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Fifteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time July 15, 2017 1488 NORTH COUNTRY ROAD WADING RIVER, NY 11792 631-929-4339 Fax: 631-929-6961 www.stjohnthebaptistchurch.org
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Fifteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time
July 15, 2017
1488 NORTH COUNTRY ROAD
WADING RIVER, NY 11792
631-929-4339 Fax: 631-929-6961
www.stjohnthebaptistchurch.org
Office Hours:
Monday - Thursday, 9:00-5:00
Pastor: Father Frank Schneider, ext. 16 [email protected]
Deacon: Fred Finter, ext 17 [email protected]
Deacon: Vincent Pozzolano, ext. 45
Faith Formation Coordinator: Mrs. Jane Oliva, ext. 12 [email protected]
Outreach Director: Deborah O’Hare, ext. 22 [email protected]
Associate Coordinator: Michael D’Onofrio
Music Director: Mrs. Elizabeth McNeill (631) 495-8913 [email protected]
Preschool Director: Mrs. Gayle Mercurio, ext. 14 [email protected]
Continuing Care : Barbara Tubito-Megara, ext. 18 [email protected]
Pastoral Assistant: Barbara Johnston, ext. 13
Bookkeeper: Lindsay Finter [email protected]
Preschool Secretary/Front Desk: Susan Plattner [email protected]
Maintenance: Servio Ortiz
Contact us by email: [email protected]
SACRAMENTS
Celebration of the Eucharist
SUMMER MASS SCHEDULE (July thru Labor Day)
Saturday 5:00 p.m. and Sunday at 7:30 and 10:15 a.m.
Daily Mass Monday - Thursday, 9:00 a.m.
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Holyday of Obligation: 9:00 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. may vary, check website)
Eucharistic Adoration Wednesday - 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Sacrament of Reconciliation (Confession)
Saturday, 4:00pm to 4:45pm.
Please feel free to call Fr. Frank and make an appointment to celebrate the sacrament.
Baptism We suggest that you contact us before your child is born! Call or email the Parish Center.
Baptisms are scheduled monthly on the first Sunday at 1:00 pm. In the spring and summer
we also celebrate baptisms on the third Sunday.
Marriage Contact the Parish Center so that we can arrange the marriage interview and set your date.
Anointing of the Sick Call the Parish Center.
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1305 meals served
Registration is now open!
August 1st for regular registration
Please visit the parish website and download the forms!
MISSION APPEAL
July 15th and 16thMISSION APPEAL
At the coming weekend liturgies a Pallottine priest, Fr. Manuel Zu-
zarte SAC, will be here to speak to us about the missionary work of the
Pallottines in India. Fr. Manuel is presently serving as Associate Pastor
at St. Andrew Church, Sag Harbor, in the diocese of Rockville Center,
New York. He has worked in India for a number of years before being
assigned to serve in the USA. The Pallottine Fathers and Brothers are spread all around the world;
they are present in 56 different countries all over the world. In India
they have been involved in the work of evangelization for the last 60
years. Recently, they have taken up mission work in Africa too. The help
and support of many generous people all over the world, makes it possi-
ble to continue God’s work. Your own efforts to support the Missions all
over the world are greatly appreciated. Know that when you give to the
Missions, you give to a good cause.
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Parish Calendar
The Pastoral Council is sponsoring
a new program starting this fall:
Back To Basics
Evenings with Fr. Frank
on Catholic Topics
Wednesday nights
7:00—8:00 p.m.
(once a month)
Dates to be announced.
Do you have a topic you would like Fr. Frank to talk on?
Feel free to email the Pastoral Council:
with Father Frank
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Back-to-School Program
August 5-6 Pick up your tags. August 20 Bring in your backpacks or supplies.
Peggy’s Pantry
July and August can be “lean months” for Peggy’s Pantry because we lose the food drives run by
our local schools, Boy Scouts, and Girls Scouts. Bringing a can of food or a box of food to Sun-
day Mass can really help to alleviate this problem. Thank you for always being so generous.
Our shoppers shop, L.I. Cares and Island Harvest delivers, and you take up the slack. Please bring
one or more items from our needs list to help us prevent shortages for the families we serve.
Thanks to all of you for making our ministry possible!!!
Jelly Cereal
Juice Liquid dish soap
Mayonnaise
Ketchup
We just received $500 from the recycling program. Thank you for bringing your cans to the
recycling bin in the upper parking lot, as you can see, it does make a difference. With the
beginning of the summer season the need to empty the bin is greater. We are in need of
additional help with the empty and return part of this ministry. Please
contact the Outreach office if you think you are able to help. Please help to make the job of our volunteers a little easier by making sure the
bottles and cans have been have been rinsed out. Please place only deposit
bottles and cans in the bin. Thank you to the Bennett and Dennehy families
for coordinating this program.
Linus Ministry
Please remember that this ministry is on a summer hiatus.
It will resume in September.
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Camp: August 14 to August 18, 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Opening Mass: Sunday, August 13 @ 10:15 a.m.
Closing Mass: Sunday, August 20 @ 10:15 a.m.
Family Information
Last Name:______________________________
Parents:________________________________
Street:__________________________________
Town: __________________________________
Phone:_________________________________
Email: (required)____________________________
Parish: (if not St. John)_____________________
Emergency #:____________________________
Emergency Contact:_______________________
Relationship:_____________________________
Registration
$40 per Camper (K-6h grade) $40 per Counselor-in-Training (CIT) (7th gr.)
$30 per Counselor(8th-12th)
Name #1:__________________________
Grade entering in fall_____
Circle: Camper CIT Counselor
Name #2:__________________________
Grade entering in fall _____
Circle: Camper CIT Counselor
Name #3:__________________________
Grade entering in fall _____
Circle: Camper CIT Counselor
Name #4:_________________________
Grade entering in fall _____
Circle: Camper CIT Counselor
Return this completed form, with your check
made payable to St. John the Baptist, to the
Parish Center, Attention: VBC.
Questions?
Email use [email protected]
OR — Sign up ONLINE at http://tinyurl.com/VBCatStJohns
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“Making the Most of Mass”
a Campaign to
Improve Our Song and Prayer
At last September’s “Listening Session” one of the trends that surfaced
was the parishioners’ desire to have a worship aid (e.g., hymnal) that con-
tains the prayers, hymns, and readings for Sunday Mass. We would love
to act on this recommendation and purchase new updated Gather hymnals
that include the Sunday readings, the Mass prayers (which are now on the
cards in the pews) and worship materials needed for Mass -- as well as
other rites and sacraments of the Church.
We hope you agree that having One Hymnal with the readings will assist
parishioners in participating more fully in the liturgy. These new books
will last for many years and will do so much to foster active involvement
in our Sunday Mass.
Our current Gather hymnals are over twenty years old (the parishioners
memorialized all the books at that time!). The cost of the project is close
to $10,000. We can reach our goal and be able to purchase the new hym-
nals if we can “memorialize” most of the 450 new books.
We invite you, over the coming weeks to dedicate one or more of the
books in memory of a loved one from either the past or the present. The
dedication offering per book will be $25.00. And for $100. Five books
can be dedicated. Please use the form in the bulletin and be part of our
Making the Most of Mass campaign!
Fr. Frank and the Campaign Committee (Dick Amper, Chris Beattie and Elenore LaPorta)
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Making the Most of Mass
Donation Form Circle One memorial plate for each book
PRINT CLEARLY AND LEGIBLY. Donation given by:
Name _______________________________________________________________________
Address _______________________________________________________________________
Phone __________________________________
Email ______________________________________________________________________
Donated in loving memory of or donated by the family of (choose one name/one couple per hym-
nal):
_________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________________
(donated by – optional)
I am ordering and enclosing payment for the following:
One hymnal for $25.00
Five hymnals for $100.00 (use a separate form for each)
One special-edition choir hymnal for $40.00
Checks should be made payable to
St. John the Baptist Church. You may
also return this form with your pay-
ment enclosed to the Parish Center,
Attention: Hymnal Order.
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Today’s Readings 15th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Isaiah 55:10-11 Psalm 65:10-14 Romans 8:18-23
Matthew 13:1-23
This Weekend’s Presiders
Saturday, July 15, 5pm
Fr. Martin Anusi
Sunday, July 16, 7:30 am
Visiting Mission Priest
Sunday, July 16, 10:15 am
Fr. Martin Anusi
Next Weekend’s Presiders
Saturday, July 22, 5pm
Fr. Martin Anusi
Sunday, July 23, 7:30 am
Fr. Martin Anusi
Sunday, July 23, 10:15 am
Fr. Martin Anusi
Monday, July 17, 9 am
Parishioners of St. John the Baptist
Tuesday, July 18, 9 am
Josephine Rotolo
Wednesday, July 19, 9 am
Bob Brennan
Thursday, July 20, 9 am
Rosalie Salemme
Saturday, July 22, 5 pm
Michael Dougherty
Sunday, July 23
7:30 am
Rose Acunzo
10:15 am
John Cameron
Please pray for
All our faithful departed:
Alice Schulze
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Registration Now Open for 2017-2018!!
For 18 Months to 5 Year Olds Flexible schedules available!
St. John’s Preschool
Call us anytime to arrange for a tour! We will be happy to answer your questions!
631-929-3220
We are grateful this week for
all stewards in our parish who practice Corporal Works of
Mercy in their everyday lives, such as feeding the hungry
through the Parish’s Outreach or Social Ministry Pantry.
2017
$48,900.00 Goal
$34,615.00 Pledges
$25,865.00 Payments
111 Donors
70.8% of goal
WEEKLY COLLECTIONS
Faith Direct $ 2,727.81
Sunday, July 9th $ 6,612.00
Total $ 9,339.81
Grammar Schools $1,097.00
Last year at this time:
Faith Direct $ 2,140.66
Sunday Collection: $ 5,704.00
Total $ 7,844.66
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Please consider “automated giving” as you reflect on support of our
parish family! The fruitful ministries at our parish are exam-
ples of how many of you have answered, and
continue to answer, that call. To ensure such
work can continue requires not only gifts of
time, but also of financial help. I ask you to
prayerfully consider supporting our parish
with electronic donations through Faith
Direct. You can find paper enrollment forms
in the parish office, or you can sign up online at www.faithdirect.net by using our
church code, NY67.
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Safe Environment for Our Children
and the vulnerable in our community
All parish volunteers meet the requirements of the Diocesan Office
for Protection of Children. There are four main requirements:
1. Completion of the parish volunteer application.
2. Background check (confidential) for sexual abuse
3. Code of Conduct signed
4. Training about signs to be aware of for abuse (Virtus).
Deacon Fred Finter will be offering the training for parish volunteers
on
September 14, 2017
10:00 a.m. OR 7:00 p.m.
Register on-line at www.virtus.org.
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Five-Year Goals for our Parish
as we prepare for our Centenary, 2017-2022 From September 2016 through May 2017, the Pastoral Council studied the results of the Parish
Listening Session (September 2016) and also the Town Hall Meeting (February 2016). Based on
the repeated themes from our parishioners, six general goals are now formed. They will guide the
pastoral and fiscal planning of the parish during the next five years. The Pastoral Plan will bring
us to June 2022, the One Hundredth Anniversary of the founding of our parish.
1. Establish youth ministry in which our young people are an active part of our community, prayer and service.
2. Strengthen the Sunday Eucharist as the heart of our parish community, en-suring worship that is joyful and welcoming.
3. Encourage active participation of everyone in our community, using time and talent in current ministries and new ministries.
4. Develop Faith Formation as a life-long process for children, young families, and adults.
5. Strengthen our services to the needy in our community and diocese, espe-cially through outreach.
6. Develop our stewardship of parish resources, especially finances, to enable
long-range planning for ministries and facilities.
St. John the Baptist Parish Mission Statement Established in 1922, the parish family of St. John the Baptist Church welcomes
and invites all people to our community, especially those in need. Guided by the
Holy Spirit we are sustained by the Sunday Eucharist, the Word of God, and the
Sacraments. All are encouraged to share their time, talent and treasure as we
grow in love through our Catholic faith and the life, death and resurrection of Our
Lord Jesus Christ.
The Pastoral Council and Pastoral Staff
are happy to share
our new Mission Statement and Pastoral Plan!
Let us all work together make our parish of St. John the
Baptist more joyful, welcoming, and alive in Christ!
Prayers for the Sick
Peter Meechan, Joan Lambert, George Sroczynski, Zach Abrucci, Lorian McGrory, John Alles,
Julia Coleman, Jeff Coletto, Joseph DeMauro, Joyce DeMauro, Laura LoBianco, Jocelyn Feg-
gins, Devin Rizopoulos, George Fox, Maxwell Tester, Jack Celentano, Liam McGuire, Gio-
vanni Bernaudo, Jane Eyring, Sister Betty Maschka, Florence Carnesi, Susan Novak, Richard
Quit, Lin Richburg, Patricia Slewinski, Rosemary DeMonte, Jillian Brown, TJ Christian, Rita
Mandracchio, Grace Smith, Dottie Simone, James Pearson, Kara Worth, Andrew J. Munch,
Hannah Galinski, John Delaney, Marian Zaveski, George Stane, Elaine Dawes-Lampach, Deb
Frigon We are happy to pray for your loved ones who are ill and will include their names for about 6 weeks, unless you let us know
otherwise. May the healing touch of Jesus be with them!
Prayers for the Military
Michael Brennan, Carl Kendrick Jr., Patrick Hanley, Jeffrey L. Beilman Jr.,Ryan Santiro, Tho-
mas G. Verbeeck, Michelle Verbeeck, Joseph DeMonte IV, Nicholas Altman, Michael Ander-
son,Devin Henry, Marielle Verbeeck, Cassidy Vail
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All invited to the recitation of the Holy Rosary: After daily mass (8:30 a.m.) Tuesday evenings, 7:30 p.m.
Eucharistic Adoration: An Invitation
The Blessed Sacrament is exposed for Adoration on the main altar in
the church every Wednesday afternoon, 2:00 and 4:00 p.m.
Please join us for prayer and Adoration!
2:00 Rosary for Life
3:00 Chaplet of Divine Mercy.
In Memoriam
Should you like to donate the candles,
bread, wine for the celebration of the
Eucharist, especially in memory of a
loved one, please contact the Parish
Office, 631-929-4339, ext 10.
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Around our Area and our Diocese
Villa Immaculata: Evening Prayer on the Sound, Wednesdays July
20 and 26, 7:00 p.m. until sunset. 3560 Sound Avenue, Riverhead.
631-727-5122.
John Michael Talbot in Concert: : St. James Church, Setauket, Sep-
tember 17th at 7:00 p.m. $30 general seating and $50. V.I.P. Pack-
age. To order tickets and for more information:
www.JohnMichaelTalbot.com.
Seminary of the Immaculate Conception, Huntington: Graduate
level courses in Theology are open to those seeking a Master’s De-
gree, or those not looking to pursue a degree, but who have an under-
graduate degree (or its equivalent.) Workshops are open to anyone
seeking to enrich their faith. If you are interested, please visit our
website or call for more information regarding our tuition and
courses. Summer Semester runs June 12 to July 25th. 4 day work-
shops are offered July 24, 25, 27 &28. Classes run out of the Semi-
nary of Immaculate Conception in Huntington. For more information
call:(631) 423-0483 ext.147 Or visit our website at
www.dunwoodie.edu
