The Church of St. Christopher

130 Midland Avenue

Staten Island, New York 10306

Parish Office: (718) 351-2452

Fax: (718) 351-1174

Office Hours: Monday - Friday,

9:30am - 4:00pm

Web: www.stcstmmsi.org

The Church of

St. Christopher -

St. Margaret Mary

September 11th 2016 - 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time

The Church of St. Margaret Mary

560 Lincoln Avenue

Staten Island, New York 10306

Church Office: (718) 351-2612

Fax: (718) 987-0446

Office Hours: Monday - Friday,

9:30am - 2:30pm

Web: www.stcstmmsi.org

Rev. Joseph M. McLafferty, Pastor

Rev. John P. DeLora, SIUH Chaplain, in residence

Rev. Edward Devina, in residence

Rev. John A. Boehning, Weekend Celebrant

Rev. Deogracias Lingao, Weekend Celebrant

Rev. Thomas J. Mullin, Weekend Celebrant

Deacon Patrick Graham

MASSES Monday - Friday: St. Christopher …… 9:00am

St. Margaret Mary ... 8:00am

Monday: Island Shores ….….. 10:30am, Residents Mass

Saturday: St. Christopher ….… 9:00am and 4:30pm (Vigil)

Sunday: St. Christopher ….… 9:15am, 12:00pm

and 7:00pm

St. Margaret Mary ... 8:00am and 10:30am

Holy Days of Obligation ……………… as announced

CONFESSION

*Friday: St. Christopher …... after 9:00am Mass -

10:00am

Saturday: St. Christopher ….... 1:30pm - 2:30pm

Otherwise by appointment; call ……… (718) 351-2452

* Throughout the Year of Mercy, Dec. 8th, 2015 - Nov. 20th, 2016.

BAPTISMS

By appointment. Interviews of parents seeking baptism for their

children are arranged by calling the Parish Office; (718) 351-2452.

MARRIAGES

By appointment with one of the priests at least six months in

advance of the wedding date. Please contact the Parish Office

for further information; (718) 351-2452.

SICK CALLS

Please call the Parish Office; (718) 351-2452.

EUCHARISTIC ADORATION

Monday - Friday: St. Christopher …… 12:00pm - 4:30pm

Coordinators: Barbara Fiore (917) 593-4743 or

Terry Warner (718) 979-0258

NEW PARISHIONERS

All new parishioners are invited to register at the Parish Office

and to participate in our parish life.

ST. CHRISTOPHER SCHOOL

15 Lisbon Place, 10306 (718) 351-0902

Mrs. Catherine Falabella, Principal

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION and RCIA

MASS INTENTIONS

Saturday, Sep 10th

9:00am (C)

4:30pm (C)

Sunday, Sep 11th

8:00am (M)

9:15am (C)

10:30am (M)

12:00pm (C)

7:00pm (C)

Monday, Sep 12th

8:00am (M)

9:00am (C)

Tuesday, Sep 13th

8:00am (M)

9:00am (C)

Wednesday, Sep 14th

8:00am (M)

9:00am (C)

Thursday, Sep 15th

8:00am (M)

9:00am (C)

Friday, Sep 16th

8:00am (M)

9:00am (C)

Saturday, Sep 17th

9:00am (C)

4:30pm (C)

Sunday, Sep 18th

8:00am (M)

9:15am (C)

10:30am (M)

Dec’d members of the Vito Family

Lt. Philip Petti, FDNY & Tony Petti

Connie Fisher

Holy Name Society

Rosemary Manzulli

George De Abreo

Luke Nee & Victims of 9/11

Kathleen “Kitty” Durso

Vincent Cama

Josephine Granata

Charles Dilberger

Gloria Maria Poban Quijano

Mary De Marco

Robert “Lefty” Lonz

Dolores Salenitro

Elizabeth Cooney

Esther De Marco

Gerolama Volpicello

Kenny & Mercurio Families

- Mission Sunday-

Martin Egan Sr.

Members of the Legion of Mary

Leo Gillis

(C) St. Christopher Church (M) St. Margaret Mary Church

PRAY FOR OUR SICK “... touch only the tassel on his cloak,

and as many as touched it were healed.”

- Mark 6:56

NOTE: Those in bold were added this week.

Dear Jesus, Divine Physician and Healer of the sick, we turn to

you in this time of illness. O dearest comforter of the troubled,

alleviate our worry and sorrow with your gentle love, and grant

us the grace and strength to accept this burden. Dear God, we

place our worries in your hands. We place our sick under your

care and humbly ask that you restore your servant to health

again. Above all, grant us the grace to acknowledge your will

Daniel Arnone

Ann Basso

Paul Cigliano

Sal Cigliano

Lorraine Conway

Terence Crowley

Mary Graham Delmar

Janet Dennis

Edwina Dunne

Carol Fiore-Miano

Marie Flannery

Frank Gillick

Kathleen Gillick

Josephine Hughes

Cornelius Keane

Shannon Klatt

Michael Leone

Nicholas Lombardi

Jake LoNigro

Diego Lopez

Baby Milo

Maggiore

Richard Malanga

Delia Mandia

Delia Mayott

Anne McGovern

Jeanne Nuara-Eckert

Frank O’Donnell

Grace Parker

Franco Poire

Thomas Puleo

Robert Sabatino, Sr.

Carmen Santore

Grace Sasanelli

Alexis Savattere

Phyllis Savattere

Eleanor Shields

Helen St. John

Alice Wilson

REFLECTION 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time

"Found" is a great word! It can have so many levels of meaning. Obviously it means having recovered something that was misplaced or

lost. My aged mother is forever "finding" her glasses, even though they are usually on the table under the mail or the newspaper. Found

can also mean to begin something or to set something up. The parish I worship at, like the one you belong to, had a founding pastor who

organized the beginning of community in response to the bishop's request or the call of the people in the area. Anyone who works with

molten material also knows that to found means casting that metal or glass object in a place called (of course!) a foundry.

Jesus tells the story today of a woman who has ten coins and lost one. All three meanings of the word "found" are part of parable. The

coin was found (that is cast) by a treasury, either the emperor's or that of a local realm. Having lost the coin, the woman found (that is

recovered) it after searching the whole house. The recovery of the coin occasioned the founding (that is the initiation) of her rejoicing.

The parable of the lost coin is truly about founding.

Like that coin, we may be lost at times, but God finds us. He recovers us from whatever has separated us from him, whether that is sin,

the distractions of life, or the fragility of our faith. In finding us, God renews us. He remolds us and forms us more and more into people

with a lively faith. Like that molten metal that is founded into a coin, the love of God purifies us and remakes us anew, casting us into

the image of Christ. By asking God's forgiveness and by praying for a renewal of faith, we gain a new foundation and so can begin

again, living the way Christ has taught us, filled with the love of God and love for our brothers and sisters.

REGIS HIGH SCHOOL

Regis High School, an all-scholarship Jesuit sec-

ondary school for Catholic Boys, announces its

Open House for students and their parents, to oc-

cur on Columbus Day, Monday October 10th,

from 1:00 - 4:00pm.

For additional information, please write, email or call:

Eric DiMichele, Director of Admissions

Regis High School

55 East 84th Street

New York, New York 10028

(212) 228-1100 EXT 2057

“edimichele@regis.org”

NYPD

NEW YORK’S FINEST

Under Mary’s Blue Mantle: Protection for NYPD

Blue an invitation to all NYPD Police Officers on

Staten Island 120th Pct. 121st Pct. 122nd Pct. 123rd Pct.

Borough Commander:

Chief Edward Delatorre

Precinct Commanders:

120th Precinct - Deputy Inspector Robert Bocchino

121st Precinct - Captain Matthew C. Harrington

122nd Precinct - Deputy Inspector Ebony S. Washington

123rd Precinct - Captain Kenneth S.

Noonan

Chaplains Unit - Lieutenant Steven

Jerome

Please join us for our annual NYPD Blue Mass to honor you for

your bravery, courage and commitment to keep the citizens of

Staten Island safe!

Mass will be Monday, September 12th

Our Lady Star of the Sea Church

5371 Amboy Road, Staten Island, NY 10312 at 7:30pm

Celebrant: Most Rev. John J. O’Hara

Auxillary Bishop of New York and Episcopal Vicar of Southern

Manhattan and Staten Island.

Pastor: Father Thomas Devery

We will honor and remember brother Staten Island

of- ficers who died in the line of duty.

Blessing of Police Officers

Medals for Po- lice Officers

MEMBERS IN THE SERVICE

Please remember the following members of our Parish Family

currently serving in the US Armed Forces.

ARMY

Major Suzanne L. Jones,

DDS,ABGD,FAGD

NAVY

Petty Officer 1st Class Ryan

Matthew Gardiner

AIR FORCE

Master Sgt. Elisa Nickolic

MARINES Pvt Vincent Gennaro

Master Gunnery Sgt. Frederic Zeyer

If you have a family member who is an active duty military

member please notify Peggy Rybarczyk (718) 351-2452 of their

ADORATION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT

Join us each weekday for Adoration of Jesus in

the Most Blessed Sacrament. Eucharistic ado-

ration is observed from 12:00 Noon to 4:30 PM

Monday through Friday. Please try and find

some time in your day to visit and pray. We

are always in need of more people for a visit

because the Blessed Sacrament cannot be left

unattended. If you are interested in signing up

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION

Registration for our Religious Ed Program is ongoing.

Classes are offered on Wednesdays and Sundays. A

student must have completed at least one year of Reli-

gious Education just prior to being placed into a Sac-

ramental class. This includes those preparing for Con-

firmation. Please see Mrs. Regan.

ADULT CONFIRMATION CLASSES

Classes for Adult Confirmation will be offered in

September at Our Lady of Pity. Any adult still

needing the Sacrament of Confirmation please see

FOR THE WEEK OF September 11th

The Bread and Wine at St Christopher are

being offered in memory of Gerard Nicholson

and at

St Margaret Mary for Albert Bloise

PARISH ALUMNI ASS’N MEET AND GREET

Today after the 10:30 Mass at St Margaret

Mary the Almni Association would like to

introduce themselves. Come by and say

“Hi!” Have a cup of hot coffee and a piece

of cake.

TO OUR FELLOW PARISHIONERS

Anne and Gene Charles would like to thank

everyone for their prayers, visits, cards and kind

words of support, following the traumatic inci-

dent which resulted in the loss of our dear little

2017 MASS BOOK

Our 2017 Mass Book opens on September 22nd

We will be accepting requests for Announced

Masses starting at 9:30am until 3:30. This

year we will be limiting the number of Masses

each family can request to 8 so that everyone in

our expanded Parish Family has an opportunity.

We will be in the Parish Office at 130 Midland Avenue and will

provide numbers at 9:30 so it will be on a first come basis. We

ask that you do not enter the Office until after the 9:00am

morning Mass. Thank you for your cooperation.

OUR LECTOR SCHEDULE

For the weekend of September 17 & 18 the following

are asked to Lector at the Mass indicated:

9/17 @ 4:30pm I. Doherty;

9/18 @ 8:00am J. Funk;

9/18 @ 9:15am D. Crowley;

9/18 @ 10:30am M. Granucci;

9/18 @ 12:00pm D. Cotayo;

9/18 @ 7:00pm E. Tormey

OUR ALTAR SERVERS

For the weekend of September 17 & 18 the following are

asked to assist on the altar at the Mass indicated

(remember to wear black shoes):

St Christopher 9/17 @ 4:30pm- Vincent & Victoria D’Ovidio, Anthony Todaro ;

9/18 @ 9:15am- Gianna & Sara Macchia, Megan & Ryan Schnur;

9/18 @ 12:00pm- Nicholas Varricchio, Tyler DiDonato, Riley

Cammarano;

9/18 @ 7:00pm - Lindsey Harris, Preston Alicandri.

St Margaret Mary 9/18 @ 8:00am - Peter and Mary Krawiec;

9/18 @ 10:30am - Michael & Sofia Avila & Natalie Galardo

We are always looking for students to assist Father during Mass.

TODAY IS

The impetus for a National Grandparents Day originated with

Marian McQuade, a housewife in Fayette County, West Vir-

ginia. Her primary motivation was to champion the cause of

lonely elderly in nursing homes. She also hoped to persuade

grandchildren to tap the wisdom and heritage their grandparents

could provide. President Jimmy Carter, in 1978, proclaimed that

National Grandparents Day would be celebrated every year on

You and I have been created for greater things.

We have not been created to just pass through this life without

aim. And that greater aim is to love and be loved.

Give yourself fully to God, who will use you to accomplish great

things on the condition that you believe much more in His love

than in your weakness.

Never think that a small action done to your neighbor is not worth

much. It is not how much we do that is pleasing to God, but how

much love we put into the doing.