SAINT STANISLAUS PARISH PLEASANT VALLEY, NY DECEMBER 18, 2016 4TH SUNDAY OF ADVENT

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ANNOUNCED MASSES Saturday, December 17 5:30pm Alfred Schoomaker – his wife, Ellie Sunday, December 18 8:15am People of St. Stanislaus Kostka 11:00am Lorraine Pelletier – her sister, Martha Monday, December 19 9:00am Kathleen Knippler – Arthur Plog Tuesday, December 20 9:00am Cecilia Hart Jones – Sandra Valenti & Ovid Reichelt Wednesday, December 21 9:00am Communion Service Thursday, December 22 9:00am Maureen Beatrice – Patrick Cawley Friday, December 23 9:00am Randy Stelman – Mark & Marjorie Markowitz Saturday, December 24 4:00pm Family Mass 7:30pm Vigil Mass

ST. STANISLAUS IS A TITHING PARISH God’s Plan for Giving

In return for the Lord’s generosity, our people returned to His Church the following December 11, 2016 + Parish Pay $6529.00 Retired Religious $1833.00 Grocery card profits (last week) $350.00

Thank you for your continuing generosity that enables us to continue to serve the people of God.

**BIRTHDAY GREETINGS** December 18 Fr. Eric Andrews, Staci Cussick, Alida Fenton, Bernadette Kelly, Michael Mandy, Illian Martinez, Antoine Marzouka, Myrna Ramos, Sue Redl, Katelyn Rothrock, Sarah Tompkins December 19 Willi Brenner, Gabriella Bruno, Lauren Buckley, Nicole Buckley, Isobel Dorn, Kathy Eagleton, Jake Guglich, Kathleen Herrmann, Anne Hommel, Jayden Long, John McCormick, Brianna Stabell December 20 Julie Battistoni, James Chapman, Tara Deluca, Glenn Froese, John Hughes, Daniel McGill, Donald Myers, Sara Schmader, Kerrie Sheehan, Melanie Sinon, David Stokes, Ann Sweeney, Marie Wrona December 21 Mary Ashong, Bruce Barnes, Briana Becerra, Matthew Carbone, Patricia Castano, Anthony DeMatteis, Noreen Gurevich, Samantha Higgins, Sean Kelly, Peggy Marchetti, Christopher Naughton, Luis Novoa, Jr., Michael Wang, David Whiteley December 22 Catherine DiBello, Brian Eckert, Cindy Knapp, Tiffany Metty, Michelle Metty, Anthony Patricola, Christine Paul, Jonathan Quinn, Shane Sinon, John Winkler December 23 Patricia Aglietti, Therese Bastian, Matthew Collier, Florence Conroy, Brandon Lenyszyn, Richard Nigro, Thomas Schiller, Thomas Tucker, Jr., Gary Tyler, John Weiss, Mary Zanchelli

December 24 Alice Baab, Jean Boyle, Joseph Catucci, Ann DelSanto, Gloria Garcia, Peter Karis, Veronica Keene, Kenneth Lloyd, Gillian Manfredo, Lesley Rohan, Natalie Serkowski, Donna Siegrist, Nicholas Strutt, Michaela Wawryk

SENIOR ADVENT

BREAKFAST Those attending last Tuesday enjoyed a nice opportunity to gather and socialize during this special season. Thank you to so many who donated baby items to the Sisters of Life ministries. In

addition, a shout out to Fr Jay for support, Deacon John for his inspirational words of wisdom on the importance of living a life of mercy as we strive to shine the light of Christ. As always, grateful to those who helped set up, serve and clean up.

CHRISTMAS EVE

Saturday, December 24 Family Mass 4:00 P.M. Evening Mass 7:30 P.M.

CHRISTMAS DAY

Sunday, December 25 Masses : 8:15 & 11:00 A.M.

FOURTH SUNDAY OF ADVENT

FAITH FORMATION

Faith Formation Classes are not in session between Christmas and New Year’s. Classes resume Jan 3 and 4.

GIFT I, II & III: December 18 CROSSFFIT Session: January 15 Confirmation Session: January 30

ST. STAN’S TEEN CLUB

Sleep over Monday, December 26 Ice Skating Tuesday, December 27

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DECORATING THE CHURCH Friday, December 23 - 9:45am

We would like to include as many parishioners who are willing and able to help out during the decorating of the Church for Christmas. Please consider volunteering a few hours to make our parish home beautiful. If you are interested please call the parish office.

TREE LIGHTING

“Rise up in splendor, your light has come, the Glory of the Lord shines upon you.”

Last Sunday, the young and the old of our parish community came together to celebrate the third Sunday of Advent by filling the church hall with pure joy! Inspired by a video explaining the meaning of giving, the Light of Jesus was shining in the hearts and minds of those gathered as we decorated ornaments and made Christmas cards for the residents at Lutheran Care. Our teens taught us all how to turn our holidays into holy days by performing a variety of skits and leading us in song. They also led us in prayer as we created a garland of love containing links of Advent promises to perform before Christmas. Donations were also made to the Sisters of Life Ministry and Taking it to the Streets to help those in need. By the end of the afternoon, the snow began to fall and our tree was twinkling in the dark, our hearts were truly filled with the light of Jesus to share as we headed home. Thank you all for sharing our Advent Joy and especially to the Education Committee of our Parish Advisory Council for sponsoring this beautiful event.

FOOD PANTRY SPECIAL COLLECTION FOR

CHRISTMAS BASKETS IS COMPLETE THANK YOU !!

RECONCILIATION MONDAY DECEMBER 19 "Confession heals, confession justifies, confession grants pardon of sin, all hope consists in confession; in confession there is a chance for mercy."

Fr. Backes and Msgr. Quinn will be hearing Confessions from 4:00pm-8:00pm

This is the last opportunity for the Sacrament of Reconciliation until

Saturday, January 7th at St. Stanislaus Kostka

Every parish in the Archdiocese will have priests available to hear confessions from 4-8pm on the 19th if you prefer to go elsewhere. Come home for Christmas!

PASTOR EVALUATION This year Rev. John J. Backes will be completing his first six-year term as Pastor of St. Stanislaus Kostka Parish. In keeping with Archdiocesan policy, an evaluation of the parish has begun.

Parishioners and staff who wish to do so may write letters with their own comments about our parish and the pastoral leadership of the parish. These letters are kept confidential and Father Backes will not see them. Please address your letters to:

Reverend Monsignor Edward Weber The Office of Priest Personnel

Archdiocese of New York 1011 First Avenue

New York, New York 10022

Letters should be received no later than December 31, 2016.

Any correspondence received after the deadline will NOT be included in the evaluation process.

MARCH FOR LIFE

January 27, 2017 The March for Life in Washington, DC is scheduled for Friday, January 27, 2017. Buses will leave St. Columba church at 5:00am after a 4:30am Mass on January 27. Price is $35 for adults, $25 for students. All reservations and payments are required by January 20, 2017. For more information or to reserve your seat, call Rich Van Slambrouck at (845) 297-7930 for the St. Mary’s bus, or George Morton at (845) 226-6896 for the St. Columba’s bus. Members of our St. Stanislaus CROSSFFIT Teen club will be traveling to Washington on Thursday evening to attend the Annual Respect Life Youth Rally on Friday morning before the March. This annual event for the teens has been life changing and has inspired many to be defenders of Life. The club, which will be traveling with teens from PTAF Parishes around the Archdiocese, will take the opportunity after the March to see some of the sights of Washington. This is always an amazing pilgrimage for our youth and hope to be able to share this experience with the parish community upon our return.