ST. RAPHAEL’S
PARISH
35-20 Greenpoint Avenue, L.I.C., NY 11101 Telephone: 718-729-8957 Fax: 729-5238
E-Mail: [email protected] Website: www.straphael-queens.org
MISSION STATEMENT: St. Raphael’s is a parish rooted in tradition yet responding to an evolving community by evangeliza-tion in acevangeliza-tion. We seek to inspire the larger Catholic community to a more committed faith life and to heed Christ’s call of sharing time, talent and treasure for the needs of others.
DECLARACION DE MISION: San Rafael es una parroquia enraizada en la tradición y a la vez responde a una comunidad que evoluciona con una acción evangelizadora. Buscamos inspirar a la comunidad católica global a que vivan una fe más comprometida y a prestar atención a la llamada de Cristo a compartir tiempo, talento y bienes con los necesitados.
EUCHARIST SCHEDULE
Saturday/Sábado 5:00pm - English Sunday/Domingo 8:00am - English 9:45am - Korean 11:00 am—English
12:30 pm—Spanish/Español
WEEKDAY SCHEDULE
Monday - Friday 9:00am
Lunes - Viernes 9:00am
OFFICE HOURS/HORARIO
Monday - Friday/Lunes - Viernes
9:00-1:00pm & 2:00-4:00pm Saturday/Sábado By appointment / Mediante cita
BAPTISM/BAUTISMO
Please contact the rectory to make arrangements. You will need the child’s birth certificate. favor de llamar la rectoria. Necesitará el certificado de nacimiento del niño.
MARRIAGE/MATRIMONIO
Any couple wishing to marry should contact the rectory at least six (6) months before the wedding.
Una pareja que está pensando en el matrimonio debe de llamar la rectoría seis (6) meses antes de la boda.
RECONCILIATION/RECONCILIACION
Saturday/Sábado 4:00-4:45pm and by appointment/y por cita.
MINISTRY TO THE SICK/
CUIDADO DE LOS ENFERMOS
Please call the rectory at 729-8957 to make arrange-ments for the sick person to receive Holy Communion or the Anointing of the sick at home. favor de llamar la rectoría al 729-8957 para que la persona enferma reciba la Comunión o Unción de los Enfermos en la casa.
PARISH STAFF/EQUIPO PARROQUIAL
Rev. Jerry Jecewiz, Pastor Rev. Luke Kim, Korean Ministry
Sister Christine Scherer, D.W., Religious Educ. Mr. Jan Wnek, Music Minister
PARISH STEWARDSHIP
$5,245.00
$6,185.00
December 18th: Fourth Sunday of Advent
Last week’s church offering Average weekly expenses
FROM THE PASTOR…
Dear Parishioners,
On this final weekend of Advent, I encourage you to enter prayerfully into the Christmas mystery.
Our Christmas schedule is in this bulletin, and well as in the current issue of the Woodside
Herald. Clip it out and post it at home as a reminder. Maybe take an extra bulletin after Mass today
and invite a non-practicing Catholic you know to ―come home for Christmas‖.
This Monday is Reconciliation Monday for all Catholic Churches in the NYC metropolitan area. Here at St. Raphael’s, confession is available from 4:00 pm to 8:00 pm in the rectory office. An appropriate was to ―prepare the way of the Lord‖.
Our Hipsanic/Latino parishioners are involved these days in their ―posadas‖ celebration. The word means ―shelter‖ or ―lodging‖. For nine days prior to Christmas (representing the nine months of Mary’s pregnancy), the participants (and especially children) dress up, sing songs, and go in procession to a particular home designated as the ―inn‖ for that night. There the host wel-comes them for a gathering involving music, dancing, food and prayer. It’s a beautiful tradition, spearheaded by our Pastoral Ministers.
This week the Christmas flowers and plants will be arriving and we need an assist to put them in place. Please join us to decorate the church for Christmas on this Friday, December 23rd, at 5:30 pm. If you’ve never taken part, just show up and we’ll show you what needs to be done.
If you are going to the 5:00 pm Christmas Eve Mass in English, please arrive by 4:15 for the pre-Mass carols program our choir and music ministry have prepared for you. It will orient you to-wards the ―reason for the season‖.
Because the special collection at Christmas Masses is a diocesan one for Catholic Chari-ties, I ask you to remember our parish with a special Christmas offering this weekend or next. St. Raphael’s, like all churches, really relies on this extra show of generosity in this season. A Christ-mas Offering of $100 per family is kindly requested. Use the envelope marked ―ChristChrist-mas Offer-ing‖. Thank you for this timely support.
Also: in the spirit of the month, but already past, we had a wonderful celebration honoring Our Lady of Guadalupe last Saturday evening. The Mass was very well attended (with all the main language groups of the parish represented); the food afterwards tasty and plentiful; and the folk-loric program so professional. Thanks to coordinators Rosalba and Felix Perez and family —and
all their collaborators—for a job well done.
December 18th: Fourth Sunday of Advent
THIS WEEK’S EVENTS
Sunday, December 18th:
8:00— Anna Jackowski (Joan Mary and Bill Jackowski) 9:45— KOREAN MASS
11:00— Dorothy Huber (Mary and Mike O’Sullivan)
AND
Lina D’Angelo (Wonsook Lee) 12:30— Raquel Garcia (Enith Parra)
Monday, December 19th:
9:00— Juanita Leon (Estate)
Tuesday December 20th:
9:00— Abigail Dela Cruz Mirza (Angelina Muñoz)
Wednesday, December 21st:
9:00— Frank Collins (Donna and John Collins)
Thursday, December 22nd:
9:00— Joseph Nordquist (22nd Year Anniversary Remembrance) (Carol Nordquist)
Friday, December 23rd:
9:00— Deceased of Boyle Family (Family)
Saturday, December 24th (CHRISTMAS EVE):
5:00— Rev. Henry E. Missig C.SS.R (50th Anniversary Remembrance) (Alex and Robert Boehler)
8:00— IN SPANISH: Familia Lliguicoto Fajarolo y Fajardo Garcia
AND
Cindy y Genevieve Lliguicoto
Sunday, December 25th (CHRITMAS DAY):
8:00— Christmas Novena 9:30— KOREAN MASS
11:00—The Nichols and Jaggernauth Families (Mr. and Mrs. Gavin Nichols)
12:30— Mercedes Mitre
Mass Intentions for the Week of December 18th
(Fumio Tanai photo)
UPCOMING BAPTISM DATES
:In English:
Sat., Jan. 7, 2:00 pm. Prep class is Sat., Dec. 31, 11 am.
In Spanish:
Sat., Dec. 31, 2 pm. Prep class is Monday, Dec. 26, 7:30 pm
Sun., Jan, 8, 12:30 pm Mass. Prep class is Monday, Dec. 26, 7:30 pm.
FOOD PANTRY
is usually open Thursdays from 10:30 am to 12:00 noon, and Satur-days from 1:30 to 3:00 pm.
New volunteers are always welcome, as are donations of canned, packaged foods (non-perishable).
The Bread and Wine this week is of-fered in loving memory of Anna Jackowski, requested by Joan Mary and Bill Jackowski.
Sun., Dec. 18:
4th Sunday of Advent
9:30 am - Faith Formation (CCD) classes 1:30 pm—Spanish R.I.C.A. (RB)
Mon., Dec. 19:
Posadas
Tues., Dec. 20:
7:30 pm—Spanish Bible Study 8 pm—Spanish R.I.C.A. (RB) Posadas
Wed., Dec. 21:
Feast of St. Peter Canisius Posadas
Thurs., Dec. 22:
Food Pantry 10:30 am to 12 noon 7:30 pm—Choir practice
Posadas
Fri., Dec. 23:
Feast of St. John of Kanty 5:30 pm—Church Decoration Posadas
Sat., Dec. 24 (CHRISTMAS EVE):
Food Pantry CLOSED
Sat., Dec. 24
4:15 pm –Pre-Mass choir music program
(Christmas songs)
5:00 pm – First Mass of Christmas (Family Mass)
5:00 pm - Spanish Nativity pageant and program
(church hall)
8:00 pm – Mass in Spanish (en honor del Niño
Jesus)
9:30 pm – Mass in Korean
Sun., Dec. 25
English Masses at 8:00 and
11:00 am
Korean Mass at 9:30 am
Spanish Mass at 12:30 pm
CLIP OUT AND POST AT HOMERosario y Alabanza: Cada miércoles a las 7:00 pm en el sótano de la rectoría. FORMACION EN LA FE
Un programa espiritual (en español) para los niños y las niñas empezando con la edad de 4 años. Viernes de las 7 pm a las 8 pm en el sótano de la rectoría. Todos están invitados a participar. Con la colaboración del apostolado Vino Nuevo.
EL RINCON HISPANO
ESTUDIO
BIBLICO…
El programa tiene lugar cada martes a las 7:30 pm, en el sótano de la iglesia.
MISAS NAVIDEÑAS
EN ESPAÑOL
Sábado 24 de diciembre a las 8:00 pm:
En honor de Niño Jesus.
Domingo 25 de diciembre a las 12:30.
LA SEGUNDA COLECTA EN LAS MISAS NAVIDEÑAS.; Caridades Cátolicas
Comparten el amor de Dios con los niños y las familias de nuestra diócesis que están en ne-cesidad, por su contribución a la Colecta de Navidad de Caridades Cátolicas. Gracias.
LUNES DE RECONCILIACON
EN ADVIENTO
Este lunes (19 de
diciembre) el sacramento de la Reconciliación (confesión) estará disponible, por la tarde, en todas las Iglesias católicas en la ciudad de New York.
Aquí en San Rafael, el sacramento estará disponible,
en la oficina de la rectoría,
de las 4:00 pm hasta las 8:00 pm.
La colecta especial en las misas navideñas es una colecta diocesana (Caridades Católicas). Por esta razon, si pide a cada feligres de nuestra iglesia (o hoy or el próximo domingo) una ofrenda navideña a la parróquia ($100 dólares por familia si sea
posible). Dependemos de esta generosidad ―extra‖ en esta temporada. Use el sobrecito especial (Ofrenda Navideña).
HELP US DECORATE OUR CHURCH FOR CHRISTMAS,
PUTTING THE FLOWERS, PLANTS, ETC. IN PLACE.
Just come by and we’ll show you how to help!
THIS FRIDAY, DEC. 23rd, 5:30 pm, IN CHURCH
Recent participants in our PRAY FOR
VOCATIONS project: to the left, Katherine
and Brenda Sarmiento, and, to the right, Andy and Lesley Cruz.
If you would like to participate, by tak-ing home the Blessed Mother statue and chal-ice for a week as a reminder to pray, as a family, for more people to respond to Jersus’ call to become priests or sisters, deacons or brothers, speak to Angelina, Inés, Margarita or Carmen after one of the Sunday Masses. 1. Because the Monday following Christmas
and the Monday following New Year’s are major legal holidays this time, the rectory of-fice will be closed on those days: Dec. 26th and Jan. 2nd.
2. After Dec. 22nd, our Food Pantry will be closed for Dec. 24th, Dec. 29th and Dec. 31st and will re-open on Thurs., Jan. 5, 2017. 3. There are no Faith Formation (CCD) classes
on Dec. 25th and Jan. 1st.
SECOND COLLECTION AT CHRISTMAS MASSES: Catholic Charities
Catholic Charities serves families in need, with a concentration in child welfare. It also as-sists immigrants, people with mental illness and those who are homeless.
It is a comprehensive, A-to-Z service that helps people rebuild their lives.
Please share God’s love with children and families in need through your contribution to the second collection at the Christmas Masses.
CHRISTMAS FLOWERS:
TO ADORN OUR CHURCH
FOR THE CHRISTMAS HOLYDAYS
You are invited to make a donation towards the cost of the plants and flowers that will decorate St. Raphael’s for the celebration of the Sav-ior’s birth.
The donation can be a memorial in remembrance of a deceased
loved one, or a tribute to a living person (―in honor of‖), or for a special personal intention. Use the special envelope in your parish packet, the form below:
———————————————————————————————————————————
Your name: _________________________________________________ Phone:____________ Amount: $________ Intention:_____________________________________________________
RECONCILIATION MONDAY
IN ADVENT
This Monday, Dec. 19th, is Reconcilia-tion Monday for Advent.
All Catholic Churches in New York City and the metropolitan area will have the sacra-ment of Penance (confession) available in the later afternoon and early evening.
Here at St. Raphael’s, confession will be offered from 4:00 pm to 8:00 pm, in the rectory
office.
Please write carefully, for correct spelling in the published list of intentions and donors.
THIS ‘N THAT
1. Our Food Pantry thanks Queen of Angels parish for its most recent donation of funds ($200) and foodstuffs. And also thanks to Maggie Walsh for the cash and foods from the informal Thanksgiving Turkey Trot she organized. All is deeply appreciated.
2. The Giving Tree presents are now due back (deadline Wednesday), so they can be dis-tributed on time. Thanks for taking part.
