.org year long! “God loves a cheerful giver!” www.staroftheseaministries.com St. Francis of Assisi PLEASE REMEMBER Upcoming Events IN PRAYER Josephine Amadio, Helen Brchnel, Shirley Brown, Sophia Capobianco, Debbie Carson, Joe Clines, Miranda D’Angelo, Dana Dapolito, John Dougherty, Peggy Evans, Helen Gillen Flanders, Christopher Frey, Joseph & Cynthia Giordano, Bridget Connors Groeger, Hans Kaemmlein, Christopher Klemfuss, Eileen Lammers, PB&J Gang Jonathan James Leblanc, Karen Leibold, - Sunday, August 15th Janice Lewis, Gail Lyons, Theresa McQuade, - 6:30pm Robert Mecca, Chad Morris, Thomas & Margaret Murray, Carol Nucci, Healing Mass with Fr. Kline Ruth Terc, Viviana Trapani, Jeffrey Wheeler - Tuesday, August 24th - 7:30pm Our prayer list is updated monthly in alphabetical order. Please contact the Rectory with any additions or changes. Details to follow. Visit our website for more information. 631.757.7435 • [email protected]
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