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CHURCH OF SAINT AIDAN WILLISTON PARK September 15, 2019 505 Willis Ave. Williston Park We invite New York 11596-1727 everyone to 516-746-6585 516-746-6055 (Fax) walk with Rectory Office Hours Monday to Friday Jesus 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM Saturday & Sunday and 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM www.staidanparish.org experience [email protected] His Pastor Rev. Adrian McHugh healing Associate Pastors power and Rev. Ken Grooms Rev. Solomon Odinukwe Rev. Robinson Sierra love In Residence Rev. Edward Sheridan Baptism the 4th Sunday of each month. Baptisms are held on the 1st Deacons Anyone who is homebound may Rev. Salvatore B. Villani Sunday and 3rd Sunday at 1:30 PM. receive Holy Communion at home Rev. Rudy Martin ext. 9412 Contact the Rectory office ext. 9101 on a regular basis. Call the rectory - Tuesday-Friday between the hours ext. 9101. St. Aidan School of 10:00 AM-3:00 PM. ext. 9202, 9203 Grades Nursery-2 ext. 9302, 9303 Grades 3-8 Confession / Reconciliation Principal Baptism Class For New Parents Reconciliation is celebrated every Mrs. Julie O’Connell The required Baptism class for new Saturday from 12:30-1:30 PM and Assistant Principal parents is held the second Sunday 4:00-5:00 PM in the church or by Ms. Barbara Graham of each month beginning with the appointment with a priest. 12:00 Mass parents are asked to Faith Formation ext. 9404, 9405 gather at St. Joseph’s statue to the Adoration Director ext. 9406 right of the main altar. First and third Fridays of the month Mrs. Elaine Smith, 1:00-3:00 PM in the church. Marriage Youth Ministry Arrangements are to be made at Coordinator ext. 9403 Pastoral Council Members Mr. Stephen Loewenthal the Rectory office at least 9 months Cathy Frischmann, Bonnie Parente, in advance. Pre-Cana and FOCCUS Mary Ellen Testa, Suellen Peterson, Music Director registrations must be arranged Jackie McHugh, Robert Rynkar, Mr. Drago Bubalo ext. 9130 through the parish. Joseph Arralde, Dominic Macedo [email protected] Social Ministry, Director Anointing & Communion PARISH E-MAILS Ms. Rosemarie Cavallaro The anointing of the sick takes Sign up to receive e-mails ext. 9410, 9408 place after the 12:00 PM Mass on www.staidanparish.org. TWENTY-FOURTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME MASS TIMES AND INTENTIONS MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2019 STS. CORNELIUS AND CYPRIAN Fr. Ed 6:30 AM Angela & Frederick White Fr. Ken 9:00 AM Frank Montaperto Fr. Solomon 12:30 PM John & Rita Martin Fr. Solomon 5:30 PM Joseph Delponte (Birthday Rem.) TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2019 ST. ROBERT BELLAMINE, Fr. Ken 6:30 AM Edith Stewart Fr. Ken 9:00 AM Patrick McCourt (Anniversary Rem.) Fr. Solomon 12:30 PM James J. Robinson (17th Anniversary) Fr. Solomon 5:30 PM Joseph Paredo (7th Anniversary Rem.) WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2019 WEEKDAY Fr. Ed 6:30 AM Joseph Reardon (Birthday Rem.) Fr. Solomon 9:00 AM Eleanor Kelly (Birthday Rem.) Fr. Adrian 12:30 PM Vito & Vita Maria Mossa Fr. Adrian 5:30 PM Philip Calvin Amico (7th Anniversary) THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2019 ST. JANUARIUS Fr. Adrian 6:30 AM Jennie (Jane) Giarracco Fr. Adrian 9:00 AM Helen & Joseph Urban Fr. Ken 12:30 PM Daniel Kopetic (Anniversary Rem.) Fr. Ken 5:30 PM Ralph Mancini FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2019 STS. ANDREW KIN TAE-GON, PAUL CHONG HA-SANG AND COMPANIONS Fr. Ken 6:30 AM Dorothy Wehner (3rd Anniversary Rem.) Fr. Solomon 9:00 AM John Park (29th Anniversary Rem.) Fr. Adrian 12:30 PM Elizabeth Smith Fr. Adrian 5:30 PM Gerald Iannarelli SATURDAY, SEMTEMBER 21, 2019 ST. MATTHEW, APOSTLE AND EVANGELIST Fr. Ken 9:00 AM Rudy Eckhardt (Birthday Rem.) Fr. Adrian 5:00 PM Lv. & Dcd. Mbrs. of the Legion of Mary Angeline Castagna (4th Anniversary Rem.) James Tennis (Anniversary Rem.) Mary Moss Claire Cunningham Fr. Solomon 7:30 PM Loretta Hender (25th Anniversary Rem.) SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2019 TWENTY-FIFTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Fr. Solomon 7:30 AM Parishioners of St. Aidan Fr. Adrian 9:00 AM Edward Hearn (Anniversary Rem.) Fr. Ken 10:30 AM James G. Brassil (23rd Anniversary Rem.) Fr. Adrian 12:00 PM Richard Schanno Luz Dominguez (40th Day) Pasquale Salva (Birthday Rem.) Dennis Zolo (Anniversary Rem.) Helen Wendelken (Anniversary Rem.) Robert McGinn Fr. Ken 5:00 PM Patricia Moeller (1st Anniversary Rem.) Lost & Found What’s Pastor Thinking How many times have I misplaced But it wasn’t a search for missing things. All glasses, phone and keys. And then around the globe, there was a search for there are the ever-so-unlikely places I’ve located explanations. Why would someone do such a the remote control for the TV. Because we’ve all thing? How can evil triumph? Why does tragedy lost things we can identify with all the emotions strike at all? Has God abandoned us? that Jesus is describing in today’s two short Try as we might, there are no human explanations parables. We know about the frantic search that for why tragedies occur and why people suffer. doesn’t end until what was lost is found. And when What we do know is that Jesus came to seek those we find what’s been lost, we know about the joy who suffer, to find the hopeless, the lost. His that fills our lives and our tendency to tell parables were meant to help us understand the everyone about it. mystery of a God who came in search of us. We can visualize the woman who frantically When we witness and experience loss in our lives, searches for her lost coin. We can almost hear her that loss takes its toll on our spiritual and broom as it sweeps across the floor, as she reaches emotional health. But as Christians we are under the beds and into the dark corners of her absolutely convinced that God weeps with us. The house. life, death and resurrection of Jesus shows us that And while not all of us have livestock, we can God has not abandoned his people. picture the distress of the man who leaves the So look for God in the midst of suffering and you ninety-nine sheep in a safe place and goes out will find hope. Hope in the sense that we can find a looking for the one that was lost. In both cases, we purpose in life. It’s the same hope that was can almost get excited as they report their find. proclaimed on Easter Sunday after the tragic and Unfortunately, we also know what it means to untimely death of Jesus. It’s the same faith that search and search only to realize it will not be Paul proclaimed in his letter to Timothy in the found. That’s part of what has been so difficult second reading today. ‘Beloved: I am grateful to about the anniversary we celebrated last him who has strengthened me, Christ Jesus our Wednesday, September 11th. People searched and Lord. The grace of our Lord has been abundant.’ (1 searched in piles of rubble for any trace of loved TM 1:12). God’s grace is available to us too in ones. Following those tragic events of 9/11 we abundance to help us find strength and courage in searched as individuals, as a nation and as a world. times of pain and loss. WEEKEND COLLECTION 09/09/18 - $27,035 09/08/19 - $25,450 (-5.86%) CATHOLIC MINISTRIES APPEAL Goal $169,600 Pledges $116,286 Donors 456 CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY COLLECTION 09/09/18 - $3,377 09/08/19 -$1,444 (-57.24%) SPECIAL COLLECTIONS WE PRAY FOR THE DECEASED The second collection on the weekend of September OF OUR PARISH 14th/15th is for the Victims of Hurricane Dorian. Raymond Shanahan On September 21/22, we will have our special second Marie Delano collection for the retired priests of our Diocese who are Douglas Kuhn recuperating at St. Pius X Enriched Living Facility in All who died for our country Amityville. The facility accommodates our retired priests who require assistance with daily living, while still allowing WE PRAY FOR THE SICK them to serve as active, fully engaged members of the OF OUR PARISH community. It also is a place for our priests to go on a James Kovastch temporary basis as they recover from illness or other injury. Judy Eberson-Kostovik Thank you for your support. Joan McDermott Chris Lynch BREAD & WINE MEMORIAL Philip Capobianco In Loving Memory of DANIEL KOPETIC John Baglione Requested by Loving Aunts, Uncles & Cousins Imelda Buenventura Mariano Buenventura MARY’S SHRINE FLOWER MEMORIAL Raymond Schmitt In Thanksgiving for 50 Years of Marriage Anne Arcario DOUGLAS & MADELINE CEGELSKI Sandra Lisanti Alyssa Fagan Dennis Gilhooly BANNS OF MARRIAGE JoAnn Eisel Robert Eisel FIRST WEEK Jill Ohl Mary Vladich Jessica Guerra, Holy Child, Richard Arcario Richmond Hill, NY Richard Pearles Philip Crisci, St. Martha, Francesca Caccavale Uniondale, NY Dorothy Erlich Nancy Krauter SECOND WEEK Michele Reilly Meagan Kozhimala, Guardian Angels, Virginia Fallon Brooklyn, NY Mary Carmen Gianello & Alex Neifert, Santa Rosa, CA Jeanine Uttaro Catherine Ammirati Irene Zerman, Cathedral of Verona Mark Cristello & Andrew Starr, St. Aidan Anthony Cristello REMEMBERING OUR SERVICE THIRD WEEK MEN & WOMEN Amanda Feniello, St. Aidan Protect our service men and women, & Evan Riccardi, Lord Jesus, as we continue to pray for Our Lady of Hope, world peace. Bishop John O. Barres visits St. Aidans On Friday 6th Bishop Barres visited all the classes in the school and spend the afternoon with the children and their teachers.