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SUNDAY, DECEMBER 29, 2013

MASS INTENTIONS THIS WEEK

TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY….. From the Staff of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Today, SUNDAY, December 29th THE PARISH OFFICE WILL BE CLOSED 8:30 a.m. –People of the Parish Wednesday, January 1, 2014 10 a.m.— Joseph Scarglato, Joseph Menechini 12 Noon — Purgatorial Society JANUARY 1ST “MARY , T HE HOLY MOTHER OF GOD ”, IS A . MASS TIMES FOR THE HOLY DAY ARE : Monday, December 30th 9 a.m. – 5PM ON TUESDAY , D EC 31 ST 10 AM ON WEDNESDAY , J ANUARY 1ST Tuesday, December 31st NEW YEAR’s EVE 5 p.m .— CELEBRANTS New Year’s Eve, New Year’s Day & Weekend of January 4th & 5th Wednesday, January 1st NEW YEAR’s DAY Tuesday, December 31st– New Year’s Eve 5 PM—Msgr. Daniel A. Picciano 10 a.m. –Rita Scanlon & Edith Sullivan Wednesday, January 1st, New Year’s Day Thursday, January 2nd 10 AM : Msgr. Daniel A. Picciano 9 a.m. – Saturday January 4th Saturday, January 4th 5:00 PM: Fr. Patrick Okafor 5 p.m.— Vivian Hines Sunday, January 5th 8:30 AM : Fr. Patrick Okafor SUNDAY, January 5th 10 AM: Msgr. Daniel A. Picciano 8:30 a.m. –Thomas Gelormino 12 PM: Msgr. Daniel A. Picciano 10 a.m.— Frank Gorman,

Yolanda Gimarino NOTE: SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE 12 Noon — People of the Parish

REMEMBER A LOVED ONE YOUTH GROUP

MEMORIAL DONATIONS AVAILABLE for: Our January meetings are scheduled for • Announced Masses Friday, January 10th & 24th • Bread & — 1 week 7 to 9pm. COME JOIN US! • Missalettes - 1 month If you or anyone you know may be • Flowers—1 week, Charcoal - 1 month interested in becoming part of this wonderful • 7-Day Sancolites—1 week Ministry please call Joy Milillo at 585-0938 or • Candles—1 month send an email to [email protected]

Contact the Parish Office to reserve your memorial. THE OF , MARY & JOSEPH

FOR THE RIDE HOME First Reading: Sirach 3: 2-7 Second Reading: Colossians 3: 12-21 : Matthew 2:13-15

Today it is common for families to move many times. So we can imagine how Joseph felt when an angel suddenly warned him to pack up his family and move to . But Joseph did not argue or complain. He listened, and out of love To learn about events or calendar updates, please he obeyed God's will. Then, when danger was check the Parish web site at: www.steas.org and past, God called the Holy Family out of exile. click on the Religious link. Jesus, Mary, and Joseph finally had a permanent home in Nazareth. The word obedience comes from a word meaning, MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL FAITH "to listen." Some of us have developed what is FORMATION FAMILIES, YOUNG PEOPLE, called "selective hearing." We select, or choose, CATECHISTS, ASSISTANTS AND HALL & what we want to hear. MONITORS. ENJOY THIS BEAUTIFUL SEASON. Why do you think Joseph listened to God? What WANT TO LEND A HAND? might have happened if he had taken it easy A special word of thanks and appreciation to those and not bothered? Have you ever been like Parents in our program who volunteered to assist Joseph and obeyed and then were very glad you with building security during class sessions. We did? still have a few sessions that are not covered if anyone is interested in assisting. Please contact Michele Hahn at the Office at 737-8915 for more SNOW CLOSINGS- REMINDER: information. For snow or severe weather during the week days...we follow the Sachem SD PARENT ALERT!!! schedule. Tune in to News12 or WALK F.M. Radio. Religious Ed. classes will NOT BE HELD during If Sachem SD is closed, there will be no Mass that the weeks of December 23 rd and 30 th . Classes day. If severe weather happens on the weekend and resume the week of January 6 th . Mass needs to be cancelled, call into the Parish Office at 737-4388 and the recording will be ARE YOU A REGISTERED PARISHIONER? updated with any cancellations. Thank you. Many parishioners support St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish in the weekly collection and we do not have them listed in our census. We would like to make sure Prayer Blanket Ministry you are given proper credit for your donations. Please Meetings are held on Saturdays from 9:30am to 12:30pm. fill in the bottom of this page and we will send you a Next meeting is January 11th. registration form. New members are always welcome. Come join this ***You are not automatically registered if you received a exciting ministry—we create prayer blankets, lap robes, baby in the parish, i.e. , , blankets, preemie hats, Christmas stockings, “pink scarves”, Matrimony, etc. etc. and donate them to various organizations, nursing homes, etc. We also share ideas, patterns and NAME______offer instruction for anyone wishing to learn to knit or crochet or brush up on their skills. For more information call the ADDRESS______Parish Outreach . If you have yarn to donate, we will ______gladly accept it and use it. Thank you! ______SUNDAY, DECEMBER 29, 2013

6th ANNUAL SUPER BONANZA PARISH OUTREACH Dec 2013 $25 winners Thank you for the wonderful response given by all the Sunday 12/22/13 #06676 Eleanore Kellaher Parish community in our effort to show Jesus' love and care for others. Due to your generosity, Outreach was Mon, 12/23/13 # 00907 J.S. Lakovitz able to provide a meal for approximately 75 families. 55 Tues, 12/24/13 #08282 Mary Bartol children were given two gifts each, and 150 gift cards Wed, 12/25/13 #15787 Elaine Gadinis were given the adults. Your kindness was very much Thursday, 12/26/13 #00284 B. Lathbury appreciated by all of the families helped and many thank you's were expressed. Friday, 12/27/13 # 05737 Pete Kohler Saturday, 12/28/13 #08232 Geroma Primm Parish Outreach could not attempt this loving CONGRATULATIONS! task without the help of many good people. Thank you to the many volunteers took much of their time and talent in Christmas Winner for Dec 25th $1,000.00 = working together in helping shop, drive, prepare and #11970 The Kuntzsch Family distribute the baskets of food, as well as all of the gift items. These volunteers included: Linda and Paul Buffa, Bob Lewonka, Janet Knoblach, Terry McGee, Diane Scheel, Mary Koslowski, Gerry Hoffer, Rosemarie WELCOME ! Mayers, Annunziata Cervini, Marilyn Janusewski, Joe THE FOLLOWING FAMILIES HAVE Saldiveri, Marie Roach, Elena Middleton, Lois Schilling, Joanne Sarakos, Joanne Peuplie, Mary Jane Clever, REGISTERED WITH THE PARISH Elsa Aparico, Eileen Cleary, and Jake Schof. THIS PAST WEEK: **Ms. Susan Lehecka A special note of thanks to the following companies who donated food and clothing to a number of families:

-William Mackie - Allstate Agency Owner, located on 635 Portion Rd. - who held a food drive at Stop and Shop in Ronkonkoma and donated the proceeds to our Outreach Food Pantry.

-Kristin DeSantis of the Washer and Gasket Corp. who organized a food and clothing drive at work in order to help a family with four children who just lost their mother.

-Melanie Sheridan - Office Manager BOSS Facility Ser- vices, Inc. who gathered volunteers to help provide food and gifts for two families.

-LaCouture Hair Salon located on 625 Portion Rd.- who took a number of ornaments from our Giving Tree.

-The manager of the Shop Rite in Selden who donated 30 turkeys and 5 hams for Christmas meals.

Thank you all again and may the Spirit of the Christmas season continue to live in your hearts!

Our first blood drive of the year will be held on Sun- day, January 26, 2014 from 8:45-2:45. Sign-ups will take place on the two weekends before the 26th after all the masses. Have a wonderful and safe New Year. God Bless THE HOLY FAMILY OF JESUS, MARY & JOSEPH

Join Us With Mary

When life got overwhelming and too big for us as children, we turned to our mother for support and guidance. As adults, we thank her for all she had done for us. Now we are blessed with the opportunity to turn to our Heavenly Mother Mary to ask for her support and guidance, and thank her for the many blessings she has given us. Every Wednesday after 9:00 AM mass (at 9:30) , you are invited to join us as we pray the to ask for her help and guidance and to thank her for her abounding love. Discovering hope and joy in the faith. January 2014

Fall in love with God

From the moment God created you, God thinks loving thoughts of you Mother Seton he has been deeply in love with you. all the time. “How precious to me are Wife, then widow, He made you deliberately so he thy thoughts, O God. How vast is Elizabeth Ann Seton could love you. “Before I the sum of them! If I would converted to formed you in the count them, they are more Catholicism womb I knew than the sand” (Psalm despite rejection you” (1 Jeremiah 139:17). by her wealthy Episcopalian 1:3). What Our bodies are family and friends. With no about you? Are holy because God means of support for herself or you in love put his precious her children, she welcomed the with God? life within us. “Do invitation to open a Catholic You have no you not know that school for girls near Baltimore. secrets from you are the temple Joined by like-minded God … and he of God, and that the women, the community loves you Spirit of God dwells became the Sisters of St. Joseph anyway. We all in you?” (1 in 1809, and Elizabeth became have some small Corinthians 3:16). Mother Seton. The community shameful part of Prayer is about grew and so did their schools ourselves that we falling in love with and orphanages marking the are too afraid to show even God. “I love the Lord, beginnings of the U.S. parochial our closest family or friends. God sees because he has heard my voice school system. all you are and loves you infinitely and my supplications. Because he anyway. “I praise you, because I am inclined his ear to me, therefore I will call Bessed are the wonderfully made … My very self you on him as long as I live” (Psalm peacemakers know” (Psalm 139:14). 116:1-2). The world sure could use more peacemakers. The key to becoming one is to practice forgiveness and offer peace. Why do Catholics That way everyone around us will feel the love of . honor ? God’s Laws “Happy the man who meditates are members of a These holy people have upon these things, wise the man large family. From the early allowed themselves to be who takes them to heart! If he days of the Church, emptied out and to be puts them into practice, he can there have been filled with the love and cope with anything, for members of the grace of Christ. the fear of the faithful who have The Church holds up LORD is his lamp” strived to live in the these brothers and (Sirach kingdom of God here sisters of ours as 50:28-29). on Earth and see its examples to help us follow fulfillment in Heaven. in their paths.

© Copyright 2014 Success Publishing & Media, LLC January 2014 Page 2 Make one change for God this year

When making New Year’s resolutions this year, each week. It’s just me and Him.” consider one change that will bring you closer to Peter’s law practice is incredibly busy, but he God. Here are some ideas other Catholics have used takes an afternoon off every month to work at to strengthen prayer, serve the poor, and the local soup kitchen serving hot meals to the evangelize our faith … homeless and working poor. When asked why Norma felt her prayer life growing stale, so he said, “Jesus said, ‘When I was hungry, you gave when her parish asked for adorers for the me to eat.’” perpetual adoration chapel, she jumped at the JoAnn’s children are grown, yet she teaches a chance. Now, Mondays at midnight, Norma can religious education class at her parish. “What better be found in the presence of the . She way to spread our faith than to children? That’s said, “I really look forward to my peaceful hour where I can do the most good,” she said.

Matthew 4:12-23, Are there qualities The common call. that would make The way Jesus gathered his followers needs to follow him but nothing comes me a better Christian? seemed almost casual. For example, he before our relationship with God and Actually, when you were baptized, passed the Sea of Galilee, saw Andrew his call to us. The compelling part of made your First Communion, or got and Simon and called to his call is the chance Confirmed, the them. It sounds as if to serve him and conferred gifts to help you the men dropped be close to him. grow in strength and what they were Jesus chose holiness. Recognizing these doing, left their twelve special people gifts and nurturing them homes and to be his closest followers will certainly make you a livelihoods to follow and he became their leader. better Christian. Jesus after very little They went where he told them Wisdom: This gift helps us stay focused thought. There must have been and did what he asked, and on God's will and his plan for us. something very arresting about Jesus accomplished amazing deeds in Understanding: Lets us grasp truths. It and his call to them. Jesus’ name. means seeing with the heart and the Scripture makes it clear that Jesus is still calling people to be his mind. discipleship means leaving everything disciples and work amazing deeds in Counsel: Also called "right judgment," behind and surrendering to the will of his name. In fact, he has called each of counsel enables us to weigh alternatives God. He will provide whatever a us to be his disciple. to make the right choice. Fortitude: The ability to remain firm against pressure. (Also called courage.) today as it was in his day. Knowledge: A person with knowledge January 31 – St. John Bosco (1888). sees more than one dimension of an St. John Bosco combined catechetical issue to determine the right path. training and fatherly guidance to teach Piety: Helps us think of ourselves as January 17 – St. Anthony (356). young men and women how to unite children of God and be eager to serve Anthony was a wealthy young man their spiritual life with their work and him. when he heard and followed Christ’s play. He opened the of St. Fear of the Lord: The wonder and awe call to “sell all you have, give it to the and provided work- God inspires encourages us to respect poor, and follow me.” Afterwards he shops for boys in shoemaking and him and all his creations. went into the desert to live as a tailoring. In 1859, The more you use these gifts, the more and dedicate his life to prayer. Others he founded the you will grow in faith and holiness. followed making him the founder of Salesians

Christian . who were To provide practical ideas that promote January 24 - St. Francis de Sales committed faithful Catholic living. (1622). As of Geneva, St. to Success Publishing & Media, LLC Publishers of Growing in Faith™ and Partners in Faith™ Francis bolstered the faith of others by education (540)662-7844 (540)662-7847 fax his writings and works. For the , St. and http://www.growinginfaith.com (Unless noted quotes and references are from Francis wrote Introduction to the mission the Revised Standard Version and the New American Bible) Devout Life, which is as applicable work. © Copyright 2014 Success Publishing & Media, LLC