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Office Hours

Monday to Friday, 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. 631-369-1273 Fax 631-369-7141 www.saintspeterandpaul.org

Are you new to our parish? Please register at the Rectory. Registration is for active participation in our parish family. Become a committed steward. Become involved in one of our parish ministries, and you will make friends. You will discover a warm and nurturing faith community as you celebrate God’s great love with us in the Sacraments. That same family of faith will support and challenge you as you proclaim Jesus Christ.

Vision Statement

We are church...co-creators with the Holy Spirit, building the city of God and renewing the earth.

Mission Statement

“This is what the Lord God asks of you: only this, to act justly, to love tenderly, and to walk humbly with your God.” (Micah 6:8b)

Pastoral Team

 Rev. Jose Jacob, SMM — Pastor [email protected]  Deacon Vincent Sweeney — Pastoral Assistant [email protected]  Carol Kaczmarek — Office Assistant [email protected]  Christina Koch — Bookkeeper [email protected]  Martha Graziano — Parish Social Ministry Coordinator [email protected]  Vincent Palminteri — Director of Religious Education [email protected]  Patricia Fiene — Faith Formation Secretary [email protected]  Karenann Knotoff — Parish Communications & Data Coordinator [email protected]  Fr. Francis Pizzarelli, SMM — Weekend Assistant

Pastoral Council Finance Committee Liturgy Committee

Shirley Castellano Shirley Castellano (Trustee) Carol Kaczmarek Fred Koelbel Fred Koelbel (Trustee) Susan Barrasso Andy McCall Eugene Agbimson Stephan Borkowski John Tanner Cathy Fasanelli Ann Carlsen Christina Koch Terri Donahue Douglas Lake Maureen Ferris Ellen Shore Deb Himmelmann John Leonardis Deb Mazura John McNally Parish Outreach (631) 369-7142 Jill Meise

[email protected] Tom St. Pierre Vincent Sweeney Outreach Hours: Wednesday and Thursday 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. William Hurley Food Pantry Hours: Thursday 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Chris Anest Suzanne McConnell Frank Dautzenberg

Sts. Peter & Paul RC Church

Weekly Schedule at Sts. Peter and Paul MASS SCHEDULE

Saturday Vigil Mass 5:00 p.m. Sunday, October 11th, 2020 to October 18th, 2020 Sunday, 9:00 a.m., 11:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. Some Church Activities are Postponed Until Further WE CELEBRATE EUCHARIST Notice Stay Safe and Healthy! Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday at 9:00 a.m. Rectory Hours are 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. WE CELEBRATE BAPTISM Sunday 3rd Sunday of the Month Please contact the Rectory at least six weeks in advance to make Monday Knights of Columbus Regular Meeting arrangements. Baptism Preparation Classes are required. 8:00 p.m. Saint Ann’s Room WE CELEBRATE MARRIAGE Tuesday Marriage arrangements should be made at least one year in advance. Wednesday Confirmation Rehearsal 7:00 p.m. WE CELEBRATE RECONCILIATION Church

Thursday Saturday from 3:45 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. or by Appointment.

ANOINTING OF THE SICK Friday

Saturday Confirmation If you are suffering from an illness or having major surgery, please 11:00 a.m. call for an appointment for Fr. Jose to visit you and administer the Church Sacrament of the Sick. Sunday

COMMUNION FOR THE HOMEBOUND

Do you know someone who is sick, in the hospital, or homebound and would like to receive Holy Communion? Please call the Important Message Regarding Rectory for assistance. Keys PLEASE RETURN YOUR ADORATION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT UNUSED KEYS

The chapel is open for private adoration. The office has requested for several weeks now for parishioners who no longer need a key to return them to the office. We un- derstand that everyone is busy, but please try to find time in your schedules to return them. This is a safety issue as well as a documentation and record keeping

Luminaries for All Soul’s Day

Starting this weekend, and for the next two Enhancing Stewardship through weekends we will have All Soul's Day Electronic Funds Transfer Luminaries available in the vestibule. Please To get started log on to: take home one or several with just a free will www.saintspeterandpaul.org offering. Luminaries can be decorated with a and click on the Parish Giving Logo. name in remembrance of a departed loved one. Please bring them back to be displayed around the church on the weekend of October 31/November 1.

October 11th, 2020

WEEKLY SCRIPTURE READING Mass Intentions for October 13th, 2020 through October 18th, 2020 Twenty-eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time Tuesday, October 13th, 2020 10-11 Twenty-eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time 9:00 AM Special Intention Is 25:6-10a (Carol Kaczmarek) Phil 4:12-14, 19-20 Mt 22:1-14 or 22:1-10

10-12 Weekday Wednesday, October 14th, 2020 Columbus Day 9:00 AM John and Catherine Segreto Gal 4:22-24, 26-27, 31-5.1 (Frank Segreto)

Lk 11:29-32 Thursday, October 15th, 2020 10-13 Weekday 9:00 AM Special Intention Gal 5:1-6 (Carol Kaczmarek) Lk 11:37-41

10-14 Weekday Friday, October 16th, 2020 Saint Callistus I, Pope and Martyr 9:00 AM Dominic Macchia Gal 5:18-25 (Tom and Maria Stubbolo)

Lk 11:42-46 Saturday, October 17th, 2020 10-15 Saint Teresa of Jesus, Virgin and Doctor of the Church 5:00 PM People of the Parish Eph 1:1-10 Lk 11:47-54 Sunday, October 18th, 2020

9:00 AM Tom and Maria Stubbolo 10-16 Weekday Special Intention Saint Hedwig, Religious (Ann Peppler) Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque, Virgin Eph 1:11-14 In Thanksgiving for Answered Prayer Lk 12:1-7 (June Pompei)

10-17 Saint Ignatius of Antioch, Bishop and Martyr 11:00 AM Robert C. McCarthy Eph 1:15-23 (Pat McCarthy) Lk 12:8-12 Deacon Vinny, Sharon, Anthony and Next Sunday’s Readings Vinny Jr. Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Special Intention) World Mission Sunday (Olga Zara) October 18th, 2020 Is 45:1, 4-6 7:00 PM Rocky Lazazzaro 1 Thes 1:1-5b (Pat Lazazzaro) Mt 22:15-21 John Lyons (Anne Lyons) St. Vincent de Paul Tweet from Pope Francis

#SaintFrancisofAssisi, faithful to Scripture, invites us to see nature as a magnificent book in which There will be a meeting of the Society God speaks to us and grants us a glimpse of his of St Vincent de Paul on October 20th, 2020 at infinite beauty and goodness. #SeasonOfCreation 7:00 p.m. in the Conference Room.

Anyone interested in learning more would be welcomed. Join us in praying the Rosary every Tuesday through Friday before Mass at 8:30 a.m.

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October 11th, 2020

Bulletin Reflection - TIME, TALENT & TREASURE Lacking the wedding garment barred the man from entering the PARISH SACRIFICIAL King’s wedding feast. The USCCB’s Bible commentary sees GIVING the “wedding garment” in today’s Gospel as a representation of repentance of sins. This Gospel reading stresses the utmost October 4th, 2020 importance of repentance of sins.

Stewardship - Pillar of Formation If you have not been to confession in a while, make this week Weekly Collection: $ 4,757.00 your return to the Sacrament. Let go of the burden of your sins and let your loving God embrace you.

Parish Giving (electronic donations): $ 1,935.33

Children’s Envelopes: $ 29.00

Total Collection for 10/04/2020 $ 6,721.33

Total Collection 10/07/2019 $ 6,491.33

Second Coll: Respect Life 10/4/2020 $ 257.00 Second Coll: Respect Life 10/7/2019 $ 375.00 Born: Unknown Died: 222, Rome Sunday Mass Attendance 239 Feast: October 14th Papacy Began: 218 Papacy Ended: 222 Patron: Cemetery Workers

Callixtus’ birth date is unknown, but what is known about him was that he was a Roman slave. As a slave, his master as- signed him to oversee alms collected to use for the care of widowed women and orphans. After losing the alms, Callix- tus fled but was soon caught near Portus, a large harbor in Ancient Rome, in which he jumped into to avoid capture. He Our thoughts and prayers go out to... was pulled from the water, arrested, and sent back to his master. Creditors requested he be set free to try and collect their Those Who Are Sick lost money, but he was rearrested for fighting in a synagogue Garrett Vero Bob Russell Nicholas Sarubb when he tried to collect debts from the Jewish people. For this Andy Hennig Pamela Borock David Raynor offense, he was denounced as a Christian and sentenced to work in the mines of Sardinia, which is the second largest is- *If you would like to add someone to the sick list, please land in the Mediterranean. contact the office at 631-369-1273. At the request of Hyacinthus, the leader of a Christian congre- gation, Callixtus was released. He was in such poor health that he was sent to Antium to recuperate. Pope Victor I gave him a pension as well. In 199, he was ordained a Deacon by Pope Zephyrinus, who Those Who Serve Our Country served as pope from 199-217. Deacon Callixtus was appointed as superintendent to the Christian cemetery on the Appain Russell Candell Quentin Montemarano Way. That land would become known as Catacombs of St. Jared Yevoli Sean Hendrickson Callixtus and was the burial place of many popes. It was also Connor Hendrickson Jesse Trafford the first property that the church would own. Callixtus be- Eric Morgenstern came Pope Zephyrinus most trusted advisor and was voted pope after Pope Zephyrinus’ death. *If you would like to add someone to the military list, please As pope, Callixtus, fought against many heretics, and prac- contact the office at 631-369-1273. ticed absolution for sins, including murder and adultery. For- giveness of these sins angered some in the religious community and the first antipope was elected during his papacy. Callixtus was murdered in 222. He was tossed into a well and drowned. Asterius, a Roman priest, retrieved his body and buried him. For this crime, Asterius was tossed over a bridge and left to die. He would be known as Saint Asterius of Ostia.

Callixtus’ relics can be found in Santa Maria in Trastevere.

Sts. Peter & Paul RC Church

The Twenty-eighth Week of Ordinary Daily Prayer This Week Time

In the Twenty-Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time we hear the story from Matthew about the On Sunday we hear of the King who invited King who gave a banquet for his son and invited many to his son's banquet but the invitation was many guests. It is a powerful story about rejecting rejected. This might be a good place for us to Jesus' own invitation and about God's universal invi- begin our prayers this week, pondering the invita- tation to a new group of "chosen" people. tion from Jesus in our lives.

Thursday is the Memorial of Saint Teresa of Je- Whether or not we have a clear picture of where sus, virgin and doctor of the Church. Saturday is we are being called by Jesus, we can feel the invi- the Memorial of Saint Ignatius of Antioch, bishop tation, the call to our hearts, in the silence. We and martyr. can take just a few minutes each morning as we awaken to sit by the side of the bed and open our This week we end our look at the Letter to the Ga- hands and hearts and pray, "Jesus, in this quiet latians and begin two weeks of Paul's Letter to the moment, I feel my heart being drawn to you. Ephesians. The letters emphasize the universal Help me to see where you are calling me this church and the unity of this church that brings today." gether Gentiles and Jews. We can repeat this small prayer on our way to In Luke's Gospel this week, Jesus seems frustrated work, taking our children to school and walking that some of the people won't listen to him. “This to the store. "I know you are in my heart, Jesus. I generation is an evil generation." When a Pharisee know you are calling me this day, but my heart is invited Jesus for dinner, the fellow was shocked that not always open to listen. Help me to answer Jesus didn't do the required ritual washing of his your call today. At the end of this day, help me to hands. Jesus uses this as an opportunity to talk about be joyful in answering your call through those in real purity. He recommends they give money to the my life." poor. But as Jesus continues to challenge the Phari- sees, they hatch a plot to get rid of him. Jesus tells So many of the stories this week are clashes be- his disciples to beware of the "leaven" or tween Jesus and the Pharisees. We can ask our- "hypocrisy" of the Pharisees. Jesus wants us to selves: Where in my life do I worry more about acknowledge him, in the face of persecution. appearances than I worry about the poor who are in front of me? Who are "the poor" in my life? On the Twenty-Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Who are the outcasts, the unpopular or the reject- Time we see Matthew's gospel tell us of the Phari- ed people I see each day? How can I minister to see plot to set a trap for Jesus. This time they use those people and be a leaven in this world? politics to see if he will offend either Rome or the people. Should they pay Rome's census tax? Jesus At the end of each day this week, we can be pushes the challenge back to them: "Repay to Cae- grateful for the many opportunities we were giv- sar what belongs to Caesar and to God what belongs en to follow along with Jesus. We can ask the to God." What is it they must repay to God that is Holy Spirit to help us see the invitation in our God's? Their trust in Jesus, God's gift to them. lives every day and ask for the clarity to recog- nize "the poor." When I see the poor, the outcasts, those whose health or habits make them unap- pealing, do I love them the way Jesus would? Can I look at the brusque and rude people in my life as people Jesus would have gravitated to- ward, sensing how much they need love?

October 11th, 2020

Due to the recent Covid outbreak, if you are sick or feeling unwell, do not attend Mass. Father Jose is still streaming the 5:00 p.m. Mass every week on Facebook and YouTube. Thank you!

Rockville Centre Diocese Intercessory Adoration & Prayer for Priests and Seminarians October 27th, 2020 October 17th, 2020 6:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. For more information, email [email protected] 11:00 a.m. Participating Churches:

Our Lady of Poland, Southampton, 6-8 P.M. Only St. Isidore 6-8 p.m. LIVE Stream saintisidoreriverhead.org Please Pray for our St. Rosalie, Hampton Bays Confirmation Candidates For additional participating churches, contact the email above.

Alex Danowski Noah Danowski Come and Pray for our Country

Antonio DiRaffaele Christopher Katsanis St. Patrick’s Parish 280 East Main Street, Smithtown, New York 11787 631-724 -3746 Thomas LaVallee Fallon McKenna www.stpatricksmithtown.org

Richard McKenna Leah Miller St. Patrick’s invites you to join them in prayer and adoration on Thursday evenings from 7:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. in the church to pray for our country. Please wear a facemask. Social distancing Grace Rocchetta Shannon Salvatto protocols will be observed.

Max Sbaschnik Jonathon Serres

Allison Wynne

Three Catholics died in a car accident and arrived in heaven at the same time. May God Bless You St. Peter asked them just one question, “When you are in your casket and your friends are mourning your loss, what would you like As You Prepare For This Most to hear them say about you? The first one replies, “I would like to hear them say that I was not Holy Sacrament only a great doctor but also an outstanding family man.” The second one, without hesitation, responded, “I would like to hear them say that I was the best teacher they ever had and that I made a lasting, positive impression on every one of them.” The third man took his time mulling over the question. Then his face brightened an he said, “I would love to hear them say, ‘Look! He’s moving!’”

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