Office Hours Monday to Friday, 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. 631-369-1273 Fax 631-369-7141 www.saintspeterandpaul.org Are you new to our parish? Please register at the Rectory. Registration is for active participation in our parish family. Become a committed steward. Become involved in one of our parish ministries, and you will make friends. You will discover a warm and nurturing faith community as you celebrate God’s great love with us in the Sacraments. That same family of faith will support and challenge you as you proclaim Jesus Christ. Vision Statement We are church...co-creators with the Holy Spirit, building the city of God and renewing the earth. Mission Statement “This is what the Lord God asks of you: only this, to act justly, to love tenderly, and to walk humbly with your God.” (Micah 6:8b) Pastoral Team Rev. Jose Jacob, SMM — Pastor [email protected] Carol Kaczmarek — Office Assistant [email protected] Christina Koch— Bookkeeper [email protected] Martha Graziano — Parish Social Ministry Coordinator [email protected] Vincent Palminteri — Director of Religious Education [email protected] Patricia Fiene — Faith Formation Secretary [email protected] Karenann Knotoff — Parish Communications & Data Coordinator [email protected] Fr. Francis Pizzarelli, SMM — Weekend Assistant Pastoral Council Finance Committee Liturgy Committee Shirley Castellano Shirley Castellano (Trustee) Carol Kaczmarek Debbie Himmelmann Fred Koelbel (Trustee) Susan Barrasso Fred Koelbel Eugene Agbimson Stephan Borkowski Andy McCall Cathy Fasanelli Ann Carlsen John Tanner Christina Koch Terri Donahue Carol Kaczmarek Douglas Lake Maureen Ferris Ellen Shore Deb Himmelmann John Leonardis Deb Mazura John McNally Parish Outreach (631) 369-7142 Jill Meise [email protected] Tom St. Pierre Vincent Sweeney Outreach Hours: Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. William Hurley Food Pantry Hours: Thursday 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Chris Anest Suzanne McConnell Frank Dautzenberg Sts. Peter & Paul RC Church Weekly Schedule at Sts. Peter and Paul MASS SCHEDULE Saturday Vigil Mass 5:00 p.m. Sunday, August 16th, 2020 To August 23rd, 2020 Sunday, 9:00 a.m., 11:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. All Church Activities are Postponed Until Further WE CELEBRATE EUCHARIST Notice Stay Safe and Healthy! Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday at 9:00 a.m. Rectory Hours are 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. WE CELEBRATE BAPTISM Sunday 3rd Sunday of the Month Please contact the Rectory at least six weeks in advance to make Monday arrangements. Baptism Preparation Classes are required. Tuesday WE CELEBRATE MARRIAGE Wednesday Marriage arrangements should be made at least one year in advance. Thursday WE CELEBRATE RECONCILIATION Friday Saturday from 3:45 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. or by Appointment. Saturday ANOINTING OF THE SICK Sunday If you are suffering from an illness or having major surgery, please call for an appointment for Fr. Jose to visit you and administer the Sacrament of the Sick. COMMUNION FOR THE And who of you by worrying and being HOMEBOUND anxious can add one unit of measure to his stature or to the span of his life? Do you know someone who is sick, in the hospital, or homebound Matthew 6:27 and would like to receive Holy Communion? Please call the Rectory for assistance. ADORATION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT Prayer of Thanks Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament will take place on Fridays, Father, I thank You that I don’t have to live a life full of following the 9:00 a.m. Mass until 8:00 p.m. The Chapel is always open for silent prayer. worry. I thank You that I can come to You in prayer the moment I begin to worry about something and I can cast my care on You. Help me make the wise choice to stop worrying and start trusting You today. Meyer, Joyce, The Power of Being Thankful, pg.221 Enhancing Stewardship through Electronic Funds Transfer To get started log on to: www.saintspeterandpaul.org and click on the Parish Giving Logo. August 16th, 2020 WEEKLY SCRIPTURE READING Mass Intentions for August 18th, 2020 through August 23rd, 2020 Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time Tuesday, August 18th, 2020 08-16 Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time 9:00 AM John and Catherine Segreto Is 56:1, 6-7 (John Segreto) Rom 11:13-15, 29-32 Mt 15:21-28 Wednesday, August 19th, 2020 08-17 Weekday 9:00 AM Father Fedele Catapano (Maria and Tom Stubbolo) Ez 24:15-24 Mt 19:16-22 Thursday, August 20th, 2020 08-18 Weekday 9:00 AM Dominick Macchia Ez 28:1-10 (Tom and Maria Stubbolo) Mt 19:23-30 Friday, August 21st, 2020 08-19 Saint John Eudes, Priest 9:00 AM Maria Segreto Ez 34:1-11 (Special Intention—Carol Kaczmarek) Mt 20:1-16 Saturday, August 22nd, 2020 08-20 Saint Bernard, Abbot and Doctor of the Church 5:00 PM People of the Parish Ez 36:23-28 Mt 22:1-14 Sunday, August 23rd, 2020 08-21 Saint Pius X, Pope 9:00 AM Peter and Caroline Kaczmarek Ez 37:1-14 (Carol Kaczmarek) Mt 22:34-40 Rosa Diemer and Family (Toni Feil) 08-22 The Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary Ez 43:1-7ab 11:00 AM Concetta Eso Mt 23:1-12 (The Eso Family) Dominick Macchia Next Sunday’s Readings, Twenty-first Sunday in (Dan and Corinne Gilmartin) Ordinary Time August 23, 2020 7:00 PM George Lanciotti (James and Karen Kaufmann) Is 22:19-23 PamelaBorock Rom 11:33-36 ( Special Intention—M.L. Heinrich) Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Mt 16:13-20 Tweet from Pope Francis St. Vincent de Paul When love for parents and children is inspired and purified by love for the Lord, it then becomes wholly fruitful and produces good fruits within Next Meeting the family itself and well beyond it. Tuesday September 15 at 7.00 PM Join us in praying the Rosary every Tuesday through Friday before Mass at 8:30 a.m. Our Lady Queen of Apostles Regional Catholic School Join us in praying the 2 St. John’s Place Divine Mercy Chaplet every Wednesday Center Moriches, New York 11934 following the 9:00 a.m. Mass August 16th, 2020 Bulletin Reflection - TIME, TALENT & TREASURE When the winds start to beat down on us and we feel as though we could drown in our stresses, sorrows and worries, do we PARISH SACRIFICIAL trust in Jesus? Do we find it difficult to trust in Him when GIVING times are tough? August 9th, 2020 Stewardship - Pillar of Hospitality God is generous to His children. This week be generous and kind to all you meet. Weekly Collection: $ Parish Giving (electronic donations): $ Children’s Envelopes: $ Born: November 14th, 1601 Ri, Normandy, Kingdom of Total Collection for 08/02/2020 $ France Died: August 19th, 1680, Caen, Normandy, Kingdom of France Total Collection 08//2019 $ Beautified: April 25th, 1909, Saint Peter’s Basilica, Kingdom of Italy, by Pope Pius X Sunday Mass Attendance Canonized: May 31st, 1925, Saint Peter’s Basilica, Kingdom of Italy by Pope Pius XI Feast Day: August 19th Written Quote “You must never separate what God has so perfectly united. So closely are Jesus and Mary bound up with each other that whoever beholds Jesus sees Mary; Our thoughts and prayers go out to... whoever loves Jesus, loves Mary; whoever has devo Those Who Are Sick tion to Jesus, has devotion to Mary.” Garrett Vero Lynn Turnquist Bob Russell Patron: Eudists, Order of Our Lady of Charity, Diocese of Frank Avolese Nicholas Sarubbi Andy Hennig Bae-Comeau Missionaries Pamela Borocko David Raynor Saint John was born to Isaac Eudes and Martha Corbin and was one *If you would like to add someone to the sick list, please of six children. John made his First Holy Communion on May 26th, contact the office at 631-369-1273. 1613 during Pentecost and at the age of fourteen he made a vow to be chaste. He went on to study under the Jesuits at Caen and joined the Oratorians, which is the Congregation of the Oratory of Jesus Those Who Serve Our Country and Mary, also known as the French Oratory. Here, he studied un- der Pierre de Berulle, who was one of the most important mystics of the seventeenth century. John went on to be come a member of Russell Candell Quentin Montemarano the French School of Spirituality where he gained a strong sense of Jared Yevoli Sean Hendrickson adoration and a good relationship with Jesus. Connor Hendrickson Jesse Trafford John worked closely with the ill and prostitutes. During the Eric Morgenstern plagues of 1627 and 1631, he ministered to the ill and lived in a cask in the middle of a field so that he would not get any of his col- *If you would like to add someone to the military list, please league’s sick. In 1633, he began preaching missions and became a contact the office at 631-369-1273. well-known preacher as well as a confessor. In 1674, he received six papal bulls of indulgences from Pope Clement X for the semi- naries he created that were dedicated to the Sacred Heart. He also found the Order of Our Lady of Charity of the Refuge, in Caen, for the prostitutes he had such compassion for. This order gave them a safe place. With the support of cardinals and bishops, he was then able to create the Eudists, for the education of priests and parish missionaries. Continued on Page 6 Sts.