MASS INTENTIONS LET US PRAY . . . (WEEKDAY & WEEKEND SCHEDULE) For Week of Nov 22 Sat. Nov 21 Presentation of the Blessed Mother PRAY for SICK Sienna Center 4:30pm Margaret Eliott, Rosa Randanzzo, Catherine Diana, Gail Ritter, Those Suffering with Coronavirus and In Thanksgiving to God, Blessed Mary, St. Jude, St. Anthony & St. Joseph PRAY for DECEASED St. Vincent 4:00pm and their Families: Marie Fuller Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe and Victims of Coronavirus Sun. Nov 22 (Solemnity) Church 7:30am For the People of the Parish MAY THEY REST IN PEACE Church 11:30am Joseph Ruperto, Teresa & Frank Leo Sienna Center 9:30am Anthony DiCarlo Sienna Center 11:00am Nicola Galluzzo Sienna Center 1:00pm Frances & Stephen Oliva St. Vincent 8:45am Mon. Nov 23 Weekday in Ordinary Time MEMORIALS - TRIBUTES Church 8:00am Giuseppina Ahren ALTAR CANDLES St. Vincent 8:30am Burn at All Masses & in Adoration Chapel In Memory of: Pernice Frongillo, Tues. Nov 24 St. Andre Dung-Lac, Priest & Companions (Memorial) Angelo Brogna & Families Church 8:00am Nancy Jean Cinciripini With prayers of: Loved One Wed. Nov 25 Weekday in Ordinary Time MEMORIALS-TRIBUTES — remember loved Church 8:00am Pernice Frongillo, Angelo Brogna & Family ones, deceased or living, dedicate a specific item St. Vincent 8:30am For the People of the Parish for a week with an acknowledgment in bulletin; Thurs. Nov 26 Weekday in Ordinary Time comes with a special card. Come to the SCS Welcome Desk to reserve your week and pick up Church 8:00am Patrick & Breeda Connolly card for a $25 donation. Fri. Nov 27 Weekday in Ordinary Time Church 8:00am Raymond Fitzpatrick St. Vincent 8:30am Sat. Nov 28 Weekday in Ordinary Time Church 8:00am Eleanor Wingfield Sienna Center 4:30pm Pietro Vagnini, Rocco Imbriano, Andrew Triolo, Josephine Milana, Betty Stollberg St. Vincent 4:00pm Sun. Nov 29 First Sunday of Advent Church 7:30am For the People of the Parish Church 11:30am John Deiker SCS CHURCH OPEN Sienna Center 9:30am Rosemary Cigliano PRIVATE PRAYER Sienna Center 11:00am Gerolomo Giannetto Saint Catherine of Sienna R.C. Church Sienna Center 1:00pm Daniel Imbrenda is open daily for private prayer St. Vincent 8:45am during this challenging time! Mass Intentions are a gift of prayer for a loved one, Mondays—Fridays until 8PM deceased or living. Having our Parish Family pray together Saturdays until to 5PM for your loved one or special intention is part of the Sundays until to 2PM celebration of the Eucharist—the Mass. Wear Mask & Practice Social Distancing Saint Catherine of Sienna follows policies of diocese regarding Background Screening and VIRTUS Training requirements for employees, clergy and volun- teers. Over past two years we have been updating our Safe Environment data accordingly so many already in system. We also issue SCS ID Tags annually for our Clergy, Staff, Volunteer Parish Ministry Leaders and key volunteers in our efforts to provide a safe and secure environment for worship and ministry work. Please read the information below and follow instructions as applicable.
FROM: DIOCESE OF ROCKVILLE CENTRE 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 2002 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: Attend Protecting God’s Children Program (Virtus) Sign the Codes of Conduct; 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 applica- tion process enabling volunteers to complete the three safe environment requirements in one step. Individuals wishing to volunteer in a parish or school: - Register to attend a Protecting God’s Children class and create a Virtus account on the Virtus website: www.Virtus.org - Electronically acknowledge the Diocesan Code of Conduct- provided during the Virtus registration process. - Follow the instructions to complete the Sterling Volunteers background screening application back- ground offered during the Virtus registration process. Active Volunteers: If 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. If 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 Username and Password. If you need as- sistance, please contact Virtus: 1-888-847-8870 or [email protected]. Once in your account, review your account information-particularly your e-mail address. If 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 of the screen. Questions or concerns: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected] Thank you to all who continue to serve in a ministry during these extremely challenging days. Blessed Miguel Agustín Pro (1891-1927) Readings for the Week November 23 Monday: Rv 14:1-3, 4b-5; Ps 24:1bc-4ab, 5-6; Graham Greene’s classic The Power and the Glory immor- Lk 21:1-4 talized Mexico’s persecuted Church of the 1920s. But pho- Tuesday: Rv 14:14-19; Ps 96:10-13; Lk 21:5-11 tographs of Father Pro—arms outstretched to image Christ Wednesday: Rv 15:1-4; Ps 98:1-3ab, 7-9; Lk 21:12-19 Crucified, kneeling in prayer before the firing squad, Thursday: Rv 18:1-2, 21-23; 19:1-3, 9a; Ps 100:1b-5; crumpled dead on the ground—vividly, visually remind us Lk 21:20-28 that not long ago, not far away, the faith we take for grant- Thanksgiving Day (suggested): Sir 50:22-24; ed cost everything! Born to a mining family, Miguel be- Ps 145:2-11; 1 Cor 1:3-9; Lk 17:11-19 came a Jesuit and was sent to study Catholic labor move- Friday: Rv 20:1-4, 11 — 21:2; Ps 84:3-6a, 8a; ments in Belgium in preparation for evangelizing Mexi- Lk 21:29-33 co’s workers. But he returned to find a Mexico determined Saturday: Rv 22:1-7; Ps 95:1-7ab; Lk 21:34-36 to annihilate Catholicism, and, like priests before him dur- Sunday: Is 63:16b-17, 19b; 64:2-7; Ps 80:2-3, ing Roman persecutions, England’s Reformation, and in 15-16, 18-19; 1 Cor 1:3-9; Mk 13:33-37 China today, ministered secretly to an “underground Church” until apprehended and sentenced to the firing squad. In his final moments, Father Pro blessed his execu- tioners, forgave his enemies, and shouted: “Viva el Cristo Rey!—Long Live Christ the King!”—his defiant, dying proclamation of ultimate, transcendent loyalty. Father Pro’s martyrdom reinvigorated that beleaguered Church, whose countless faithful, never again afraid, would throng John Paul II when he visited Pro’s beloved Mexico fifty- two years later. —Peter Scagnelli, Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.
Saints and Special Observances Sunday: Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe Monday: Thirty-fourth or Last Week in Ordinary Time; St. Clement I; St. Columban; The Shepherd King Bl. Miguel Agustín Pro The job of shepherd and the job of king couldn’t be more Tuesday: St. Andrew Dũng-Lạc and Companions different from each other. Shepherds are on the lowest Wednesday: St. Catherine of Alexandria rung of society, kings are at the top. But God says, through Thursday: Thanksgiving Day the prophet Ezekiel, that the Messiah will lead in a way Saturday: Blessed Virgin Mary very different from earthly authorities who lord it over their people and cause harm with their poor leadership. Our King takes on the job himself. Christ, like a shepherd, will give rest, seek out the lost, bring back the strayed and scattered ones. He will heal the wounded and bind up the injured. He does not delegate, but will “shepherd them rightly.” We have a king who cares for us and who is not afraid to “judge between one sheep and another” (Ezekiel 34:17). Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co. Saint Catherine of Sienna Outreach LIVING STEWARDSHIP Reflection “Whatever you did for one of the least brothers of apple juice; fruit cocktail; cranberry sauce; mine, you did for me.” Today’s Gospel reminds us gravy mix; boxed stuffing; instant mashed that when we serve man, we serve God. potatoes; canned yams/sweet potatoes; rice (1-2 lb. bag); prepared pasta sauce; Living Stewardship ~ Pillar of Service Any act of service, big or small, to someone — is pasta; canned green beans; canned corn; an act of service to God. supermarket gift cards ($20-$25-$50) All items may be placed in the pantry bins, located in the Sienna Center lobby. Gift cards should be placed in the Offering Collection Boxes, brought to Outreach or Welcome Desk during regular hours. Gift Cards should never be left in the food bins. Dear Men If you or someone you know from our community is in need, please contact us ASAP. of our Parish Community, Franklin Square Campus: 352-0146 #6 Elmont Campus: 354-4976 With fall in full force and as we begin the new liturgical year which begins with the first Sunday of Advent, we want to offer an opportunity for Scripture series for After we give thanks on Thanksgiving all the men of our parish. Day and then shop on Black Friday, These series which are geared Small Business Saturday, and Cyber towards creating opportunities for Monday we celebrate guided and more purposeful explora- tions of Scripture would be facilitated “Giving Tuesday” by Fr Ethel, our Associate Pastor. December 1, 2020 More details to come! In a way, it will ensure the supreme Christian vocation to encounter, pray and live the Word is being nurtured in the fullness of Church Tradition. This will not only help us as indi- viduals nurture our faith but help us HELP US HELP THOSE IN NEED become faithful Apologists in & SUPPORT ENVIRONMENT defending our beliefs!
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Purchase at STOP & SHOP We encourage all men of our located at 50 Cherry Valley Road parish to join us for this special in the Month of November opportunity! Community Bag Program Look forward to meeting you . . . Give Back to Your Community! Fr Ethel Anarado Associate Pastor Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe November 22, 2020 “I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink.” — Matthew 25:35
Treasures from Our Tradition Although our Puritan forebears at Plymouth Rock were almost a hundred years removed from their Catholic roots, the old liturgical calendar still had an unconscious claim on their hearts. We’ve already seen how on Saint Martin’s Day, November 11, medieval continental Europe observed a great harvest day of Thanksgiving, with games, dances, parades, and a festive dinner of roast goose. With the goose went ample draughts of “Saint Martin’s Wine,” the first wine of the new harvest. Martinmas celebrated full barns and larders stocked for the winter. Even after the Reformation, the tradi- tion of eating goose on Saint Martin’s Day was retained in Holland, and it was there that our Pilgrims encountered this tradition. When Governor Bradford sent four hunters out into the Massachusetts wilderness in the autumn of 1621, they did indeed find some geese and ducks, and were persuaded by the indigenous people to try turkey, too. Just as the liturgical calendar has been tweaked over the years, President Roosevelt moved Thanksgiving to the third Thursday in November in 1939, probably to extend the Christmas shopping season. The protest was so great that in 1941 the day established by President Lincoln, the last Thursday in November, was restored. If the Pilgrims had known of the Martinmas connection, they might never have celebrated at all! —Rev. James Field, Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.
s we celebrate the solemnity of Our Lord Jesus en notion, world event, or church heresy. Nor has church Christ, King of the Universe, many of the tradi- leadership always had clean hands, and there have been tional hymns and images for the day are joyful wars, genocides, and insurrections “in the name of Christ.” and triumphal. For some, these connotations Today, when more and more people are leaving organized mayA be perceived as negative. In these days when there are religion altogether, and people identify themselves as strong divisions within the Church, and when some govern- “spiritual but not religious” or “nones,” the need for Christ ment leaders are so far away from the people, we need to as leader and ruler and guide is more pressing than ever. hear all of today’s scriptures, and draw a bigger, fuller pic- ture of Christ as servant king. In Ezekiel, we see God as INHERIT THE KINGDOM both the tender, loving shepherd and the one who will The world in which we live is complex. We are a diverse, judge at the Second Coming. This ties in with Matthew’s global society and there are many issues and opinions rang- Gospel and separation of sheep and goats and “whatsoever ing from climate change to politics to creed. Sometimes we you do.” We pray Psalm 23 with great familiarity and hope. try and sort it all out, and it is hard to know who and what First Corinthians carefully explains to us to believe. One can find multiple takes the order in which all will happen. This on the same news story, and social me- is not an evil dictatorship, or a power- dia can easily sway us. Yet when we hungry leader, but the culmination of a focus on the Gospel story, it seems very plan that was carefully laid out in love. simple indeed. We do not have to know it all or figure it all out. We are not the OLD IDEA, RECENT ADDITION one on the throne during the Last Judg- Perhaps it is important to remember that ment. When God starts separating the while the image of Christ as King has been known through- sheep from the goats, the formula is a simple rule of thumb. out Christianity, this feast was founded in 1925 as a reac- “When did you see Christ in others? When did you respond tion and a response to growing secularism, communism, accordingly?” It does not ask if you are Catholic or even and atheism that were becoming prevalent after World War Christian; whether you had a police record or an incurable I. If we pull back the lens even further, we will remember disease; whether you had a PhD or a fifth-grade education, that throughout history there has seldom been a peaceful or what languages you spoke. The call is to remember that time in the Christian world. The Holy Land itself has fre- “Whatsoever you did to the least you did for me.” And then quently been a battle ground. There have been schisms and there will be the invitation, “Come you who are blessed. divisions in the history of the church itself, and every Inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation church council was convened to try to correct some mistak- of the world.” 312 Meacham Ave., Elmont, NY Tel: 516-488-8484 • 516-488-7484 What We Can Offer RAVIOLI & Pizzeria & Restaurant CANNOLI NIGHT You and Your Business: Free Delivery • Open 7 Days a Week Wednesdays Order Online at www.SalvatoresOfElmont.com • Many ad size options to meet your budget in color or black and white Sun-Thur 11am-10pm • Fri-Sat 11am-11pm LARGE PIZZA $14.95 PASTA NIGHT With Choice of FREE Ravioli, Salad, • One-on-one customer service to help build and design your ad Garlic Knots or FREE Cannoli or Any Mon. & Tues. includes: Salad, Topping or 2 Liter Pepsi 15% $5 Off Pasta, Dessert, Coffee or Tea ONLY Dessert. • The ability to change your ad up to 12 times per year Any Purchase OFF Over $30 or More $14.95 $16.75 Over 30 Raviolis to Entire Check +TAX. Dine in only. + TAX. Select From Dine in only. Present coupon to driver. Present coupon to driver. Not valid w/ any other offers. J.S. Paluch Company 1.800.524.0263 Free Delivery 775-8666 PELLEGRINI’S PRIME MEATS 104 Covert Ave. Stewart Manor www.pellegriniprimemeats.com
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