SAINT STANISLAUS PARISH PLEASANT VALLEY, NY SEPTEMBER 3, 2017 22ND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

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ANNOUNCED MASSES Saturday, September 2 5:30PM People of St. Stanislaus Kostka

Sunday, September 3 8:15AM Rose Marie Terry – Louise & Joseph Kowalski 11:00AM Anthony Geremia – Maryann & Edward Thompsett

Monday, September 4 9:00AM Catherine Kane

Tuesday, September 5 9:00AM Michael Tighe – the Tighe family

Wednesday, September 6 9:00AM Communion Service

Thursday, September 7 9:00AM Joe & Antoinette Czarnecki

Friday, September 8 9:00AM Theodore Starzyk – Cindy Dodge

Saturday, September 9 5:30PM Alfred Schoomaker – his wife, Ellie

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 August 27, 2017 + Parish Pay $5687.00

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

THIS WEEK’S SECOND COLLECTION

CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT

NEXT WEEK’S SECOND COLLECTION LATIN AMERICA & HOME MISSIONS

See the announcement in this week’s bulletin regarding this combined collection, which is so important to our brothers and sisters both here in the US and in Latin America.

**BIRTHDAY GREETINGS**

September 3 Mary Jane Connolly, Scott Miller, Mary Paldino, Mitchell Sanford, Kimberly Senchak, Mark Shabanaj

September 4 Mathew Baker, Matthew Burke, Sharon Chapman, Alicia Contelmo, Sara Itri, Eirnin Kellner, Jennine Kochanowski, Toni-Ann Kochanowski, Nicollette Moran, Marc Schmader, Clayton Walsh

September 5 Michael Bulgia, Donald Kostik, Tess Manning, Madeline Marchant, Kristysue McCormack, Michael Minnerly, Michael Prunty, Christopher Sucato, Keith Waters, Shane Zevola

September 6 Ralph Delia, Kathryn DiCorcia, James Fanelli, Lauren Kelsey, Daniel McRitchie, Andrew Rivera, Katrianna Saltarelli, George Skyba, Jean Tagliamonte, Lissa Valletta, Nicolas Viana, Gilda Zocchi

September 7 Brittany Jablonka, Maria Jayne, Mary Ellen Mason, Gregory Pasquale, Felicia Sealey, Tara Tyler, Alexander Viana

September 8 Melissa Calenda. Aidan Dean, Michael Duffy, Elizabeth Esack, Samantha Fanelli, John Palumbo, Thomas Pratley, Dale Rabideau, Matthew Smith, Alison Steigerwald, Lindsey Taft

September 9 Dustin Burgess, Carla Cinelli, James Contelmo, Kimberly Costello, John Grega, Matthew Heaton, Cathy Hinsch, Aiden Hubbard, Matthew McDonald, Charles Murray, Angela Rosen

PARISH OFFICE The parish office will be CLOSED on Labor Day.

Regular office hours will resume on Tuesday, September 5: Monday – Thursday 9:30am – 3:30pm Friday 9:30am – 11:30am

We pray that all students and teachers will have

a successful beginning of the school year.

22ND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

“Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called children of God.”

- Matthew 5:9

FAITH FORMATION NEWS K-6 CLASSES BEGIN SEPTEMBER 12 & 13

Parent Meetings September 19 & 20 If you have not yet registered your child for Faith Formation, please do so ASAP! Classes are filling fast!

CATECHESIS OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD

“Where Children Fall in Love with God” Beginning this fall, our Faith Formation program will be offering the Catechesis of the Good Shepherd for children who will be 4 years of age by December 1st, and children who will be entering Kindergarten in September, on three Sunday mornings each month from 9:30-10:45am. Call the parish office for more information or to register your child.

TEEN CLUB NEWS The Teen Club will meet again this Sunday, September 3rd, to make sandwiches for Taking It To The Streets. We will meet at 12:15 and will end by 1:30. I know this is Labor Day Weekend, but can’t we take a few minutes to help those less fortunate then ourselves? Have you thought about joining us for our annual Conference December 1-3? Why not plan on being there... fill out your forms and get in a $100 deposit ASAP. Reserve your spot now!!! Deposits are due by October 1st. Call Andrea Tighe for more information.

HARDY MUM FUNDRAISER September 23-24

The teen club will once again be selling beautiful Fall Hardy Mums. This year instead of pre- ordering we will have the actual plants available for you to purchase. The cost for each

plant is just $8 or four for $30 and will come in a variety of colors. Please support the amazing teens in our parish and have a beautiful garden at the same time. All proceeds will help with the cost of our annual conference in December.

WEEKLY SCRIPTURE DISCUSSION “Opening the Word”

One of the opportunities will be for an “Opening the Word” discussion of the upcoming Sunday readings each week on a Monday evening. The goal is to enliven the Sunday scriptures with background of the readings and allowing the Word of God to enter our hearts. This is available to us through FORMED (subscription funded by the Archdiocese’s Renew and Rebuild campaign) and we are grateful for the chance to offer this insight to our parishioners. Introductory Session: Monday, September 18 at 7:30pm in the Parish Hall Call the Parish Office to let us know if you would like to participate.

JOURNEY OF FAITH

Knowing the Faith/ Living the Faith We have a series of short informative video clips which will be offered on both Tuesday AND Wednesday afternoons from 5-6pm to encourage discussion of our Catholic Faith. The same content will be presented each day. We will begin the last week in September. It is an opportunity to get to know fellow parishioners and learn more about the faith in an informal setting as well as to share our own personal insights and experiences. We are encouraging our Religious Ed parents to join in to participate in Symbolon: Knowing the Faith and Living the Faith. Please let us know if you are interested.

NEXT WEEKEND! Come one, Come all!

Sunday, September 10 2:30-6:30 Rain or Shine!

The Knights of Columbus will provide the hamburgers and hot dogs. Please bring your sides. Bring lawn chairs or a blanket and set up on the back lawn. Enjoy a day with new & old friends. Explore the various ministry booths and learn about all what our St. Stanislaus parish family does! There will be games for the kids and fun for all ages! Please mark your calendars for this fun and faith-filled community building family day! Sign up sheets are at the exits of the church and hall. This weekend is the last chance to sign up, or call the office ASAP.

SACRISTAN TEAM NEEDED “I think it is time for me to retire...” Just before I left for vacation, one of the “pillars” of our Church, Trudy Polniaszek, our Sacristan, told me that “I will be 91 in January... I think it is time for me to retire” and I sadly accepted her decision. Trudy has volunteered in this capacity for 20 or more years, and has been extremely faithful to this task. She set up for Mass every morning, including Funerals, after she opened the church; kept the holy water fonts clean and full; kept the oil filled in the altar candles; washed the altar linens and dusted and cleaned the altar area as well as the glass doors and windows of the “cry room”. Our plan is that we would like to replace Trudy with a TEAM of volunteers and to expand this coverage to include our weekend Masses, and so we are hoping that YOU might be willing to help us. Next week’s bulletin will go into more details and explain our plan more fully. In the meantime, we wanted to let you know, and on your behalf, say a very loud “THANK YOU, Trudy, you will be missed greatly, and yes, you can continue to wash the altar linens each week!” Fr. Jay

NEXT WEEK’S SECOND COLLECTION

CHURCH IN LATIN AMERICA CATHOLIC HOME MISSIONS

The following is excerpted from letters written by Cardinal Dolan, regarding next weekend’s combined second collections: Dear friends in the Lord, For more than a half century, the collection for the Church in Latin America has been a sign of the solidarity of the Church in the United States with the Church in Latin America and the Caribbean. For people living in those regions, barriers to practicing the faith include lack of resources, shortages of pastoral agents, and poor infrastructures that make relatively simple things like participating in weekly Mass difficult. Your support of this collection helps to share the faith with those who long to experience the Lord’s mercy within strong faith communities. We also will take up the Catholic Home Missions Appeal, which supports the (arch)dioceses here in our own country that struggle to make ends meet and to serve all of the needs of their own parishioners. It is through your generosity that many churches are able to keep their doors open and provide essential pastoral services. For more information about the Catholic Home Missions Appeal and about those who benefit from it, please visit www.usccb.org/home-missions. With prayerful best wishes, I am, Faithfully in Christ, Timothy Michael Cardinal Dolan Archbishop of New York

OUT AND ABOUT FIRST SATURDAY CLUB

FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES The First Saturday Club will be held on Saturday, September 9, 2017 in the Chapel at St. Kateri Tekakwitha Church. The Rosary will be said at 10:30am, followed by Mass at 11:00am. A luncheon, prepared by the host parish will follow after the Mass. For more information, contact JoAnn at 462-3186 or Elizabeth at 454-2340.

BEGINNING EXPERIENCE SUPPORT GROUP Beginning Experience is a peer ministry to widowed, divorced, and separated men and women. The group is offering a weekly support program for men and women of all ages who have suffered the loss of a spouse through death, divorce, or separation. The program’s facilitators have themselves experienced a divorce or the death of a spouse. The group will be held on Sundays from 1-3:30pm, from Sunday, September 10 through the end of October or early November at Grace Church in Millbrook. It is a time to heal and begin anew. Please call and register in advance. For more information, please call Beth at 845-373-8202.

MASS OF ST PEREGRINE For cancer patients, survivors, and their families, friends, and the medical community: the 15th annual healing Mass in honor of St. Peregrine, patron saint of those with cancer, followed by a social, will be held on Thursday, September 14th at 7pm in Mt. Alvernia Chapel in Wappingers Falls. The communal rite of the anointing of the sick will be celebrated during the Mass followed by a blessing with his relic. For directions to Mt. Alvernia Retreat Center visit www.mtalvernia.org or call (845) 297-5706.

MANY THANKS TO THE TEEN CLUB

“Whatsoever you do to the least of my brothers, that you do unto me.” Thanks to the young men and women who make PB&J sandwiches each first Sunday of the month to distribute to the homeless in Poughkeepsie. You should see the sincere gratitude in their faces as we give out food, clothing, and toiletries to them. Blessings to each of you! With sincere admiration, Jeannette Bagnasco Taking it to the Streets Feeding the Hungry with Dignity Just another note about our teens … a number of them spent last Friday morning weeding and cleaning the flower beds and picking up the St Stanislaus grounds. In addition another group helped Mrs Sullivan prepare the classrooms in the Faith Formation Building for the upcoming school year. A wonderful effort by these kids and their adult advisors! A great example of stewardship. Great job all around!