St. Barnabas the Apostle 2320 Bedford Avenue, Bellmore, NY 11710 Website: Phone: (516) 785-0054 Fax: (516) 221-7789 stbarnabasny.org THE SALVATION OF SOULS IS THE SUPREME LAW

OUR PASTORAL STAFF Rev. Jeff Yildirmaz, Pastor ext. 115

Rev. Michael Ngoka, CM, Associate Pastor ext. 118

Rev. Shaju Devassy, Associate Pastor ext. 119 Baptisms: St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Saturdays at 11:30 AM & School Rev. Sean Magaldi, Sunday at 1:30 PM Principal - In Residence (when the Church is Ms. Leeann Graziose MASS TIMES available). (516) 785-5709 Monday - Friday: 6:30 AM & 9:00 AM

Saturday: 8:00 AM & 4:30 PM Upper Confessions: Christian Formation (and lower church without music) Holy Family Chapel Mrs. Marjorie Lampert Sunday: 7:00 AM, 9:00 AM, 10:15 AM, Weekdays: (516) 785-0130 10:30 AM, 12:00 PM & 5:00 PM Following 9:00 AM Mass Saturday : Social Ministry Church Hours: 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Mrs. Alice Witt Open daily until 7:00 PM Sunday: 8:15 AM – 8:45AM (516) 785-6243 Sundays until 6:00 PM

Rectory Hours: Anointing of the Sick: Music Ministry Mon. - Thurs: 9:00 AM - 7:00 PM Celebrated on the fourth Mr. William R. Dione Friday: 9:00 AM- 5:00 PM Saturday of the month Sat. & Sun: 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM after 8:00 AM Mass. Business & Personnel Mr. John G. Nappi Priest Emergency (516) 590-9981 Sacrament of Matrimony:

Contact the Rectory for Maintenance & Security Cell: Information. (516) 808-5491

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Monday, JulyDecember 6 21 Fr. Jeff 6:30(6:30 AM AM)* Mary &Antonio Frank Miller and Olga Marsico Fr. Shaju 8:009:00 AM Mary Agostinacchio,Theresa Doherty Murial & William Fitzpatrick, Maria Balestriere, John Nalick,Frank JamesStehle Donnelly, Marie & Tommy Byrne Tuesday, December 22 Fr.Tuesday, Shaju July 7 6:30 AM Harriet Mary Cronin Fr. Sean 8:00(6:30 AMAM)* Livio PatriciaReich Bove

Wednesday, December 8:00 23 AM Intentions of Karen Hoffman and Family Fr. Michael 6:30 AM Edward Stephen Murphy Fr. Jeff 9:00 AM Deceased Members of the Grogan & Schmitt Families Wednesday, July 8 Thursday, December (6:30 24 AM)* Barbara Karakarlis Fr. Jeff 8:00 6:30 AM AM MarianneLiving Rolston and Deceased members of the Robinson and Fr. Michael 9:00 AM James Donnelly Wupper Families Fr. Jeff (UC) 2:00 PM Victoria Sorrentino Fr. Shaju (HFC) 2:00 PM Harry Heffert Thursday,Fr. Sean July (UC) 9 4:00 PM Armando Forte Fr. Michael (HFC)( 4:006:30 AM)*PM Edward Patrick Nallan Fr. Sean 8:00 6:00 AMPM Paul AlanJoseph Maffeo and Donata D’Andrea Fr. Shaju 10:00 PM Deceased Members of the Karchinski Family Friday,Fr. Jeff July 10 12:00 AM Vincent & Anne Buonocore

Friday, December 25(6:30 AM)* The Nativity of the Lord Fr. Michael 7:008:00 AM DeceasedMichael Members Preputnik of the Valentino Family Fr. Shaju 9:00 AM Jess Casco Fr. Sean 10:30 AM Brian Dione & Victoria Sorrentino Fr.Saturday, Jeff July 11 12:00 PM LouisSaint Camilleri Benedict & Family 8:00 AM Kevin and Theresa Naccari Saturday, December 4:30 26 PM Saint StephenRaymond Vogts Fr. Michael 8:00 AM Stephen A. Clifford Fr. Shaju 4:30 PM For the People of the Parish, Steven A. Triola, Thelma Lavarez, Sunday, July 12 JosephFifteenth Peter Cromwell, Week of Rev. Ordinary Timothy Time Hirten, Paul Gionesi Fr. Jeff 7:00 4:30 AMPM CatherineSylviera Megna and Duarte Families

Sunday, December 279:00 AM The HolyFor Familythe People of Jesus, of Our Mary Parish and Joseph Fr. Sean (10:307:00 AM AM)* Joseph MichaelMammone Palermo Fr. Shaju 12:009:00 PMAM Karin CannerIntentions of Mary Jane Camilleri Fr. Jeff 10:155:00 AMPM Joseph TheresaReich Confessore Fr. Shaju 10:30 AM Jackie Ferriso Fr. Michael 12:00 PM Eudosia & Giacomo Salvemini Fr. Michael 5:00 PM Teresina Leonardelli Celebrant for Mass are subject to change *7:00 PM Mass intention is being said at the 4:30 PM in the ()* Holy Family

From the Pastor’s Desk

Dear Parishioner,

Please read the following announcements regarding the Christmas Masses.

Christmas Eve Mass Schedule- 2:00 PM 2:00 PM (Holy Family Chapel) 4:00 PM 4:00 PM (Holy Family Chapel) 6:00 PM 10:00 PM Midnight

Christmas Day Mass Schedule - 7:00 AM 9:00 AM 10:30 AM 12:00 PM

Masses will be livestreamed on December 24th at 4:00 PM, Midnight and the 12:00 PM on Christmas Day.

We are not providing tickets for the Masses. Therefore, I strongly advise you to come early to Mass. If we have reached capacity and people are still coming into the Church, we may have to close the doors of the church as a safety precaution.

On behalf of the priests and staff of the parish, I wish you a Blessed Christmas to you and to your loved ones. I will be praying for all of you during the Christmas Masses.

In the history of salvation, there is no other person who was born truly for us. The birth of Jesus Christ brings meaning, happiness and love to our souls. Behold the Lord who has come to save us! May the courage of St. Joseph, the comfort of the Blessed Mother and the love of Jesus be with you all this Christmas.

In Jesus and Mary,

DIOCESE OF ROCKVILLE CENTRE OFFICE OF THE BISHOP

Christmas 2020

To the People of God of the Diocese of Rockville Centre:

When he was elected as a Successor of St. Peter on March 13, 2013, our Holy Father chose the name Francis. It was a weighty decision with a prophetic message. Especially now, seven years later and with the publication of his latest encyclical Fratelli Tutti from the tomb of St. Francis of Assisi on October 3, 2020, the significance of the choice is clear: Pope Francis connects his papacy to St. Francis. Through the ministry of our Holy Father, St. Francis of Assisi is close to the Church in these times. Therefore, as we draw near to Bethlehem at the end of this difficult year, I wish to recall two points Pope Francis highlights from the life of St. Francis. One will help us celebrate the Nativity of Our Lord; the other indicates a grace for which to pray during the holy season. First, in his 2019 Apostolic Letter Admirabile Signum: On the Meaning and Importance of the Nativity Scene, Pope Francis emphasizes St. Francis of Assisi’s foundational role in our celebration of Christmas. The Holy Father recalls the origins of the crèche and the first nativity scene inspired by the holy friar in 1223, by which the saint sought “to bring to life the memory of that babe born in Bethlehem.” Importantly, the remembrance of Christ’s birth that St. Francis desired to convey was brought alive in Greccio, a small village in Italy, not by statues but by people from the surrounding towns and countryside. Together with St. Francis, his friars, an ox and a donkey, they gathered at a cave to behold a manger full of hay over which the Eucharist was celebrated. That Christmas night, almost 800 years ago, Pope Francis reminds us, “the nativity scene was enacted and experienced by all who were present.” That night, there was “no distance between the original event and those sharing in its mystery.” (2) Encountering Christ, there was simply joy and hope. This Christmas, in our world laden with the Crosses of COVID-19, political and economic turmoil, racism, financial hardship, and so many other societal ills and challenges – challenges that impact us on Long Island – let us remember this lesson from Greccio: Christmas is an event to be lived. It demands our participation. Like the women and men who embodied that first crèche, we must be present to Christ who is born for us. We must behold and receive Him.

Post Office Box 9023, Rockville Centre, NY 11571-9023 • phone 516.678.5800 • fax 516.678.3138 • [email protected]

DIOCESE OF ROCKVILLE CENTRE OFFICE OF THE BISHOP Second, in Fratelli Tutti, Pope Francis shows St. Francis as an icon of Christocentric listening. With great humility and charity, the saint reverently listened to others. He was present to the various voices in his life – the voice of God, the voice of his neighbor, the voice of the poor, the voice of the sick, the voice of nature – and by truly hearing them, he was an instrument of peace, healing, and understanding. How different it can be for us! The Holy Father says well what we know: “‘Today’s world is largely a deaf world…At times, the frantic pace of the modern world prevents us from listening attentively to what another person is saying.” Aware of this fact, the Pope encourages us, in the midst of our hectic and polarized world, to be like St. Francis and “not lose our ability to listen.” (48) This Christmas, when we approach the crib, let us ask for the grace to be attentive listeners. Let us ask for the grace to be like St. Francis, so that we may hear the voice of God and the voice of our neighbor and respond with the radical charity he exhibited.1 Like Pope Francis, may we be moved by the example of St. Francis, and may St. Francis of Assisi’s love for the Mystery of the Nativity, his ecstatic mysticism, his love for the poor, and his spirit of universal fraternity animate our celebration of Christmas this year.

May God bless you and your families this Christmas.

Sincerely yours in Christ,

Most Reverend John O. Barres Bishop of Rockville Centre

Fourth Sunday of Advent

First Reading 2 SM7:1-5,8b-12, 14A,16

When King David was settled in his palace, and the LORD had given him rest from his enemies on every side, he said to Nathan the prophet, “Here I am living in a house of cedar, while the ark of God dwells in a tent!” Nathan answered the king, “Go, do whatever you have in mind, for the LORD is with you.” But that night the LORD spoke to Nathan and said: “Go, tell my servant David, ‘Thus says the LORD: Should you build me a house to dwell in?’“ "'It was I who took you from the pasture and from the care of the flock to be commander of my people Israel. I have been with you wherever you went, and I have destroyed all your enemies before you. And I will make you famous like the great ones of the earth. I will fix a place for my people Israel; I will plant them so that they may dwell in their place without further disturbance. Neither shall the wicked continue to afflict them as they did of old, since the time I first appointed judges over my people Israel. I will give you rest from all your enemies. The LORD also reveals to you that he will establish a house for you. And when your time comes and you rest with your ancestors, I will raise up your heir after you, sprung from your loins, and I will make his kingdom firm. I will be a father to him, and he shall be a son to me. Your house and your kingdom shall endure forever before me; your throne shall stand firm forever.'”

Second Reading ROM 16:25-27

Brothers and sisters: To him who can strengthen you, according to my gospel and the proclamation of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery kept secret for long ages but now manifested through the prophetic writings and, according to the command of the eternal God, made known to all nations to bring about the obedience of faith, to the only wise God, through Jesus Christ be glory forever and ever. Amen.

Gospel LK 1:26-38

The angel Gabriel was sent from God to a town of Galilee called Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed to a man named Joseph, of the house of David, and the virgin’s name was Mary. And coming to her, he said, “Hail, full of grace! The Lord is with you.” But she was greatly troubled at what was said and pondered what sort of greeting this might be. Then the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. “Behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall name him Jesus. He will be great and will be called Son of the Most High, and the Lord God will give him the throne of David his father, and he will rule over the house of Jacob forever, and of his kingdom there will be no end.” But Mary said to the angel, “How can this be, since I have no relations with a man?” And the angel said to her in reply, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. Therefore the child to be born will be called holy, the Son of God. And behold, Elizabeth, your relative, has also conceived a son in her old age, and this is the sixth month for her who was called barren; for nothing will be impossible for God.” Mary said, “Behold, I am the handmaid of the Lord. May it be done to me according to your word.” Then the angel departed from her. Thank you for your generous support of the 2020 Catholic Ministries Appeal.

Completing your 2020 pledge ensures that our Parish will benefit by receiving our full rebate.

If you have not yet had the opportunity to give, please prayerfully consider making a donation to the Appeal.

Pledges can be accepted until December 31, 2020 and payments can be made through January 31, 2021!

Self-Mailers are provided in the back of the church. Join us as we join together as One Family Thank You!

Please make checks payable to Catholic Ministries Appeal. Parish: ______Total Pledge: ______Name: ______Down payment: $______Address: ______City, State, Zip:______Email: ______Phone: ______Signature: ______Date: ______Our Mission is to Encourage Evangelize & Educate Our Finances We Pray for Our Deceased

12/13/20: $15,325 12/15/19: $17,623 Joan F. Curry Joseph J. Gymioty Number of Envelopes used: 12/13/20: 363 Eugene Kagiwada 12/15/19: 565 DeLana Fletcher

Andreas Apostolopoulos Catholic Ministries Appeal Evan Bradshaw Goal: $116,200 Donors: 394 Pledged: $ 87,082 Received: $ 85,158 We Pray for Our Sick Miriam O’Connell, Jean Vasaturo, Special Collections Paul Hefner, Victoria Ronga Ushers have resumed taking collections during Mass. Please contact the rectory at 785-0054 to

place a name on the Sick List. **Notice to All Parishioners** We are happy to announce our new website @ www.stbarnabasny.org Mass Schedule Change Don’t miss out on information... Please provide the Tuesday, December 22nd rectory with your name and email if you have not done The 9:00 AM Mass has been rescheduled to so previously. 8:00 AM.

Regular Sacrificial Giving Rectory Office Contribute to St. Barnabas with on-line banking and bill paying services. Call your bank to request the service. The rectory office hours for Send a check to St. Barnabas with a weekly donation Christmas and New Years: indicated. Include your Name, Address & Envelope Thursday, December 24th : Closed Number. Friday, December 25th : Closed Monday, December 28th: 9:00 AM-5:00 PM Estate Planning Tuesday, December 29th: 9:00 AM-5:00 PM When preparing your estate plan, please consider a Wednesday, December 30th: bequest to The Parish of St. Barnabas, Bellmore. You can 9:00 AM-5:00 PM make a contribution to support ongoing operations of the Thursday, December 31st: Church or contribute to a particular project. Your legal 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM counsel can help you refine the bequest language to suit Friday, January 1st: Closed your specific wishes for The Parish of St. Barnabas. Thank you.

Our Mission is to Encourage Evangelize & Educate

Ushers Needed Bread & Wine Please consider joining this ministry of hospitality Is offered in loving memory of for parishioners who attend Mass. If interested Stephen A. Clifford from his family. contact the rectory at 785–0054.

Sanctuary Lamp RCIA News Is lit in loving memory of Kay Cox. R.C.I.A. is the process for those who seek full participation in the Catholic Church; those who were never baptized; and those baptized Catholic,

Advent Wreath or in another Christian faith, who wish to receive

Candles Communion and Confirmation as Catholics. For

information, call Fr. Jeff at 785-0054 ext. 115. The Fourth Candle lit on the Advent Wreath Baptisms are held on Saturdays at 11:30 AM, and is in loving memory of Sundays at 1:30 PM, when the Church William O’Malley. is available. With social distancing and the many requests for baptism, the Tuesday Adoration schedule has been opened to include Adoration is cancelled -Tuesday, December 22nd. weekdays at 3:30 PM and 5:00 PM. If Please join us for 40 hours of Devotion from 12:00 you wish to arrange a baptism, please PM - 8:00 PM. See the flyer in this bulletin for contact the rectory office at 785-0054. details . Forms will need to be completed as

well as the names and religious Charismatic Prayer Group affiliation of the sponsors. One sponsor must be a The Charismatic Prayer Group has resumed on practicing Catholic. Monday’s at 7:30 PM - 8:30 PM, in the Holy The Bellmore Council wishes all a Family Chapel. Masks and social distancing is Merry Christmas and a required. No food or drink is allowed. For more Healthy Happy New Year!!! information contact Ellen O’Malley at 221-0574. Here’s to a joyous '21!!! 8:15 AM Rosary Group Hall Rental - Looking for a Hall? Please consider We are looking for some wonderful people who the Bellmore Columbus Club. Hall rentals for all occasions (engagements, birthdays, baby love the Blessed Mother as much as we do. Join showers, Communions, Christenings, us in saying the Rosary, Monday through Friday in anniversaries, bridal showers, graduations, etc). the Church before the 9:00 AM Mass. For details and availability call 785-9407. Mention the bulletin to get $100 off (excluding April and May). Please support the Parish of St. Barnabas by making a donation to support the decorating of the Church with flowers for Christmas

Name: ______Amount $ ______

In memory of: ______In thanksgiving for: ______

Christmas Wafers Christmas Candles In some traditions a blessed wafer is shared Are lit in Loving memory of: among family members at the beginning of the meal at Christmas to recall the real “Bread of Life” Brian Dione, who came among us over 2,000 years ago. The William O’Malley blessed wafers are available at the rectory. Your Stephen A. Clifford free will offering will be donated to Parish Dorothy C. Camilleri Outreach.

Advent Giving Program Forty Hours of Devotion

As we journey together this advent Season, Social December: 17th, 18th, 21st, 22nd and 23rd Ministry invites you to participate in our weekly 12:00 PM–8:00 PM This is Forty Hours of Adoration of the Most Advent Giving Program. Donating just ONE item Blessed Sacrament. each week would help keep our pantry shelves full and provide for our needy families. Many Advent Parish Mission thanks and blessings during this holy season. December 21st-23rd - 7:00 PM

Fr. Jeff Yildirmaz will lead the Advent Mission 4th Sunday of Advent-December 20th which will take place within Adoration. Paper products Christmas Mass Schedule Confession Christmas Eve Mass- Confessions are available throughout the advent 2:00 PM Upper & Lower Church season in the Holy Family Chapel. Confessions can be heard Monday – Friday following the 9:00 4:00 PM Upper* and Lower Church AM Mass. Saturday’s 12:30 PM - 1:00 PM 6:00 PM Upper Church Sunday’s at 8:00 AM - 8:45 PM. Special times for 10:00 PM Upper Church confession are Tuesday, December 22nd 7:00 PM 12:00 Midnight Upper Church* - 8:00 PM & Wednesday, December 23rd at 7:00 Christmas Day Mass- PM - 8:00 PM and Christmas Eve from 10:00 AM– 7:00 AM Upper Church 1:00 PM. 9:00 AM Upper Church Watch us live 10:30 AM Upper Church Facebook: St. Barnabas the Apostle Website: stbarnabasny.org Christmas Flowers 12:00 PM Upper Church* *Live Streamed Masses on Facebook, YouTube YouTube: St Barnabas the Apostle Church Bellmore NY Please support the Parish of St. Barnabas by and St. Barnabas Website memorializing the flowers on the altar of the Church for Christmas. Envelopes can be found at the Church doors or by using the form in today’s Bulletin.

We are a Catholic Parish in Bellmore, New York, Since 1912 Our sincere congratulations to our young people who received the Sacrament of Confirmation in the fall

Alexander Adipietro May the Holy Spirit continue to fill our Confirmandi as they Chloe Agostini Kayla Corcoran James Ambrosino Lily Cornell shine their light on the World Bianca Angelillo John Crowe Valentina Asaro Isabela Cruz Ryan Aurigema Matthew Cruz Tyler Aurigema Michael Cutrone Kimberlie Balnis Ryan Czyz Ryan Barrett Charles DeStefano Alan Barzola John Didden Emily Bello Josephine DiFranco Daniel Berry Sienna Diglio Brianna Bianco Steven Dolingo Kristen Bidell Ryan Duryea Thomas Bilato Alexander Fasano Isabella Blasi Hunter Fasano Antoinette Bonavita Ashley Felsberg Adriana Bonilla Anthony Figlozzi Sophia Bouza Christian Filagrossi Chloe Boyle Meagan Flannery Andrew Braun Kathryn Gabberty Christopher Brillantino Ella Galjanich Haley Buenaventura Gregory Gallo Katherine Burke Carlo Gampero Elaina Buscemi Patrick Garvey Adrianna Califano Danielle Gering William Callahan Sean Geyer Carlo Campiglia Anthony Giammarino Gina Canestro Vincent Giammarino Amanda Caponi Ashlee Gibilterra Ruben Cardona Julia Grassi Kelsey Carioti Quinlan Grawehr Danielle Carlino Rowan Grawehr Michael Carlino Christian Graziose Fiona Casucci Sophia Green John Cawley Ethan Grossman Alex Cera Julianna Grote Julia Cerverizzo Shane Hansen Gabriella Cirillo Ava Harkin Brennan Cleary Hunter Harrison Kyle Conklin John Paul Haubeil Emily Connelly Justin Hayes Sydnee Connelly Keira Heine

Our Mission is to Encourage Evangelize & Educate May the Holy Spirit continue to fill our Confirmandi as they shine their light on the World

James Henningsen Anthony Milohnic Thomas Miksits Marc Hinojosa Brooke Minogue Lauren Tobin Jamie Howe Michael Mollica Raymond Torchia Jason Iampieri Daniel Molloy Dominick Totino Grace Iannotta Chiara Napier Leanna Trefcer Dominic Inzerilla Kelsey Nichols Julia Truono Sean Irving Lucas Owen Matthew Tucci Kyle Ivey Nicholas Owen Milana Tumminello Kimberly Janosek Grace Pantelis Mia Tuniewicz Isabella Jensen Scott Paquette Christopher Ulmschneider Juliana Jensen Andrew Pascucci Thomas Ulmschneider Matthew Jensen William Pascucci Rocco Vaglica Charlotte Johannsesen Domenic Pellegrino Luca Valenza Ryan Johnstone Leah Pesce Gabriella Vallerugo Natalia Kawochka Sinead Pierce Salvatore Visone Lindsey Kerner Alexis Pizzirusso Adrianna Vlaun Natalia Kleczek Devin Pryor Maximo Walaitis Kevin Kramer Rachelle Quilty James Waters Kyle Kruszewski Michael Quinn Ryan Weber Daniel LaClaustra Jaylen Rabell Nicholas Yao Mia LaGattuta Joshua Ramirez Benjamin Zaikowski Alexandria LaVacca Olivia Randazzo Joseph Zuzzolo Talia Robles Michael Lavella Liliana Rogina Matthew Lazaro Samantha Rooney Michael Lee Jack Rosa Antonio Leoni Juliet Rotela Drew Levitan Kieran Roth Joseph LoPorto Reese Ryan Alondra LoPresti Christopher Sanchez Eva Loughman Jason Sarosy Christian Maltes Ava Savalli Isabella Manzo Peter Scotto Jenna Marciante Ava Seman-Goldsmith Paige Martin Angelina Setteducate Madison Martinetion Sarah Silcox Sofia Martinez Robert Sileo Kaelin McCaffrey Victoria Simal Katherine McDermott Hayden Stein Emily McGeown Brendan Tansey Noelle McIntosh Nicholas Tavalaro James McKeever Riley Tavernise Joseph Merro Justin Termine Olivia Meyer Luca Migliaccio Our Mission is to Encourage Evangelize & Educate We are a Catholic Parish in Bellmore, New York, Since 1912 Mass Schedule Monday - Friday 6:30 AM & 9:00 AM Saturday - 8:00 AM & 4:30 PM* Sunday - 7:00, 9:00, 10:15 (HFC), 10:30 AM, 12:00 & 5:00 PM * Mass will also be held in the (HFC) without music ONLINE MASSES - We are happy to announce that we are streaming the Masses Monday through Friday at 9:00 AM and Sundays at 12:00 PM on FaceBook , YouTube and the Parish Website.

Please Follow Safety Measures While Attending Mass:  Those who are attending Mass are required to wear a face mask or face covering, except for those under two years of age.

 Hand sanitizers are available for your use by the entrances of the Church.

 In order to keep social distancing, please sit in the marked areas.

 The Church building will be disinfected daily during the week. On Saturday and Sunday, the Church will be disinfected between Masses by our staff.

 As a reminder, the Bishop has dispensed Catholics indefinitely from the obligation of attending Sunday Mass. Those who are sick or vulnerable due to age or medical condition are encouraged to watch Mass on TV.

Confession Schedule: Weekdays following the 9:00 AM Mass. Saturday-12:30 PM to 1:30 PM Sunday-8:15 AM to 8:45 AM. Confessions are in the Holy Family Chapel. Confession line is formed in the lower Church vestibule.

Rectory Hours: The Rectory will be open from 9:00 AM - 7:00 PM, Monday thru Thursday, Friday till 5:00 PM and Saturday and Sunday 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM.

Background Screening Update The Office for the Protection of Children and Young People: The Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People (The Charter) promulgated by the Bishops of the United States in 2OO2 outlines specific practices and guidelines providing standards of safety in parishes and dioceses throughout the United States. As directed in The Charter, the Diocese of Rockville Centre requires all employees, clergy, and volunteers to complete three requirements within thirty days of employment or volunteering: 1. Attend Protecting God's Children Program (Virtus) 2. Sign the Codes of Conduct; 3. Complete a background screen application. The Diocese requires all those who remain in active ministry be rescreened at 5 yr. intervals. volunteers/employees. A Word on Background Screening of Volunteers: The Office for the Protection of Children and Young People (OFPCYP) has streamlined the volunteer application process enabling volunteers to complete the three safe environment requirements in one step. lndividuals wishing to volunteer in a parish or school: 1. Register to attend a Protecting God's Children class and create a Virtus account on the Virtus website: www.Virtus.org 2. Electronically acknowledge the Diocesan Code of Conduct- provided during the Virtus registration process. 3. Follow the instructions to complete the Sterling Volunteers background screening application background offered during the Virtus registration process. Active Volunteers: lf you are active in a parish ministry, have already attended Virtus and have been background screened you may be at-or beyond-the 5yr. rescreening requirement. lf this is the case, you will receive an email from Sterling Volunteers asking you to complete the background screening application on-line. You may access the background screening application by following the prompt in the email or logging into your Virtus account. Please be aware-this is not a scam nor has your e-mail been hacked. The OFPCYP has been working with your parish to update the Safe Environment records and noted it is time for you to be rescreened. You may also be prompted to electronically resign the Code of Conduct when you log into your Virtus account. Edit Your Virtus Account: To access your Virtus account: www.Virtus,org You will need your User name and Password. If you need assistance, please contact Virtus: 1-888-847-8870 or [email protected]. Once in your account,review your account information-particularly your e-mail address. lf your account requires updating,please hit the TOOLBOX tab at the top of the screen. On the left side of your screen in the green column click "Update My Account" You will be able to make the necessary changes-please remember to hit the SAVE button at the bottom ofthe screen. Questions or concerns: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; pd itomasso @drvc.org. Thank you to all who continue to serve in a ministry during these extremely challenging days.