MSGR. DAVID L. CASSATO, ADMINISTRATOR REV. MARTIN RESTREPO, PAROCHIAL VICAR Deacon Anthony Mammoliti, Pastoral Associate Ken Wodzanowski, Youth Minister 718-490-4469 - email: [email protected] S E O Mrs. Roseanne Bourke, DRE Telephone: 718-234-0041 R O M S Mon - Fri 9:00 AM - 8:00 PM Weekdays: 8:00AM (Italian) & 9:00AM - (July & August 8:30AM) Saturday 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM Saturdays: 8:30AM (Bilingual) & 5:30PM Vigil Telephone: 718-259-4636 Sundays: 9:00AM (English), 10:15AM (Italian), 11:30AM (English) Fax: 718-259-3066 1:00 PM (Spanish) [email protected] Holy Days: Please refer to the current bulletin. Website: stdominic-brooklyn.org S A S: Please call the M M rectory prior to surgery or in case of a serious illness. Mrs. Mary Carmosino, Music Director G P P P: Messa ogni primo Kateri Novoa, Cantor sabato del mese alle 10:30AM seguito da esposizione del Santissimo Sacramento, Rosario e Benedizione. S B: English: Call the M D: Holy Rosary every weekday after the Rectory during office hours to schedule an 8:00AM & 9:00AM Masses. Miraculous Medal Novena is every appointment for the Baptismal intake. In- Monday after the 9:00AM Mass. struction Class is required the Thursday two weeks before Baptism at 7:30PM. A B S: Fridays from 9:30AM-3:00PM—ending with Chaplet of Divine Mercy & Benediction. Español: Debe llamar primero a la Rectoría durante horas de oficina para hacer una cita. R E: Grades 1 - 8. Meets on Sundays at Los bautismos se celebran el Segundo Do- 10:00AM in the Church basement. mingo de cada mes a las 2:45PM. Y H C (S C): Meets each Italiano:Deve prima chiamare la Canonica Thursday from 11:30AM—3:00PM in the Parish Hall. in orario di ufficio per un appuntamento. C H: Viernes a las 7:30PM en la Iglesia S R: Confes- sions are held on Saturdays from RCIA—R C I A: If you, or 4:30PM—5:15PM (Spanish & Italian) and someone you know, is interested in becoming a Catholic or 4:00—5:00PM (English) at St. Athanasius, completing their entrance into the church through Confirmation or at other reasonable times by making an or Holy Eucharist, please call Father Ron at St. Athanasius at appointment at the Rectory. (718)236-0124 Ext.13 S M: Arrangements S A : Located 6120 Bay Parkway, must be made with a priest/deacon at least 6 Brooklyn NY 11204. For more information call 718-236-4791. months prior to the wedding date. THIRTY THIRD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME– NOVEMBER 18, 2018 M I W W P C Sunday, November 18th Monday, November 19th - 9:00AM Carmela Devito - Req: Mr. & Mrs. Tony Gallo Holy Rosary (after the 8:00AM & 9:00 AM Masses) 10:15A Giuseppe Randazzo Requested: Moglie & Famiglia Tuesday, November 20th 11:30AM Carlo & Dominick Catanzaro, Pezzella Family & Holy Rosary (after the 8:00AM & 9:00AM Masses) John Salvio - Requested: Wife & Mother Fannie Wednesday, November 21st 1:00PM Gente de la parroquia Holy Rosary (after the 8:00AM & 9:00AM Masses) Monday, November 19th - 6:30 PM Youth Center 8:00AM Mary & Joe & Vincenzo Barone Thursday, November 22nd Requested: Famiglia Frisella 9:00 AM Filomena Polimeni Holy Rosary-(after the 8:00AM & 9:00AM Masses) Requested: Family 12:00PM: Young at Heart (Gym) 7:30 PM: - Narcotics Anonymous (Classroom) Tuesday, November 20th 8:00AM Nicola Carlone Friday, November 23rd Requested: Wife, Sara Holy Rosary (after the 8:00AM & 9:00AM Masses) 9:00AM Felicita Jímenez Requested: Family 7:30 PM: El Santo Rosario 6:30PM Youth Center Wednesday, November 21st Saturday, November24th- Holy Rosary (after 8:30 8:00AM Pietro Ricciardi Requested: Daughter, Sara Carlone Mass) 9:00AM John Alessandria Requested: Wife, Anna 7:00PM Family Thanksgiving Mass City of Churches Thursday, November 22nd - Thanksgiving will be featuring 8:30AM Defunti Papeo & Guadiuso Requested: Caterina & Guadiuso St. Dominic Church on Wednesday, November 21, 2018 Friday, November 23rd - Rectory Closed at 8:00 PM on the NET. 8:30AM Eliodoro Franza Requested: Mary Lee Generations of Faith Pledged: 277,000.00 Saturday, November 24th Received: 100,500.00 8:30AM Filippo Antonio & Giovanna D’Amato Requested: Family All those who have made a pledge, please 5:30 PM Anna Boriotti & John Boriotti (Son) remember to send in your payments. Requested: Adele & Lori Greenwood Thank you! Annual Catholic Appeal T W’ M G Altar Candles are donated in Memory of: Our Goal is $22,200.00 Pledged: $24,341.00 Carmela Devito Received: $22,309.50 Requested: Mr. & Mrs. Tony Gallo Gifts of Bread & Wine are donated in Memory of: W C R: Lucille Imbasciani Requested: Staff N. 12 , 2017 - $ 2646 - N. 11, 2018 - $ 2178 Tabernacle Candles are donated in Memory of: F R R: Franca Rosa Nov. 11, 2018 - $ 1214 Requested: Wife Tina & Daughter COMMUNITY CHAT Thanksgiving Prayer With Deacon Anthony Mammoliti Loving God, we turn our hearts to you on this day for giving thanks, mindful of your many gifts, For each one, we are grateful. Thanksgiving is this Thursday. We have a lot to be For each one, we are blessed. thankful for. Our church is renovated so that we may For each one we are opened to the abundance of your love. have a better worship space to celebrate mass. The family mass is Wednesday at 7pm; after the liturgy May this Thanksgiving Day offer a reminder to be generous with others, as you are with us. there will be a social gathering in the gymnasium. Our We praise you. We rejoice in you. We give you thanks. Amen. CCD program in union with our Youth Ministry is pre- paring an evening of fun, refreshments, entertainment and fellowship. A big thank you to Mrs. Roseanne Advent is a time of the year when we prepare to Bourke our DRE and Mr. Kenny Wodzanowski our celebrate Christmas with prayers and performing good deeds. Youth Minister. They have tirelessly worked to make this event possible; ……continuing on this theme of As we prepare our hearts and minds for the birth of Jesus, we invite you to participate in our giving thanks, a big thank you to all who came to a Night to Be Thankful, the fundraiser to support our Homeless Outreach Ministry. Advent Giving Tree The end of the liturgical year is approaching. It is mo- beginning on the ments in time when we hear Jesus speak about the first Sunday of Advent, December 2nd. If you wish to participate, please take a tag, “end times.” It is always interesting when the topic buy a new gift and tape the ornament to the gift comes up. There is particular fascination with the end (UNWRAPPED). Gifts can be returned at of the world. And to be honest, as a native New Yorker Mass or at the Rectory. who was an emergency responder at the World Trade Please return the gift no later Center, these same thoughts entered my head when I than Wednesday, December 19th. saw the injured fleeing the carnage and the World Pick up will be Friday, Dec.21st. Trade Center towers collapse to the ground on Septem- ber 11th. When we see such terrible things and feel Thank you for your helpless we often ask ourselves: “Why?” And more generosity! personally, for any of us who have experienced the death of a loved one or experienced some great person- al loss, maybe a broken relationship or the loss of a All ARE WELCOME AT job, it’s not unusual in these situations to feel ST. DOMINIC that our world is coming to an end. God does not aban- Are you a sinner? Have you been away don us. We become anxious and easily distracted. The from the Church for a long time? Are you events highlighted by troubling headlines in the daily divorced or separated? Are you physically paper, being distracted by others in our life, whether by or mentally challenged? Are you from a the legitimate needs of family or, maybe, by being different culture? Are you not accepted prone to compare ourselves to our neighbors. Maybe because of your sexual orientation? Are we are anxious about our responsibilities in life or you elderly, a teen or young adult? Are what others expect of us. Do Christ’s words about the you discriminated against because of your “end times” become for us yet another cause for anxie- color? Are you feeling broken? Are you ty or distraction? God wants us to remain confident in poor or out of work? Have you been im- His love for us, steadfast in our faith and always vigi- prisoned? Have you a feeling that you are lant. God knows what it is to be human and through left out? our faith in Jesus we find the strength to avoid being You are welcome here! This is your easily distracted and to focus for that day when God home, and we are your who is love calls us and looks at us with love. family! Youth Ministry Upcoming Programs and Special Events Advent Meditations December 5th,12th &19th after the 9:00 am Mass in the Church. All are welcome! Story Time with Santa Saturday, December 15th Tickets $10.00 per person. (children under 3 - free) Starts after the 5:30 Mass at St. Dominic. • Youth will get to make a special Christmas project. • Watch a Christmas Movie • Listen to Santa Claus himself, read a story to them all. • Fun and Games (Snowball fight and Snowman building) • A chance to sit on Santa’s lap and receive a candy cane.