Masses: SATURDAY 4:30pm • SUNDAY 8am, 10am, 12pm, 5pm • MON - FRI 8:30am “Let me sow your love” REV. PETER F. KACZMAREK, PASTOR • REV. FRANÇOIS EALE DEACON ALLAN LONGO • DEACON JEAN CANTAVE • DEACON JAMES BYRNE Office Hours: MON - THURS 9am - 3pm • FRIDAY 9am - 12pm 29 Northgate Dr., GREENLAWN, NY • 631.757.7435 • FAX: 631.757.0469 [email protected] • stfrancisgreenlawn.org WHOEVER GIVES YOU A CUP OF WATER TO DRINK BECAUSE OF CHRIST WILL BE REWARDED MATTHEW 10:42 SEPTEMBER 26, 2021 • TWENTY-SIXTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME OUR MISSION St. Francis of Assisi is a Roman Catholic Church steeped in history, yet forward thinking, creating a positive impact on our community while bringing brothers and sisters in Christ together to be the hands and feet of Jesus. In the true Franciscan way, we sow the seeds of the future in the good soil of tradition. MASS INTENTIONS FOR THE WEEK LECTOR/EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2021 SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 25 2021 Mary Schlaikjer - Gino Bottoni, Enrico Bottoni 4:30pm - Lector - 4:30pm Deacon Jim Byrne, Maria Persichilli (20th anniv of death), Eucharistic Ministers - Emilia Caravousanos, Frances Takach Ints. of DeStefano Family SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2021 SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2021 8:00am - Lector - James Gribbin 8:00am - St. Francis Parishioners Eucharistic Ministers - Deacon Allan Longo, Gawaine Esteibar, Rosemarie Esteibar 10:00am - Helen Yaboni Peter Dowd Dina Champagne, Peggy Dissler 10:00am - Lector - 12:00pm - Eucharistic Ministers - Deacon Jim Byrne, 5:00pm - Angela Kulewicz, Ints. of Hadley Groeger, Louise Mordarski, Michael Mordarski Youth of St. Francis 12:00am - Lector - Nancy Christensen Eucharistic Ministers - Deacon Jean Cantave, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2021 Barbara Brygider, Teresa Iaquinto 8:30am - Donald Mason 5:00pm - Lector - Diane Young Eucharistic Ministers - Catherine Kitakis, Laurel Waite TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 2021 8:30am - Robert & Gladys Mason SATURDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2021 4:30pm - Lector - Mary Lemp WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2021 Eucharistic Ministers - Deacon Allan Longo, Thomas Lemp, Carol Ann Gallo Russo 8:30am - Christopher Porto SUNDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2021 THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2021 8:00am - Lector - Diane Lake 8:30am - Rosa Fazzolari Eucharistic Ministers - Deacon Jim Byrne, Catherine Armstrong, Linda Costello Roth FRIDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2021 10:00am - Lector - Michael Mordarski Deceased members of Bazzuro Family 8:30am - Eucharistic Ministers - Deacon Allan Longo, Nathan Kerr, Lorraine Longo 12:00am - Lector - Paul Papa DEVOTIONAL LIFE - HOLY HOURS Eucharistic Ministers - Deacon Jean Cantave, Nancy Christensen, Teresa Iaquinto HOLY HOUR FOR PRIESTS 5:00pm - Lector - Albert Porpora Mondays: 12:30pm - 1:30pm Eucharistic Ministers - Ann Ahlstrom Saxer, Diane Young SACRED HEART HOLY HOUR Wednesdays: 6:30pm - 7:30pm PATRIOTIC HOLY HOUR - Fridays: 2:00pm - 3:00pm THE RECTORY office will be open at regular hours ADORATION - Mondays & Fridays: 9:00am - 5:00pm 9AM - 3PM. Masks must be worn in the office. - Daily on Zoom at 8:00am ROSARY SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION: - Every 3rd Saturday at 6:30pm HAITIAN MASS Saturday 2PM - 3:30PM Deacon Jean Cantave: 631-896-3747 Call Rectory for private confessions BULLETIN LIVING STEWARDSHIP REFLECTION PILLAR OF PRAYER In today’s Gospel, Jesus stresses the importance of If you have not been to confession in a while, becoming a better person and rooting make time to go to confession this week. out the sin in your life. Your action will be so pleasing to God! The Pastor’s Desk a message from father peter Director of Music Good News for St. Francis! I am pleased to announce the permanent hiring of Peter Schubart as Director of Music here at St. Francis parish. We have all enjoyed his playing the organ and piano at our Sunday Masses; now he will be able to develop a music program on an enhanced basis. Peter comes to us with much experience, talent, and a warm and friendly manner. Please feel free to go up and welcome him in the coming weeks and extend a personal welcome to him. Watch for sign up times in the bulletin for adult choir and children’s choir rehearsals. Mr. Schubart will be organizing our choirs, conforming their mode of operating to the necessities of the pandemic. All of this is a true blessing to St. Francis! It is my prayer that your faith also inspired him. Attention Teenagers The Diocese is launching a new initiative to draw teens to the Church and to faith in Jesus. It consists of 3 GrandGatherings (Code name: Inspire) in each of our Vicariates (40 Parishes in each, 9 events altogether in this course of the year) The first for us is October 22 (a Friday night) at St. Joseph’s Parish in Babylon. The evening is half faith enrichment and the other half some fun, games, and entertainment! We will be emailing all our teens! (Grade 8 to 12). Also, the game plan includes calling upon young adults (20’s-30’s) to assist running these events! Stay tuned for more exciting items! Mention all this but don’t push your teen to come; hopefully when they realize how many teens will be there and have a chance to call their friends, they will want to come! St. Francis of Assisi St. Vincent de Paul Society September 26: Twenty-Sixth SPECIAL NOTICE Sunday in Ordinary Time On August 17 while delivering 3 deposit bags to the In today’s gospel Jesus tells his disciples: “Anyone bank, an office worker experienced either the result of who gives you a drink of water because you removal of one bag or the fall of that bag unseen from belong to Christ will not, I assure you, go without the car, that is one bag out of the three, in short that his reward.” On September 27, the Church will celebrate the feast of St. Vincent de Paul. The bag is now missing! It contained mostly checks. We members of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul are are asking all parishioners if you may have written a on the front line in laboring for the poor, they are check to Saint Francis between the dates of August 1st among the first to know their real needs. to August 17th, please examine your bank statements and see if they have cleared your account. This month, through your gifts, the Society of St. Vincent de Paul was able to assist families by providing them food, utility, rent and If these checks did not clear your account, please other bills. God Bless You!. consider voiding those checks and sending your donation or payment into Saint Francis. In this deposit *Checks made payable to Society of St. Vincent de Paul were donations made for the Holy Day (Assumption) and dropped in the collection baskets will help us serve (August 15), memorial candle payments, and religious our neighbors in need throughout the Greenlawn area. education payments. Thank You! We would deeply appreciate your assistance with this. St. Francis of Assisi Conference: 631.651.2655 our community page 4 St. Francis of Assisi Patron of our Parish It is immensely satisfying to be able to hold celebrations and pick up where we left off after the worst days of the pandemic. The Day of St. Francis of Assisi, the patron of our parish, will be celebrated this year on Sunday, October 3. Many know St. Francis as the patron saint of animals and nature, and so celebrations often include a blessing for animals. This year, the blessing will be held in front of the church on Sunday, October 3 from 1:30 to 3:30pm, with the ceremony for the animals beginning at 2:00pm. Light refreshments will be offered, and children are invited to bring their stuffed animals for a blessing as well. St. Francis is one of the most venerated figures in Roman Catholic history. Born into a luxurious lifestyle, after a wild youth and a brief career as a soldier, Francis had a conversion experience that inspired him to renounce his family’s wealth and devote his life to God. His dedication to poverty, humility, obedience, patience, and compassion soon attracted thousands of followers. Center Panel Mural St Francis of Assisi Founder of the Franciscan Orders, including the Poor Clares and the lay Third Order Franciscans, he is the patron saint of San Francisco, California and Santa Fe, New Mexico, as well as one of the patron saints of Italy. In 1979, Pope John Paul II paid tribute to Francis’ love of nature by declaring him the patron of ecology and ecologists, proclaiming that his love and care for creation was “a challenge for contemporary Catholics and a reminder not to behave like dissident predators where nature is concerned, but to assume responsibility for it.” Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio became the first pope to honor St. Francis by taking his name, becoming Pope Francis in 2013. St. Francis died on October 4, 1226 in the town of Assisi, and was quickly canonized by Pope Gregory IX. Although he lived a brief 45 years, the Orders he formed still exist today. Each year over 3 million people make a pilgrimage to his tomb, revealing him to be one of the most popular and beloved saints of all time. What can we learn from St. Francis? In his own words: “Start by doing what is necessary, then what is possible, and suddenly you are doing the impossible.” our community page 5 YOU’REYOU’RE INVITEDINVITED NEXTNEXT WEEKENDWEEKEND Join us on October 3rd from 1:30pm to 3:30pm with the ceremony for the animals beginning at 2:00pm. BLESSINGBLESSING OFOF THETHE ANIMALSANIMALS Bring your cat, dog or favorite loved one to receive a Special Blessing of our Lord from Father Peter in honor of St.