Anastasi

A
church
saint

4545-14 245th Street

Douglaston, NY 1136211362-1135
Phone: (718) 631631-4454
Fax: (718) 631631-1774
Email: info@stanastasia.info

Douglaston-Little Neck
Salus Animarum Suprema Lex

www.stanastasia.info

September 14, 2008

Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross

Rev. Msgr. George J. Ryan, Pastor

Rev. William A. McLaughlin
Rev. Chris J. Piasta, OFM
Rev. Msgr. Michael J. Cantley, S.T.D.,

Pastor Emeritus
Rectory Office Hours:
Monday to Friday 9:15 AM to 8 PM
Saturday 9:15 AM to 1 PM
Mrs. Betty Harris, Secretary
Mrs. Ann Larkin, Accounting Admin.
St. Anastasia School:
45-11 245th Street
Mrs. Lucy Mihulka, Principal
Mrs. Cindy Roma-McCann, Assist. Princ.
Phone: (718) 631-3153; (718) 631-3155
Email: school@stanastasia.info
Religious Education & CCD Office:
Mrs. Janine Kramer, Directress
Phone: (718) 225-5191
Email: dre@stanastasia.info
Music Minister:
Mr. Joseph C. Extejt
Weekend Masses:
Saturday Vigil at 5:30
Sundays 8 AM, 10 AM, 12 PM & 5 PM
Weekday Masses:
Monday thru Saturday at 8:30 AM
Sacrament of Reconciliation:
Saturdays 44:30 PM
Holy Days and Special Liturgies:
Mass schedules will be printed in the
Bulletin at the appropriate time.
Devotions:
Miraculous Medal Novena:
Mondays after 8:30 AM Mass

PARISH MEMBERSHIP:
All new families are welcome to the Parish and every family should be properly registered.
Registration forms are available at the Rectory.
Use of the electronic giving (Faith Direct) or envelope system is required if statement of
contribution is sought for tax purposes. All parishioners should use either one of the donation forms. If you move or change your address, please notify the Rectory by mail.
SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM:
First Sunday of each month at 1:30 PM only. Parents should make arrangements by calling the Rectory no later than 2 weeks before the Baptism.
Parents must attend the Baptism instructions before Baptism
SACRAMENT OF MATRIMONY:
Time available: Saturday 11 AM-3 PM; Sunday 2:30 PM-3 PM
Couples must make arrangements six months prior to the selected date of their marriage
and fully participate in the Pre-Cana Parish at home.
R.C.I.A. (Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults)
It is the process for adults wishing to become Catholic, complete their sacramental initiation, or attain full membership in the Church. For further information, please contact
Ms. Janine Kramer

 ANNOUNCEMENTS

ather Tom McNamara, a

Capuchin from St. Joseph
the Worker in East Patchogue,
Long Island, is leading a pilgrimage to the Holy Land.
Nonstop flight from JFK. Sites
to be visited: Sea of Galilee,
Jordan River, Bethlehem, Nazareth, Jericho, Jerusalem, Masada, Dead Sea, and more.
Date: January 11-20, 2009
For more information, call
Mike Milano (M & M Travel)
at 1-800-773-2660.

Leisure Club News

how "The Producers"

Wednesday, September
24, 2008 at Westchester Dinner
Theater
Cost: $75 per person (includes
all).

rip to Nashville, Tennessee

October 1218, 2008
Cost: $595 pp all included except dinners.
Anyone interested in any of
them, please call Peggy
McKeon at (718) 428-2833.

Capuchin Pilgrimages

apuchin Franciscan Friars: Fr. Michael Marigliano, Fr. Michael Sevigny, and
Fr. Phil Romano will be leading pilgrimages to Holy sites
around the world this fall: Proceeds benefit the work of the
Franciscans. For more information, please contact Franciscan
Spirit Tours at (646) 736-7964

infor@FranciscanSpiritTours.com

or on the web at: wwwFranciscanSpiritTours.com

Tea with Spirit

he former students and

Staff of Dominican Commercial High School are invited to attend a special celebration at the Queen of the

ST. ANASTASIA BULLETIN

Rosary Motherhouse of the

Sisters of St. Dominic at 555
Albany Avenue, Amityville ,
on Sunday afternoon, September 21, 2008 Please call Benincasa Family Services at
(631) 842-6000 Ext. 351 or
email degrads@yahoo.com if
you would like to receive an
invitation.

Pilgrimage to Mexico

ovember 5th-11th, 2008

Spiritual Director Fr.
Joseph Franco from Sacred
Heart Church in the Bronx:
Join Rosary For Life to Shrine
of Our Lady of Guadalupe,
Mexico City, Puebla, Ocotian
Tiaxcala, Taxco, Pyramids of
Sun and Moon, and more...
Call Susan at: Little Flower
Tours and Travel(718) 7611251

New Features in the Bulletin in the October 5 Edition

ith the first Sunday of

October, we will begin
publishing new features in our
Bulletin. They will focus on
important, useful and interesting issues, which many of us
are dealing with on a daily
basis. It is supposed to be informative, helpful, sometimes
thought-provoking or funny.
We would like to use the gifts
of our parishioners expertise,
passion, knowledge and will to
share with all of us.
Our first one-page addition will
be moderated by Beth Chiariello, who as a professional
occupational therapist, will
focus on various ideas concerning safety at home, at school
etc. You may find her tips on
e.g. back pack safety for kids
or fall prevention for the elderly very appropriate and helpful. Look for them in every
first Sunday of the month edition of our Bulletin.
At this time we would like to
invite you to join us in publish-

www.stanastasia.info

Pilgrimage to the Holy

Land

September 14, 2008

ing other features. We are

looking for all sorts of help, as
short as your recipes, and as
elaborate as monthly columnists. We hope to have as many
new features as it is only possible. By sharing your gifts, hobbies or expertise with our community you may not only enrich all of us, but at the same
time you may promote your
business or services.
Pick copies of our publication
and have them available at
work! Show your customers
your dedication to the community, which can only further
validate your great attitude and
respectful position. Let our
publication help you as well
We would like to expand St.
Anastasia Bulletin onto many
new sites outside of our church
and make our publication
reaching out to many residents
of neighborhoods.
Join us and experience the excitement of being members St.
Anastasia Parish!
If interested, call Fr. Chris at
(718) 631-4454 or email at
youth@stanastasia.info

Outreach Committee

etting to Know You

Want some company?
Need some help?
Have a neighbor in need?
Want to help?
Let us know!
The Outreach Committee
Hotline is (347) 481-5477.
St. Anastasias Outreach Committee is a group of parishioners who have come together to
offer services (visits, errands,

etc.) to those in need. Were

ready and waiting for your
call!

Volunteers Needed

e are in need of a couple of volunteers to help

the refreshment committee
after 10:00 AM Family Mass
on the first Sunday of each
month. Please call Betty at the
Rectory at (718) 631-4454.

 FROM OUR PASTOR, MSGR. RYAN

Dear Parishioners,

Msgr. George J. Ryan

Pastor, St. Anastasia School

s noted in previous Bulletins, the Catholic

Church has begun to celebrate the
Year of St. Paul. Paul was born around 8
AD. So this year is the bi-millennial celebration of
his birth. This year then is an appropriate time to
study the Letters of St. Paul. Thus all our Bible
Study this year will be focused on Paul.

They speak to our own needs today as they have

done for Christians down through the ages.
The first part of the study of Paul will begin
shortly. It will include 5 sessions:

September 29
October 6
October 13
October 20
October 27
For your convenience each session will take place
twice: 1:152:30 PM and 7:309:00 PM.
The sessions take place in the "Annex" on 244th
Street & Northern Blvd.
Admission is free.
The book with the Letters of Paul with commentary
is $5.00 for those who wish to purchase it.
It is my hope that the life and words of St. Paul will
enliven our hearts and stir up our relationship with
God so that , like Paul, Jesus Christ will be truly
the Lord of our lives.

The early Christian communities with whom Paul

shared his life and preaching anticipated receiving
a letter from him. They found courage, guidance
and consolation in his words. These same letters
have been central to the Church's teachings
throughout the centuries up to the present day.

SPIRITUALITY

Spirituality for Women

Evening Spirituality Series
Each session will explore unique ways
to enrich our faith, through
reflection, prayer and sharing, using
Joyce Rupps May I Have This Dance?
Tuesday, October 7th The Falling Leaves
Tuesday, November 18th Faithful Love
Tuesday, December 2nd Homecoming
Time: 7:30 PM
Place: St. Robert Bellarmine School Hall
Bayside Hills, NY
Facilitator: Maryann Villanti, (718) 423-5272
Materials will be supplied

BOY SCOUTS

MOVIE CLUB

Yesterday
Yesterday is the first international feature film ever shot in the Zulu
language, and is the first South African film to receive an Oscar
nomination (in the category of Best Foreign Language Film).
Equally important, Yesterday was made with the support of Nelson
Mandela and the Nelson Mandela Foundation, marking an important new commitment by Mandela (and South Africa) to attempt to
erase the long- standing stigma of AIDS in a country that has been
ravaged by it, primarily from lack of knowledge about the disease.
(2004) R-rated, 1:36 hr., in Zulu with English subtitles

Thursday, September 18 at 7 PM
Youth & Young Adults Center
(Entrance adjacent to the church, 2nd floor)
$3 cover wine, soda & snacks

Movie Club is offered to adults only. We are selecting movies that are
interesting, inspiring, sometimes forgotten, thought-provoking and artistically significant. We use the Youth Center, which is equipped with AC,
comfy couches, decent stereo sound and big-size projection screen.
Snacks, wine and soda are served.

Join the Boy Scouts!

The Cub Scout Pack and the Boy Scout Troop
have begun their activities for the year. To
learn more, please feel free to call the Parish
Representative for Scouting, Tom McGlinchey,
at 718 224 9634.
The Cub Scouts serves boys who are starting
first grade, through the third grade, and the
Webelos program provides a more active program for boys while they are in the fourth and
fifth grades. This transition program readies
them to become Boy Scouts when they graduate in the middle of the fifth grade. The Boy
Scouts serves these fifth graders, and other
young men from the 6th grade to age 18.
The parish program serves the entire community. Meetings are on Sundays. The Boy
Scouts meet at 4:30 and the Cub Scouts meet
at 6:30, in Father Smith Hall. We look forward
to welcoming you!

HIGH SCHOOL OPEN HOUSES

St. Francis Preparatory School:

61 00 Francis Lewis Blvd.
Fresh Meadows, NY 11365
Saturday, October 18th
12:004:30 PM
Auditorium presentations at 12:15 PM,
1:15 PM, 2:15 PM, and 3:30 PM.

Regis High School

55 East 84th Street
New York, N.Y. 10028
Phone: (212) 288-1100
Email: edimiche@regis-nyc.org
Regis High School, an all scholarship Jesuit secondary school for Catholic boys, announces its Open House for 8th graders
and their parents, to occur on Columbus
Day, Monday, October 13th 14 PM.
For additional information, please write or
call Eric Di Michele, Director of Admissions

CARNIVAL

Volunteers needed
This years Fall Carnival will
Provide fun for all , but in order
to make it as big a success as it
has been in the past we are in
need of Volunteers
Food and Beverage Court and
Security we cant do it without
Helpers!
Please call Betty the Rectory
(718) 631-4454
If your child attends the school the
hours will count toward your volunteer time.

HISTORICAL SOCIETY

Dominican Academy
Catholic College Preparatory School for
Girls
44 East 68th Street
New York, NY 10065
Phone: (212) 744-0195
Web site: www.dominicanacademy.org
Saturday, October 18, 2008
10:30 AM1:00 PM

Holy Cross High School

26-20 Francis Lewis Blvd.
Flushing, NY
Guidance phone: (718) 886-7250 Ext. 571
College Fair
Monday September 22, 2008
7:309:00 PM in the Gym

The Douglaston and Little Neck Historical Society invites you to join in a celebration of Little Neck History
with a House Tour and Reception on

Saturday, October 18, 15 PM.

Tour the Wright properties at 251st Street and Northern Boulevard. Visit the original carriage house and
wagon shop, now the Arash Real Estate Company,
see the exhibit of photos and memorabilia from the
Wright family archives, on loan from Jennie Wright
Cooper, granddaughter. Tour other houses in the
Westmoreland are, and enjoy the reception on Iowa
Road around the pool with food and drink by the Fran
Zaslow firm.
See our website at www.dlnhs.org,
or call (718) 225-4403 for information.

MASS INTENTIONS

Bread & Wine

September 1320, 2008

Memorial
SATURDAY

JOHN CHRYSOSTOM

5:30 PM Michael St. John and Robert J. Taylor

SUNDAY

IN THANKSGIVING FOR

*** Raymond Cooke ***

8:00 AM
10:00 AM
12:00 PM
5:00 PM

THE EXALTATION OF THE HOLY CROSS

Rosa Cervoni
Frieda Gregor and Muriel and Glenn Dodds
William Baker, Sr.
John Urso

SEPTEMBER 1420, 2008

MONDAY

{ Remember }
Please remember in your prayers all the sick
of our Parish Community, especially:

Ruth Marchese
Annette Montello
Joan Radjieski

OUR LADY OF SORROWS

By the 14th c., the sorrows of Mary numbered seven:
the presentation of Jesus in the Temple the flight into
Egypt, Jesus being lost in Jerusalem, the meeting of
Mary and Jesus on the way to Calvary, the crucifixion, the taking down of Jesus body from the cross,
and his burial.

8:30 AM Rose & John Slevin and Rose McCarthy

TUESDAY

CORNELIUS ( 253) & CYPRIAN ( 258)

Cornelius, pope, who proclaimed that the Church had
the authority and the power to forgive repentant lapsi Christians and could readmit them to the
sacraments and the Church after they had performed
proper penances. Cyprian, decapitated, first African
bishop to be martyred, patron of North Africa and
Algeria.

September 1619

8:30 AM Yolanda & Anthony Colatosti and Francesco Pisano

WEDNESDAY WEEKDAY
8:30 AM Abraham Irizarry and Robert J. Taylor

THURSDAY
This week:

Leisure Club on Tuesday

Mommy & Me on Wednesday
Spanish Prayer Group on Thursday
Youth Group on Sunday

8:30 AM Marion Hedgecock and Bridget Fox

FRIDAY

WEEKDAY

8:30 AM Filipas & Bubanj Families and John Anthony Finnegan

SATURDAY
As a matter of courtesy and respect for your
friends, neighbors and all who attend Mass we
would like to remind you to please turn off the cell
phones when you come into the church. It is important for all to maintain a quiet atmosphere to
insure prayerful and meaningful worship. Thank
you.

WEEKDAY

KOREAN MARTYRS
Memory of 103 Koreans, clergy and lay, young and
old, martyred between 1839-1867, including Andrew
Kim Taegon, first native priest, and Paul Chong
Hasang, seminarian and catechist.

8:30 AM Gerard Wilson and Margaret McLaughlin